Scientific Instrument Auctions

Valuations & Professional Appraisals

Flints Scientific Instrument department holds Fine Auctions twice per year. These sales are very well publicised, with advertisements in all the main trade publications, social media and trade fairs that are directly targeted at collectors, institutes and museums across the world.

Matt Nunn heads up the scientific instrument department and have a long history of being involved within this field. Their exceptionally high standards are particularly evident in their cataloguing, along with well-researched descriptions. The catalogues produced by Flints are valuable reference works used and trusted by leading collectors and institutes.

Our Fine Scientific auctions offer instruments and artefacts from the earliest periods to the mid-20th century and contain a wide range of scientific instruments. We welcome enquiries from both sellers and buyers on individual items or collections in the following areas:

  • Drawing instruments
  • Globes, orreries and planetaria
  • Microscopes, slides and accessories
  • Physics demonstration models
  • Slide rules and early mechanical calculators
  • Sundials
  • Surveying and navigation equipment including sextants, octants, theodolites and compasses
  • Telescopes and early astronomical instruments

If you wish to sell your scientific instruments we welcome single items or entire collections. We will advise on current market value and help you achieve the best price. . Flints take great care to research and properly present the antiques and collectables we sell, and we reach enthusiasts, dealers, collectors, museums and galleries worldwide with our extensive client database and auction presentation on multiple platforms.

Contact Flints if you wish to consign items to the next sale or simply want a free valuation without obligation, please complete the Request an Auction Estimate form on this page. Please see our news items and auction calendar for updates on our next scientific instrument auction.

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  Matt Nunn
 

Matt started as an electrical engineer and worked for Harrods, amongst others, as a senior project engineer and pursued his professional qualifications to become chartered. However, all along his real passion was in the world of antiques, and he became a full-time antique dealer back in 2006 running Apsley Antiques Ltd. At this time he took over the ownership and running of the London Scientific and Medical Antique fair which he ran for six years.

His areas of specialism are early optical instruments with a particular emphasis on the history of microscopy, and early technology from early electrical equipment to steam engines.