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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| The Contents of the Showrooms of the Mineralogists and Geologists Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd | |||
| Auctioneer: | Canterbury Auction Rooms | Location: | Canterbury |
| Contact: | Tel: 01227 763337 Fax: 01227 456770 | ||
| Date: | 12th June 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Saturday 7th June 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Sunday 8th June 12.00 pm to 4.00 pm Monday 9th June 10.00 am to 7.00 pm Tuesday 10th June 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Wednesday 11th June 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Thursday 12th June 8.30 am to 10.00 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
| 201 | |||
| David Page - Handbook of Geological Terms - 1st edition, 1859; The Geology of Building Stones by J. Allen Howe, published by Edward Arnold, London 1910; Mineralogy by Frederick H. Hatch, 3rd edition published by Whittaker & Co, London 1906; A First Book of Mineralogy by J.H. Collins, published by William Collins (two copies 1873 and 1876); Principles of Metal Mining by J.H. Collins, published by William Collins 1875, and nine other volumes £40-60 |
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| 202 | |||
| Miscellaneous mineralogy and geology books (approximately sixty-five volumes) £10-20 |
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| 203 | |||
| Gemstones - Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond by Henry Lewis 1897; Diamonds and Precious Stones by Louis Dieulafait, 1874; Precious Stones by A.H. Church, 1891; and eleven other volumes on gems £40-60 |
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| 204 | |||
| Mineralogical Reprints - De Re Metallica by Agricola (Hoover translation), Dover publications, New York 1950, (two copies); Mineralogia Cornubiensis by William Pryce, the 1972 Bradford Barton reprint of the 1778 edition; Book of Minerals by Albertus Magnus, translated by Dorothy Wyckoff, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1967; On the External Character of Minerals by A.G. Werner, 1774, translated by Albert Cardozzi, Illinois, 1962; British Mineralogy 1858, by Greg and Lettsom, Lapidary Publications reprint, 1977; and Pliny - Natural History, V. & A. Museum 1982 £100-200 |
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| 205 | |||
| Mineral Localities - Minerals of South Africa by Cairncross and Dixon, 1995; Gemstones of North America, by Sinkankas, 1959; Mineraux d'Uranium du Haut Katanga, by Les Amis du Musee Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren; Gems, Minerals and Rocks of Southern Africa by McIvor, 1966; and fourteen other volumes on mineral localities including Timna, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia etc £100-200 |
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| 206 | |||
| Museums - Museums of the British Isles, published by the Museums Association, 1931; Museums Association Report, Newcastle 1895; World Directory of Mineral Collections, Tucson, 1994 (two copies); Mineral Museums of Europe, by Ulrich Burchard (two copies); Natural Science Collections in Scotland, 1987; Geology in the Museum, 1941; and nineteen other volumes on museums and minerals £40-60 |
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| 207 | |||
| Australian Minerals and Mining - Minerals of the Broken Hill (signed limited edition number 236 out of 300) edited by H.K. Worner, published by the Griffin Press, Australia 1982; The Story of the Monster Mine (Burra Burra mine) by Ian Auhl, Investigator Press, 1986; Australian Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones by R.O. Chalmers, published by Angus and Robertson, 1967; and twenty-three other books on Australian minerals and mining £80-100 |
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| 208 | |||
| Mineralogy - Chemical Index of Minerals by Max Hey, BM (NH), two copies 1962 and 1975; three appendices to the Chemical Index of Minerals; two copies of A Manual of New Mineral Names, 1892-1978; and four other similar volumes £40-60 |
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| 209 | |||
| Gems - Jewellery Through the Ages by Guido Gregorietti, 1970; Gems by Robert Webster, 2nd edition, 1970 and eighteen other books on gems and jewellery £40-60 |
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| 210 | |||
| Two hand coloured engravings of gems and minerals from the Mineral Kingdom (Edinburgh edition) by Dr J.G. Kurr, 1859, each 10.5 x 7.5ins; a coloured engraving illustrating metal ores with pencil annotations, 9.5ins x 7.5ins, dated 1851; and another coloured engraving depicting minerals, all framed and glazed £80-120 |
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| 211 | |||
| Ten pictures and prints of fossils, minerals and scenes of Cornish mining, various sizes, mostly framed £30-50 |
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| 212 | |||
| Two hand coloured engravings from Specimens of British Minerals by Philip Rashleigh 1797 (Plate 16 from volume 2 with text, and plate 4 from volume 1), both framed and glazed £30-50 |
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| 213 | |||
