SOLD Lot 315 - Collection of Amber Specimens

Collection of Amber Specimens

lot 315 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

including 2 large specimens both containing a number of small insects, the largest 13cm long, a number of smaller pieces all containing inclusions ... read more

Sold for £262    Result including buyers premium More details 13  

SOLD Lot 328 - Book - Diatoms, Grove & Strut, Oamaru Deposits, & Others

Book - Diatoms, Grove & Strut, Oamaru Deposits, & Others

lot 328 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

hand written book by M.E. Parker, Lemington Spa 1956, concerning Oamaru diatoms from New Zealand, well anotated with many photomicrographs of diatoms ... read more

Sold for £200    Result including buyers premium More details 14  

Maull & Polyblank, Albumen Print of Frederick Walter Simms, F.R.A.S.

lot 501 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Maull & Polyblank, the image, with arched top mounted on period paper with manuscript title 'F. W. Simms, F.R.A.S.' the the base of the image, ... read more

Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 5  

SOLD Lot 1 - Original Cast Aluminium Hospital Sign for 'PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY'

Original Cast Aluminium Hospital Sign for 'PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY'

lot 1 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

Original Cast Aluminium Hospital Sign for 'PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY', with raised boarder and lettering, label to rear reads 'K. H. April 1994 from ... read more

Sold for £288    Result including buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 224 - Large Ross No.1 Compound Microscope

Large Ross No.1 Compound Microscope

lot 224 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, c.1854, engraved to the back of the foot 'A ROSS LONDON 567' the microscope standing on a massive 'Y' shaped base with tall uprights ... read more

Sold for £650    Result including buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 225 - The First Folding Microscope by Smith & Beck, 1847/8

The First Folding Microscope by Smith & Beck, 1847/8

lot 225 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, dated from the Beck records to late 1847/early 1848, engraved to the limb ‘Smith & Beck 6 Coleman St. London 177’ the microscope with folded ... read more

Sold for £3,500    Result including buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 226 - Georgian Compound & Simple Microscope Compendium

Georgian Compound & Simple Microscope Compendium

lot 226 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

Englsh, c.1770, unsigned but similar in design to instruments built by John Cuff, the microscope when assembled fits inot a brass boss on the top of ... read more

Sold for £1,375    Result including buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 227 - A Good Swift "Dick" Petrological Microscope

A Good Swift "Dick" Petrological Microscope

lot 227 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, c.1895, signed to foot ‘J Swift & Son, London’, standing on cast brass foot finished in black lacquer, trunnions at top support body, ... read more

Sold for £3,375    Result including buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 228 - Brass Leeuwenhoek-type Simple Microscope

Brass Leeuwenhoek-type Simple Microscope

lot 228 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

the lens-plates 47.07mm x 27.6mm x 1.56mm with 3 rivets and hammer marks around lens aperture, with spherical lens, the long-screw adjuster with ... read more

Sold for £2,375    Result including buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 229 - Mid Victorian Binocular Microscope, Smith & Beck

Mid Victorian Binocular Microscope, Smith & Beck

lot 229 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, dated (from the Beck records) June 1862, engraved to the foot 'Smith & Beck, 6 Coleman Street, LONDON, 2408', the microscope on a equiaxial ... read more

Sold for £2,125    Result including buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 230 - Gould Microscope

Gould Microscope

lot 230 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, 19th Century, unsigned, of typical form, microcsope on tall upright column, with mirror in gimbal (missing pin) stage with rack and pinion ... read more

Sold for £200    Result including buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 231 - An Unusual Comparison Microscope By Zeiss

An Unusual Comparison Microscope By Zeiss

lot 231 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

German, c.1930, engraved 'CARL ZEISS JENA Nr 305939' the microscope arranged on a 'U' shaped base with 2 identical microscope stages with Abbe type ... read more

Sold for £500    Result including buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 232 - A Solar Microscope By Dollond

