Victorian Letter Scales by Parkin & Gotto

lot 746 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

English, 19th century, scales in brass on mahogany base with bun feet, with brass weights (one weight a replacement), arms stamped ' Parkins & Gotto ... read more

Estimated at £50 - £80 More details 5  

SOLD Lot 747 - An Unusual Customs Inspectors Scales

An Unusual Customs Inspectors Scales

lot 747 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

English, c.1940, the lacquered brass beam engraved 'COUNTY BOROUGH OF PRESTON, TO WEIGH 1LB, AVERY DE GRAVE LONDON ENGLAND, 7196', the scale in a ... read more

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 748 - Collection of 3 Sets of Customs Inspectors Portable Scales

Collection of 3 Sets of Customs Inspectors Portable Scales

lot 748 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

comprising of: An aluminium portable balance for outdoor and indoor use, the balance constructed entirely from aluminuim in a French polished ... read more

Sold for £81    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 749 - A Hilger & Watts No.2 Microptic Theodolite

A Hilger & Watts No.2 Microptic Theodolite

lot 749 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

English, c.1950, the theodolite engraved 'HILGER & WATTS No.2 MICROPTIC THEODOLITE, ST202-2 262614 MADE IN ENGLAND' in a domed metal case with Wooden ... read more

Sold for £88    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 750 - Surveyors \level by Hilger & Watts

Surveyors \level by Hilger & Watts

lot 750 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

English, c.1940, engraved 'E.R. WATTS & SON Ltd LONDON' the level with rack and pinion focus lens cap and quick level tripod mount, in a later wooden ... read more

Sold for £44    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

A Carl Jena Zeiss R-Biotar 4.5cm f/0.85 Camera Lens

lot 751 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

black, serial no. 1444931, in focusing helicoid marked from infinity to 1½ feet, focusing ring rotates freely from 30 feet to 1½ feet, body G, optics (Qty: 1) ... read more

Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500 More details 5  

SOLD Lot 752 - A Hemispherical Cup Anemometer

A Hemispherical Cup Anemometer

lot 752 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

black, body G-VG, with receipt for the device, with the recipient marked as the University of Bristol Geography Department, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £38    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

Two Boxwood Alidades

lot 753 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

one by Cooke, Troughton, & Simms, marked to the base 'University of Bristol Geography Department', the other by Stanley, marked 'University of (Qty: 1) ... read more

Estimated at £40 - £60 More details 5  

SOLD Lot 754 - An 18th Century Adams Solar Microscope

An 18th Century Adams Solar Microscope

lot 754 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

English, late 18th Century, signed to the microscope shutter plate 'ADAMS LONDON' the microscope complete with adjustable mirror, shutter plate and ... read more

Sold for £1,500    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 755 - An Olympus BH-2 Trinocular Microscope

An Olympus BH-2 Trinocular Microscope

lot 755 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

Japan, c.1990, labeled to the front OLYMPUS BH-2, the microscope with a halogen lamp to the rear, base with light controls, course focus to the rear, ... read more

Sold for £400    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 756 - Ernsy Leitz Wetzlar Microscope

Ernsy Leitz Wetzlar Microscope

lot 756 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

German, c.1920, engraved Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, No.294251, with plano-concave mirror, simple stage, fine focus and course focus with 2 objectives and ... read more

Sold for £75    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 757 - A Large Microscope Slide Cabinet

A Large Microscope Slide Cabinet

lot 757 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

English, c.1880, unsigned, constructed entirely from mahogany with a tambour-style door to the front, with a plinth top capable of holding 20 sets of ... read more

Sold for £325    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 758 - A Good Victorian Microscope Slide Cabinet

A Good Victorian Microscope Slide Cabinet

lot 758 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

English, c.1880, unsigned, constructed of French polished mahogany with plinth base and glazed door, with 21 slide drawers each capable of holding 3 ... read more

Sold for £325    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 759 - A Collection of Diatom Plates & Notes

A Collection of Diatom Plates & Notes

lot 759 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

comprising of a collection of photographic plates of Challenger plates with handwritten notes to the reverse, in an envelope marked 'Reduction of ... read more

Sold for £44    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 760 - A Collection of Microscope Accessories