| Fifteen hand coloured engravings from British Mineralogy by James Sowerby (1804-1818), framed in five frames - plates 151, 152, 184 (fossils) - plates 52, 88, 160 (agates and gold) - plates 67, 72, 143 (calcite, selenite etc.) - plates 11, 24, 33 (galena, fluorite, calcite) - plates 27, 75, 176 (sphalerite, fluorite, galena) £300-400 |
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| 214 | |||
| A collection of approximately 95 plates, thought to be a pre-publication set, from The Mineralogy of Scotland by Matthew Forster Heddle, published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1901, each 9ins x 5.5ins in blue card mounts, unframed £100-200 |
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| 215 | |||
| 16 hand coloured plates, some highlighted in gold and silver leaf, from Das Mineralreich in Bildern by J.G. Kurr, 2nd edition 1889 (plates 1, 2, 7 and 10-22, with identifications for each in photocopy to back), each 10ins x 7ins, all in blue card mounts, unframed £200-300 |
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| 216 | |||
| Three hand coloured engravings from Specimens of British Minerals 1797 by Philip Rashleigh (plates 2, 6 and 7 from volume 1), framed and glazed £80-120 |
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| 217 | |||
| Five hand coloured engravings from Specimens of British Minerals 1797 by Philip Rashleigh (plates 6, 7, 8, 14 and 23 from volume 1), framed and glazed £150-200 |
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| 218 | |||
| Two hand coloured engravings from Specimens of British Minerals by Philip Rashleigh (plates 2 and 19 from volume 1) 7.5ins x 9.5ins, both framed, and Specimens of Fluor from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh esq., from Encyclopedia Londinensis 1817 (plate 1), 7.5ins x 10ins, framed £80-120 |
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| 219 | |||
| Twenty-three 19th century French engravings of crystals by Lemaitre, each 6ins x 3ins, all in blue card mounts, unframed £40-60 |
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| 220 | |||
| Meteorites - a complete iron meteorite from the Gibeon fall, Namibia, 3ins x 2.5ins, weight approx. 700 grams, together with an etched slice from the same fall, 3ins x 2.5ins, weight approx 100 grams £180-250 |
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| 221 | |||
| Meteorites - a complete iron meteorite from the Gibeon fall, Namibia, 4.5ins x 5.5ins, weight approx. 900grams, together with an etched slice from the same fall, 4ins x 2.5ins, weight approx.160 grams £200-300 |
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| 222 | |||
| A compete iron meteorite from the Gibeon fall, Great Namaqualand, Namibia, weight approximately 2kg, 7ins x 4.25ins x 3.5ins high £300-500 |
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| 223 | |||
| A compete iron meteorite from the Gibeon fall, Great Namaqualand, Namibia, weight approximately 1.1kg, 4ins x 3ins x 2.25ins £150-200 |
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| 224 | |||
| A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers, 20.5ins x 18ins x 38ins high, containing a collection of approximately 100 small meteorites and tektites £400-600 |
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| 225 | |||
| Meteorite - a part iron meteorite with three faces etched and polished to show the Widmanstatten patterns, weight approx. 440 grams, from the Gibeon fall, Namibia, 3ins x 2ins £100-150 |
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| 226 | |||
| Meteorites - An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, published by the Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 6 copies various dates 1887-1914; The Meteorite Hypothesis by Norman Lockyer, 1890; Die Meteoriten in Sammlungen, by Dr E.A. Wulfing, published Tubingen, 1897; The Lunar Sourcebook edited by Heiken, Vanimen and French, Cambridge University Press, 1991; a Catalogue of Meteorites by Max Hey, with appendix 1966 and 1967; and fifteen other volumes on meteorites £300-500 |
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| 227 | |||
| An iron meteorite from the Campo del Cielo fall, Argentina, weight approximately 1.6 kilos, 5ins x 3ins x 2.5ins high £250-350 |
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| 228 | |||
| A fulgurite specimen (lightning strike into sand) from the Grand Erg de Bilma, Niger, 10ins high £80-100 |
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| 229 | |||
| A collection of 19th century mineral grains for microscopy work £100-200 |
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| 230 | |||
| A collection of rock specimens, each roughly shaped into rectangular blocks for educational purposes in the Nineteenth Century (ten cartons) £80-120 |
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| 231 | |||
| A set of twelve replicas of famous diamonds, cut from cubic zirconia, in velour covered fitted case, with printed details of each stone £300-400 |
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| 232 | |||
| A 19th Century brass framed miners level by F. Robson and Co, Newcastle upon Tyne, with 6ins silvered dial, 13.5ins overall £80-120 |
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| 233 | |||
| A pine chest, 18ins x 11ins x 8ins, with four lift out trays containing an assortment of minerals specimens £60-80 |
