1st Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
brass with a bimetallic Vernier scale, with two eyepieces (appears to lack a third), cased
Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £200
Engraved 'Thomas Jones 62 Charing Cross, London'
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Auction: Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools, 1st Feb, 2023
The sale includes rare and interesting pieces of musical interest, including a Lochmann 'Original Musik Automat' Coin-Operated 17-Inch Upright Disk Musical Box, an 'Minor Overture' Key-Wind Musical Box, and a good E.M.G. Mark XB Overize Horn Gramaphone. Also of note in the sale is a John B Dancer Microscope, a collection of Mining Lamps, and a large and varied collection of LP's from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Viewing
Tuesday 31st January 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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