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Period Art & Design

Session: Scientific Instruments including Property from the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California

San Francisco
19 May 2013, session starting at 10:00 PDT
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Alidade, Antique surveying instrument - Transit/case, mound and 3 small parts. Manufacturer: W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, NY. $1,250 (2008)
Sold for US$ 3,750 inc. premium
An alidade surveying instrument in case manufactured by W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, New York
An English brass spectroscope in case manufactured by John Browning, London
Sold for US$ 2,750 inc. premium
An English brass spectroscope in case manufactured by John Browning, London
A German mahogany geologist's kit/assay manufactured by A.F. Lingke, Sachsen, Germany
Sold for US$ 2,125 inc. premium
A German mahogany geologist's kit/assay manufactured by A.F. Lingke, Sachsen, Germany
A Sestrol brass binnacle
Sold for US$ 1,625 inc. premium
A Sestrol brass binnacle

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A Microscope, Single Barrel, Compound - Case and Scope. Manufacturer: John Browning, London. Serial No. 426.
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An English single barrel compound microscope in case manufactured by John Browning, London
Sold for US$ 812 inc. premium
An English mahogany microscope slide case manufactured by R & J Beck, London
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4711
An English mahogany microscope slide case manufactured by R & J Beck, London
Sold for US$ 625 inc. premium
A mahogany microscope slide case
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4712
A mahogany microscope slide case
Sold for US$ 625 inc. premium
A spherometer, water sampler and microscope manipulator
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4713
A spherometer, water sampler and microscope manipulator
Sold for US$ 100 inc. premium
A Bausch & Lomb microscope
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4714
A Bausch & Lomb microscope
Sold for US$ 350 inc. premium
An English brass spectroscope in case manufactured by John Browning, London
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4715
An English brass spectroscope in case manufactured by John Browning, London
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US$ 500 - 700
£320 - 440
€370 - 520
An English brass spectroscope in case manufactured by John Browning, London
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An English brass spectroscope in case manufactured by John Browning, London
Sold for US$ 2,750 inc. premium
Three U.S. Navy straight line telescopes, three U.S. Navy bore sights and two spyglasses
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4717
Three U.S. Navy straight line telescopes, three U.S. Navy bore sights and two spyglasses
Sold for US$ 525 inc. premium
A French brass telescope with tripod and case Bardeau, Paris
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4718
A French brass telescope with tripod and case Bardeau, Paris
Sold for US$ 937 inc. premium
Two U.S. Navy Quartermaster spyglasses in cases
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Two U.S. Navy Quartermaster spyglasses in cases
Sold for US$ 562 inc. premium
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