A Solar Microscope By Dollond

lot 232 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, c.1790, engraved 'DOLLOND LONDON' the microscope of typical form with a brass plate with geared adjustment to rotation and angle of the ... read more

Sold for £1,375    Result including buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 233 - A Zeiss IIa Compound Microscope

A Zeiss IIa Compound Microscope

lot 233 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

German, c.1890, engraved 'Carl Zeiss Jena No. 37534', microscope on 'Y' shaped base with plano-concave mirror, with Abbe substage illuminating ... read more

Sold for £312    Result including buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 234 - A Large Zeiss Jug Handle Microscope

A Large Zeiss Jug Handle Microscope

lot 234 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

German, c.1900, engraved to the body tube 'CARL ZEISS JENA Nr. 43277' and engraved on the foot in script 'Katherine M. L. Gamge' then covered by ... read more

Sold for £300    Result including buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 235 - Historically Important Microscope Objective by Powell & Lealand

Historically Important Microscope Objective by Powell & Lealand

lot 235 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, c.1897, engraved to the objective 'POWELL & LEALAND No.114, 1/12 Apochromatic oil immersion N.A. 1.43' in a can engraved the same, objective ... read more

Sold for £2,000    Result including buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 236 - A Collection of Zeiss Microscope Accessories

A Collection of Zeiss Microscope Accessories

lot 236 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including a large mechanical stage in a red leather case marked 'KREUTISCH 44 C. ZEISS JENA', a micrometer eyepiece in a leather case marked 'C. ... read more

Sold for £388    Result including buyers premium More details 10  

SOLD Lot 237 - R & J Beck Microscope Lamp & Slide Preperation Outfit

R & J Beck Microscope Lamp & Slide Preperation Outfit

lot 237 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

A large 19th century French polished mahogany case with 8 drawers contining slide preperation equipment and a fitted compartment for a microscope ... read more

Sold for £688    Result including buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 238 - A Good Carl Zeiss Jenna Microscope Microspectroscope

A Good Carl Zeiss Jenna Microscope Microspectroscope

lot 238 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

German, c.1900, engraved in script to the the top eyepiece 'Carl Zeiss Jena No.689' complete in the original French polished case & Key

Sold for £500    Result including buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 240 - Large & Fine Microscope Table Condenser

Large & Fine Microscope Table Condenser

lot 240 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, c.1880, unsigned, heavy stepped base with telescopic upright, bulls-eye condenser in gimbal on weighted support arm, constructed of ... read more

Sold for £375    Result including buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 241 - A Zeiss 'PRISMEN-ROTATOR' Microscope Accessory

A Zeiss 'PRISMEN-ROTATOR' Microscope Accessory

lot 241 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

German, c.1890, signed in script 'Carl Zeiss Jena ', constructed of nickel plated brass with blued steel screws, engraved scale to rotator;  in ... read more

Sold for £812    Result including buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 243 - A Very Fine 400 Diatom Microscope Slide, Moller

A Very Fine 400 Diatom Microscope Slide, Moller

lot 243 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

German, dated 1870, slide engraved ‘Diatomaceen = Typen-Platte Deckglasdicke 1/9th mmtr, No.195, J. D. Moller Wedel in Holstein Germania 1870’ with ... read more

Sold for £975    Result including buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 244 - Farrant, R. J., 2 Micro Writing Microscope Slide

Farrant, R. J., 2 Micro Writing Microscope Slide

lot 244 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, the slide signed at the bottom of the microwritting 'R. J. Farrants August 22nd 1855', with Farrant's recognisable paper to the front and ... read more

Sold for £625    Result including buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 245 - Large Victorian Microscope Slide Cabinet & Slides

Large Victorian Microscope Slide Cabinet & Slides

lot 245 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

the cabinet, English, c.1880, plaque to the inside of the door for 'W. WATSON & SONS MANUFACTURES 313 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON', cabinet on plinth base ... read more

