5 Dec 2012
13:00 EST
New York
Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection
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Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection
Back to auction 20830
MEYROWITZ, PAUL, retailer.
A 4-inch refracting telescope, America, c.1890, signed by the retailer "Paul A. Meyrowitz, 389 5th Ave., New York City," brass, sighting scope, with wood tripod base, 1400 mm long, the base 1500 mm high, housed in original wood case together with 4 additional lenses, right-angle finder, and lens cap, one joint of tripod repaired.
Provenance: Astronomical Society of Harrisburg (engraved plaque on one leg of tripod, probably second half 20th century).
Provenance: Astronomical Society of Harrisburg (engraved plaque on one leg of tripod, probably second half 20th century).
Sold for
US$ 4,375
inc. premium
Category: Space / Space History
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