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| 234 | |||
| A collection of early glass plate negative and etched copper printers blocks, the majority depicting geological specimens and equipment (all used in early Gregory, Bottley and Co. catalogues), contained in Victorian oak collector's cabinet fitted single drawer to frieze, sixteen small drawers under, on plinth base, 29.5ins x 14ins x 30.5ins high (lacking doors) £200-300 |
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| 235 | |||
| A collection of smelted metals and various alloys, mostly identified, in four cartons £30-50 |
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| 236 | |||
| A collection of various chemist jars, most filled with small mineral specimens, and a collection of small glass phials containing mineral fragments, mostly 19th century £100-150 |
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| 237 | |||
| A Victorian lacquered brass student's microscope by Watson and Sons, 7ins high, and a quantity of microscope parts, slides and sundry laboratory equipment £60-80 |
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| 238 | |||
| A set of balance scales by Gallenkamp and Co, London, contained in glazed mahogany case, 18 ins x 10ins x 16ins high, various balance scale weights and a small selection of related items £80-120 |
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| 239 | |||
| A collection of miscellaneous mineral specimens, some cut and polished, contained in a Victorian stained pine twenty drawer cabinet, 12.25ins wide x 6.5ins deep x 21.5ins high £100-150 |
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| 240 | |||
| An extensive collection of small precious and semi precious mineral specimens, some cut and polished, contained in Victorian mahogany thirteen drawer collector's cabinet, 15ins wide x 11.5ins deep x 23.25ins high (lacking door) £300-500 |
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| 241 | |||
| A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet, fitted ten drawers, on plinth base, 20ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing approximately 250 decorative agates, jaspers and other stones, mainly polished (all from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences collection) £500-600 |
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| 242 | |||
| A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing ruby crystals, sapphires, garnets, malachite and tourmaline specimens etc £300-400 |
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| 243 | |||
| A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet, fitted ten drawers, on plinth base, 20ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing approximately 130 mainly polished agate and other decorative stones (all from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences collection) £300-400 |
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| 244 | |||
| A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted twenty drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing several hundred mostly gem minerals including tourmaline, aquamarine, peridot, lapis lazuli etc. £600-800 |
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| 245 | |||
| A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted eighteen drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing a wide variety of different minerals, including ruby crystals, kunzite, topaz crystals, scapolite, etc., and various polished minerals £300-500 |
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| 246 | |||
| A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing rough Blue John, tourmaline, corundum crystals etc. £200-300 |
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| 247 | |||
| A collection of approximately seventy five cut and polished gems and other mineral specimens, including sapphire, opal and ruby, contained in Victorian oak three drawer cutlery cabinet, 21ins wide x 15.5ins deep x 11ins high £500-800 |
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| 248 | |||
| Miscellaneous specimens - fourteen specimens, including five rose quartz from Brazil: spectrolite from Finland, and others (three cartons) £60-80 |
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| 249 | |||
| Minerals - A group of seven minerals from Romania and Hungary, the largest 9ins £20-40 |
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| 250 | |||
| A group of sixteen specimens including fossil wood and agates (all from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences collection) (three cartons) £80-120 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| The Contents of the Showrooms of the Mineralogists and Geologists Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd | |||
| Auctioneer: | Canterbury Auction Rooms | Location: | Canterbury |
| Contact: | Tel: 01227 763337 Fax: 01227 456770 | ||
| Date: | 12th June 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Saturday 7th June 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Sunday 8th June 12.00 pm to 4.00 pm Monday 9th June 10.00 am to 7.00 pm Tuesday 10th June 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Wednesday 11th June 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Thursday 12th June 8.30 am to 10.00 am |
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