Sold for £1,750    Result including buyers premium More details 13  

SOLD Lot 246 - Collection of Microscope Diatom Slides, Klaus Kemp Collection

Collection of Microscope Diatom Slides, Klaus Kemp Collection

lot 246 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

Collection of Group slides & Type Slides from the Collection of the Late Klaus Kemp. Strews by: K. R. Green, K. D. Kemp, Girodet, Rev. Vise, R. ... read more

Sold for £325    Result including buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 247 - Large University Collection of Geological Microscope Slides

Large University Collection of Geological Microscope Slides

lot 247 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

A large polished wood microscope slide cabinets containing an indexed collection of geological microscope slides, missing index

Sold for £375    Result including buyers premium More details 30  

SOLD Lot 248 - Collection of 113 Diatom Microscope Slides

Collection of 113 Diatom Microscope Slides

lot 248 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

case of 113 Diatom microscope slides including slides by Klaus Kemp, Edgar Williams, Frith, Darnton, Cole Wright, Hartley adn others, 72 of the ... read more

Sold for £362    Result including buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 249 - An Important Microscope Slide Cabinet of H.M.S. Challenger Soundings owned by Charles Elcock

An Important Microscope Slide Cabinet of H.M.S. Challenger Soundings owned by Charles Elcock

lot 249 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

The Cabinet: English, c.1880, constructed of French polished mahogany, 2 doors opening to reveal a bank of drawers, label to inside of door reads ... read more

Sold for £3,375    Result including buyers premium More details 15  

Document Concerning Lean Foucault's Gyroscope

lot 274 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

‘In the month of September 1852, Mr. Foucault presented to the Academy of Sciences another physical demonstration of the Earth's rotational momentum. ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 3  

SOLD Lot 55 - A Pentacon MTL3 35mm SLR and Accessories

A Pentacon MTL3 35mm SLR and Accessories

lot 55 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

comprising a MTL3, silver, body VG, shutter working, with a Pentacon /1.8 50mm lens, barrel G, optics G with light dust and haze, with a Pentacon ... read more

Sold for £12    Result including buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 395 - Victorian Lacquered Brass Microscope

Victorian Lacquered Brass Microscope

lot 395 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

English, c.1870, unsigned but similar to those made by Baker, London, microscope on 'Y' shaped base with rack and pinion focus, replacement mirror, ... read more

Sold for £62    Result including buyers premium More details 2  

Microscope Accessories

lot 396 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

including a binocular microscope body tube with no prism or eyepieces, unsigned, a collection of microscope stage condensers, and 2 microscope ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 397 - Brass Compound Microscope

Brass Compound Microscope

lot 397 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

English, c.1900, Swift Wahle Limb microscope with retailers engraving for 'Dobbie Mc Innes & Clyd Ltd, Glasgow', microscope on Whale limb, with plano- ... read more

Sold for £106    Result including buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 398 - A Swift Trinocular Microscope

A Swift Trinocular Microscope

lot 398 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

serial number 2042757, modern, appears lightly used, four objectives, mechanical stage, substage condenser, internal light, powers up, in maker's ... read more

Sold for £81    Result including buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 399 - Greenough's Binocular Microscope, British Natural History Museum Zoology Dept.

Greenough's Binocular Microscope, British Natural History Museum Zoology Dept.

lot 399 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

Including a binocular microscope by 'Carl Zeiss Jena' with most parts engraved with a crown and 'Brit. Mus (N.H.) Z.D.148' - British Museum Natural ... read more

Sold for £238    Result including buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 400 - WILD Heerburgg Binocular Microscope

WILD Heerburgg Binocular Microscope

lot 400 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

microscope marked WILD Heerburgg, electric illuminant to base condenser on rack and pinion focus, with mechanical stage 4 objective nose piece, with ... read more

Sold for £162    Result including buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 401 - A Good Compound Microscope By Leitz