A Collection of Microscope Accessories

lot 760 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

A collection of various microscope accessories including Watson & Zeiss substage condensers, a Swift brass objective, and other microscope related ... read more

Sold for £50    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 761 - Microscope Accessorries

Microscope Accessorries

lot 761 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

a selection of, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 762 - A Large Laboratory Polariscope

A Large Laboratory Polariscope

lot 762 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

German, c.1920, signed 'Franz Schmidt & Haensch, Berlin S. 11651' on large cast iron stand finished in black lacquer, with lacquered brass eyepiece, ... read more

Sold for £62    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 763 - An Electro-Medical Machine, Barometer, Telescopes

An Electro-Medical Machine, Barometer, Telescopes

lot 763 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

small 'pocket-size' magneto-electric machine, case cracked and repaired, missing drive belt and wires, otherwise complete, case 13cm across; an ... read more

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 764 - Spectacles, Sunglasses and Magnifying Glasses

Spectacles, Sunglasses and Magnifying Glasses

lot 764 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

a cased pair of steel framed sunglasses, 19th century with loop-end arms, an early 20th century pair of small clip-on sunglasses, a pair of Nuocee ... read more

Sold for £44    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 765 - A Collection of Spectacles

A Collection of Spectacles

lot 765 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

including eight pince-nez of different designs, three pairs of spectacles with steel and nickel silver frames, a tortoiseshell lorgnette frame ... read more

Sold for £75    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 766 - A Large Collection of Medical & Surgical Instruments

A Large Collection of Medical & Surgical Instruments

lot 766 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

Comprising of various instruments including a cased aspirator; a collection of surgical instruments, a set of glass inhaler parts, a hypodermic ... read more

Sold for £62    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 767 - A Very Long Leather Belt

A Very Long Leather Belt

lot 767 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

holes start at 173cm, total length at 230cm, made from several lengths of leather, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

An Apple iMac G3 Personal Computer

lot 768 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

blue / clear, body in G condition, powers up, without keyboard or mouse,   BUYER BE AWARE: COLLECTION ONLY ON THIS LOT (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £50 - £100 More details 2  

A Scottish Album of Family Pedigrees and Coats of Arms

lot 769 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

compiled c.1900-1930, a soft cover former accounts book, containing hand written family trees and watercolours of family crests showing details of ... read more

Estimated at £50 - £80 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 770 - A Mixed Selection of Photographic Books

A Mixed Selection of Photographic Books

lot 770 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

to include: Ilford Manual of Photography, Leica Manual (Morgan, W), A Country Camera 1844-1914 (Winter, G), Photograms of the Year 1946, Photograms (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £44    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 771 - A Selection of Photographic Books

A Selection of Photographic Books

lot 771 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

to include The Leica Way (Matheson, A), Photography (Bate, D), Victorian Lakeland Photographers (Kelly, S. F), The Wars Best Photographs, Cameras The (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £19    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 772 - A Good Range of Amateur Photographer Magazines

A Good Range of Amateur Photographer Magazines

lot 772 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

approx. 20 issues, most from 1969-1972, with two magazines from 1954, & two magazines from 1981, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 773 - A Good Range of Amateur Photographer Magazines

A Good Range of Amateur Photographer Magazines

lot 773 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

approx. 17 issues, most from 1971, with some outliers, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 774 - A Good Range of Amateur Photographer Magazines

A Good Range of Amateur Photographer Magazines

lot 774 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

approx. 20 issues, mostly from 1970-1972, with some outliers, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 775 - A Good Selection of Popular Photography Magazines

A Good Selection of Popular Photography Magazines

lot 775 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

approx 25 issues from 1955 onwards, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £44    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 776 - A Good Selection of Mixed Photography Magazines

A Good Selection of Mixed Photography Magazines

lot 776 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

approx. 17 issues, including issues of Good Photography, Practical Photography, & Record, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 777 - A Mixed Selection of Photography Magazines

A Mixed Selection of Photography Magazines

lot 777 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

to include w issues of U.S. Camera, & 13 issues of Photography magazine, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £25    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 778 - Macaulay's Treatise on Field Fortification, 1848

Macaulay's Treatise on Field Fortification, 1848

lot 778 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

cover printed Plates to Illustrate Mcaulay's Treatise on Field Fortifications and other subjects connected with the field Engineer, London T. ... read more

