Premium pages left without account:

Auction 17.12.1998

Christie's, London, South Kensington

Date of the auction: 17.12.1998

Image
Lot number 1
A late 19th-Century barograph
Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$417 - US$584
Price realised:
£552
ca. US$922
Image
Lot number 2
A 19th-Century barograph
Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$417 - US$584
Price realised:
£518
ca. US$865
Image
Lot number 3
A late 19th-Century French ballooning barograph
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$501 - US$835
Price realised:
£518
ca. US$865
Image
Lot number 4
A barograph
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$501 - US$668
Price realised:
£483
ca. US$806
Image
Lot number 5
An unusual hygrodiek
Estimate
£700 - £900
ca. US$1,169 - US$1,503
Price realised:
£748
ca. US$1,249
Image
Lot number 6
A barothermograph
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,670 - US$2,505
Price realised:
£1,265
ca. US$2,112
Image
Lot number 7
A 19th-Century lacquered-brass direct vision spectroscope
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$334 - US$501
Price realised:
£207
ca. US$345
Image
Lot number 8
A 19th-Century lacquered-brass saccharimeter
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$501 - US$668
Price realised:
£172
ca. US$287
Image
Lot number 10
An early 19th-Century Italian brass vacuum pump
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,500
ca. US$2,004 - US$2,505
Price realised:
£3,220
ca. US$5,378
Image
Lot number 11
A 19th-Century lacquered, silvered and oxidised-brass demonstration dip...
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,336 - US$2,004
Price realised:
£920
ca. US$1,536
Image
Lot number 13
A lacquered-brass gimbal-mounted demonstration gyroscope
Estimate
£250 - £300
ca. US$417 - US$501
Price realised:
£437
ca. US$729
Image
Lot number 14
A 19th-Century lacquered-brass telegraph apparatus
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$501 - US$668
Price realised:
£322
ca. US$537
Image
Lot number 17
An unusual German Biedermeier-period demonstration dip circle
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$501 - US$835
Price realised:
£322
ca. US$537
Image
Lot number 18
A Loraine glass
Estimate
£25 - £200
ca. US$41 - US$334
Price realised:
£29
ca. US$48
Image
Lot number 19
An unusual early 19th-Century brass ' Goniometre facial du Dr Jacquart...
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$501 - US$668
Price realised:
£1,725
ca. US$2,881
Image
Lot number 20
A rare rosewood and ivory mineral specimen viewer
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$668 - US$1,002
Price realised:
£2,300
ca. US$3,841
Image
Lot number 21
A pair of 19th-Century parabolic reflectors
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$668 - US$1,002
Price realised:
£805
ca. US$1,344
Image
Lot number 22
A late 19th-Century twin-plate Wimshurst-pattern electro-magnetic induction...
Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$835 - US$1,336
Price realised:
£1,840
ca. US$3,073
Image
Lot number 23
A collection of documentation, samples and literature
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$835 - US$1,169
Price realised:
£518
ca. US$865
Image
Lot number 25
A collection of soft stone and composition geometric solids
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$501 - US$835
Price realised:
£805
ca. US$1,344
Image
Lot number 26
A similar collection of geometric solids
Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$835 - US$1,336
Price realised:
£1,265
ca. US$2,112
Image
Lot number 27
An unusual 19th-Century brass analysis instrument
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$668 - US$1,002
Price realised:
£805
ca. US$1,344
Image
Lot number 29
An early 19th-Century vacuum pump
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$5,011 - US$6,681
Price realised:
£3,220
ca. US$5,378
Image
Lot number 30
An unusual pattern electro-static induction machine
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,340 - US$5,011
Price realised:
£2,070
ca. US$3,457
Image
Lot number 31
An exhibition standard Wimshurst-pattern induction machine
Estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
ca. US$3,340 - US$4,175
Price realised:
£2,070
ca. US$3,457
Image
Lot number 33
A collection of fifteen silvered and gilt-bronze calendar tokens
Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$417 - US$584
Price realised:
£230
ca. US$384
Image
Lot number 35
A late 19th-Century lacquered-brass precision balance
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$501 - US$668
Price realised:
£460
ca. US$768
Image
Lot number 37
A 19th-Century ivory hydrostatic hydrometer
Estimate
£200 - £400
ca. US$334 - US$668
Price realised:
£345
ca. US$576
Image
Lot number 38
A rare early 18th-Century brass Musschenbroek balance
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$5,011 - US$6,681
Price realised:
£4,140
ca. US$6,915
Image
Lot number 39
A 19th-Century counter beam scale
Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$417 - US$584
Price realised:
£288
ca. US$481
Try LotSearch

Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!

  • Search lots and bid
  • Price database and artist analysis
  • Alerts for your searches