A Good Compound Microscope By Leitz

lot 401 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

German, Dated to the card inside the door, 1900, engraved to the foot 'E. Leitz Wetzlar 51629', microscope of typical form on 'Y' shaped black ... read more

Sold for £94    Result including buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 402 - Collection of Microscope Accessories

Collection of Microscope Accessories

lot 402 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

including a microtome knife, cased vertical illuminator by Reichert, a glass stage by Carl Zeiss, collection of micrometer microscope slides, Diatom ... read more

Sold for £50    Result including buyers premium More details 1  

Withdrawn

lot 404 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 24th Sep, 2024)

SOLD Lot 623 - Magic Lantern & Optical Toy Collectors Lot

Magic Lantern & Optical Toy Collectors Lot

lot 623 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

including, a Brewster type stereoscope, a magic lantern microscope, 2 tinplate magic lanterns, a hand painted magic lantern slide of a crypt, and 2 ... read more

Sold for £62    Result including buyers premium More details 8  

SOLD Lot 635 - A Pair of Victorian Magic Lantern Microscope Attachments

A Pair of Victorian Magic Lantern Microscope Attachments

lot 635 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

comprising an example marked as "Newton, Fleet St, London", with rack and pinion focus, optics G with light haze and fungus, and a smaller example, ... read more

Sold for £38    Result including buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 658 - Scientific Collectors Lot

Scientific Collectors Lot

lot 658 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

including, a planimeter in a leather case, a German silver beam compass by Reifler, Nesselwang & Munchen, a microscope mechanical stage, and a brass ... read more

Sold for £38    Result including buyers premium More details 3  

WILD Heerburgg Binocular Microscope

lot 661 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

microscope marked WILD Heerburgg, electric illuminant to base condenser on rack and pinion focus, with mechanical stage 4 objective nose piece, with ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 662 - A Good Victorian Brass Compound Microscope

A Good Victorian Brass Compound Microscope

lot 662 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

English, c.1890, engraved to the rear of the foot 'H P AYLWARD 164 Oxford Rd Manchester', the microscope on a cast tripod base, plano=concave mirror ... read more

Sold for £138    Result including buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 663 - WWII German Engraved Binocular Microscope Head

WWII German Engraved Binocular Microscope Head

lot 663 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

German, c.1935, the microscope body engraved Carl Zeiss Jena with German eagle over the swastika symbol, and engraved the same on the objectives and ... read more

Sold for £212    Result including buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 664 - Swift Microscope & Archive of Documents Relating To M. R. Young

Swift Microscope & Archive of Documents Relating To M. R. Young

lot 664 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

The Microscope, English, c.1890, engraved to the rear of the foot 'J Swift & Son 31 Tottenham Court Rd, London', microscope on cast tripod foot with ... read more

Sold for £200    Result including buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 665 - A Swift Folding Microscope

A Swift Folding Microscope

lot 665 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

English, c.1910, engraved to the rear of the foot 'J. SWIFT & SON LONDON W' the microscope folded inot a small French polished travel case, the ... read more

Sold for £212    Result including buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 666 - A Watson Royal Brass Microscope

A Watson Royal Brass Microscope

lot 666 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

English, c.1890, engraved to the rear of the foot 'W W Scott & Co. 180 sauchiehall Street Glasgow' and Waston & Sons 313 High Holborn, London, 5371, ... read more

Sold for £400    Result including buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 667 - Microscope Digital Cameras

Microscope Digital Cameras

lot 667 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

including a boxed USB digital microscope, a boxed digital camera eyepiece, another microscope eyepiece with PSU and cables, all untested

Sold for £25    Result including buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 668 - A Collection of Microscopes

A Collection of Microscopes

lot 668 (Cameras & Scientific Auction, 28th Aug, 2024)

including a binocular dissecting microscope by Beck, a small brass French microscope, a NIXO inspection microscope and another similar, a small pen ... read more

Sold for £62    Result including buyers premium More details 1