Sold for £75    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

L'Art du Dessin démontré d'une manière claire et précise par Jean Cousin peintre Français

lot 779 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

L'Art du Dessin démontré d'une manière claire et précise par Jean Cousin peintre Français, Chez Jean, circa 1821, with engraved pictorial title page, ... read more

Estimated at £40 - £60 More details

SOLD Lot 780 - A Large Number of Shepherd's Metropolitan Improvements

A Large Number of Shepherd's Metropolitan Improvements

lot 780 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century...By Mr Thos. H. Shepherd, 1828 starting at No.1 not a complete run about 40 volumes - ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 781 - A Dossier of Past Christies Camera & Photography Catalogues

A Dossier of Past Christies Camera & Photography Catalogues

lot 781 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

approx. 75 volumes, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £25    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 782 - A Selection of Microscope Catalogues

A Selection of Microscope Catalogues

lot 782 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

to include 'Microscopes of the Frank Collection 1800-1860' & 'Arthur Frank Loan Collection Early Scientific Instruments', (Qty: 1)

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

A Selection of Leica Instruction Booklets

lot 783 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

from a range of Leica / Leitz products, (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £20 - £30 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 784 - A Selection of Photography Books & Literature

A Selection of Photography Books & Literature

lot 784 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

to include 'Classic Cameras', 'Photographic Lighting', 'Nikon & Nikkormat SLR Cameras', & many others, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £38    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 785 - A Good Selection of Leica Literature

A Good Selection of Leica Literature

lot 785 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

to include a range of brochures, together with a book entitled 'Rare and Unusual 'M' Series Cameras and Accessories Described by Paul-Henry Van (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

A Selection of Leica Advertising Items

lot 786 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

to include Leica calendars for 1995, 2001, 1992, as well as several desk mats, also with large scale brochures for Leica Focomat V35, (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £30 - £50 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 787 - Album Russe Ou Fantaisies dessinees Lithographiquement par Alexandre Orlowski, 1825

Album Russe Ou Fantaisies dessinees Lithographiquement par Alexandre Orlowski, 1825

lot 787 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

Album Russe Ou Fantaisies dessinees Lithographiquement par Alexandre Orlowski, Permis d'imprimer Saint-Peterbourg, ce 26 Octobre 1825, St Petersbourg ... read more

Sold for £850    Result plus buyers premium More details 12  

SOLD Lot 788 - Small Collection of Maps

Small Collection of Maps

lot 788 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

including a part set in 3 folders of Alison's History of Europe 1847, and 2 copies of Dowers Short Atlas, and a copy of Definitions of Some of the ... read more

Sold for £25    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 789 - Royal Musical Festival at Westminster Abbey thursday June 1834 program

Royal Musical Festival at Westminster Abbey thursday June 1834 program

lot 789 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

Royal Musical Festival at Westminster Abbey thursday June 1834 program, this was the last in series of 3 Great Handel Concerts in Westminster held ... read more

Sold for £44    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 790 - A Selection of Photography Year Books

A Selection of Photography Year Books

lot 790 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

to include Photography Year Books from 1955 & 1961, together with volumes of the British Journal of Photography Annual: 1964, 1972, 1978, 1985, & (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £19    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

Miniature Johnson's Diamond Dictionary

lot 791 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

Johnson's Diamond Dictionary of the English Language, 1849, 8,3cm x 4.6cm

Estimated at £30 - £50 More details

A Good Selection of Camera Manuals & Literature

lot 792 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

from makers including Canon, Agfa, Voigtlander, & more, (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £20 - £30 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 793 - A Selection of Ihagee Exakta Literature

A Selection of Ihagee Exakta Literature

lot 793 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

concerning a range of cameras including the Kine Exakta, & more, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

A Dossier of Interesting Camera Articles

lot 794 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

covering a range of cameras, together with some Amateur Photographer magazines, (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £20 - £30 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 795 - Davis, Robert H., Deep Sea Diving & Submarine Operations

Davis, Robert H., Deep Sea Diving & Submarine Operations

lot 795 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)

signed by author in 1946, with several fold-out plates detailing a wide range of diving apparatus, its uses, & best practices, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 3