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Christie's, 25 October 2006, London, South Kensington

Date of the auction: 25.10.2006

Image
Lot number 1
A fine mid 18th-Century shagreen-covered English drum micros...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,750 - US$5,625
Price realised:
£14,400
ca. US$27,002
Image
Lot number 2
A good 19th-Century botanist's miniature brass microscope, ...
Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$468 - US$656
Price realised:
£900
ca. US$1,687
Image
Lot number 3
A 19th-Century English lacquered-brass simple botanical micr...
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$750 - US$1,125
Price realised:
£360
ca. US$675
Image
Lot number 4
A good 19th-Century German lacquered-brass travelling micros...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,750 - US$5,625
Price realised:
£9,600
ca. US$18,001
Image
Lot number 5
A fine mid 19th-Century lacquered-brass binocular microscope...
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$15,001 - US$22,501
Price realised:
£6,960
ca. US$13,051
Image
Lot number 6
A 19th-Century lacquered-brass binocular microscope
Estimate
£200 - £300
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Price realised:
£360
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Image
Lot number 7
A rare group of eight 19th-Century acid slides
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$750 - US$1,125
Price realised:
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Image
Lot number 8
A mid 19th-Century lacquered-brass binocular microscope
Estimate
£400 - £600
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Price realised:
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Image
Lot number 10
Three late 19th/early 20th-Century microscopes
Estimate
£200 - £300
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Price realised:
£120
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Image
Lot number 11
A late 19th-Century lacquered-brass microscope
Estimate
£100 - £150
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Price realised:
£192
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Image
Lot number 12
An early 20th-Century Davon "Super Microscope - Micro telesc...
Estimate
£300 - £400
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Image
Lot number 13
Three late 19th/early 20th-Century microscopes
Estimate
£300 - £500
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Lot number 14
Three late 19th/early 20th-Century microscopes
Estimate
£200 - £300
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Lot number 15
Two early 20th-Century Leitz microscopes
Estimate
£200 - £400
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Lot number 16
Two Replica Rara microscopes
Estimate
£600 - £800
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Lot number 18
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£250 - £350
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Lot number 21
A mid 19th-Century lacquered-brass demonstration model in ma...
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Lot number 33
An 18th-Century English lacquered-brass and mahogany waywise...
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£1,200 - £1,500
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Lot number 35
A 19th-Century lacquered-brass Holland circle
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
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Lot number 36
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Lot number 38
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Lot number 39
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Lot number 40
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£200 - £300
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Lot number 41
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£720
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Image
Lot number 63
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Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
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Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
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Image
Lot number 70
A mid 17th-Century miniature Nuremberg ivory and wood diptyc...
Estimate
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Image
Lot number 71
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Estimate
£500 - £600
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Price realised:
£504
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Image
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A late 18th-Century German wood and polychrome paper diptych...
Estimate
£400 - £600
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Lot number 73
Two 19th-Century mahogany cased pocket compasses
Estimate
£300 - £500
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Price realised:
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Image
Lot number 75
An unusual mid 19th-Century French 1½-inch diameter terrestr...
Estimate
£600 - £800
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Price realised:
£1,800
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Image
Lot number 76
A good 19th-Century English 2¾-inch diameter terrestrial poc...
Estimate
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ca. US$3,750 - US$5,625
Price realised:
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A late 18th-Century English 2¾-inch diameter pocket globe, ...
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£3,000 - £5,000
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Lot number 78
A 19th-Century English 3-inch diameter terrestrial globe
Estimate
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Lot number 79
A 19th-Century English 3-inch diameter terrestrial pocket gl...
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Lot number 80
A fine early 19th-Century German 8-inch diameter terrestrial...
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A 19th-Century English 9-inch diameter terrestrial table glo...
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A mid 20th-Century German 13-inch diameter lunar globe
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Lot number 86
A late 18th-Century English tellurion
Estimate
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Image
Lot number 87
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Lot number 88 A
Two late 18th-Century/early 19th-Century English Martin-type...
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Two late 18th/early 19th-Century deep amethyst tinted glass ...
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Estimate
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Two early 20th-Century Bristol blue 'Submarine' poison bottl...
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£500 - £700
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Price realised:
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Image
Lot number 92
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Lot number 93
A miscellaneous collection of unusual late Victorian/early 2...
Estimate
£300 - £400
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Price realised:
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Image
Lot number 94
A collection of 19th-Century English ointment pots and pot-l...
Estimate
£400 - £600
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Image
Lot number 95
Two 19th-Century English 'Bears Grease' pot-lids
Estimate
£400 - £600
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Lot number 96
Two large and attractive Victorian gilt, silver and polychro...
Estimate
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Lot number 98
A CADBURY'S CHOCOLATE counter-top display cabinet
Estimate
£200 - £300
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Lot number 101
A good late Victorian mahogany cased surgical instrument set...
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Price realised:
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Lot number 103
An early 20th-Century English nickel-plated wrist syphgmogra...
Estimate
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Lot number 104
An early 19th-Century toothkey with turned bone handle
Estimate
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A 20th-Century mahogany dentist's swivel chest of drawers, ...
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Lot number 109
A fluid-preserved human foetus
Estimate
£500 - £800
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Lot number 110
A human skull
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Lot number 111
A horse skull
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ca. US$468 - US$656
Price realised:
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Image
Lot number 112
A fine mounted Leptoptilos crumeniferus African Marabou stor...
Estimate
£400 - £600
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Price realised:
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Image
Lot number 113
A fine Aceros undulatus Wreathed hornbill skeleton
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$562 - US$937
Price realised:
£420
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Image
Lot number 114
A fine Phoeniconaias minor Lesser flamingo skeleton
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£300 - £500
ca. US$562 - US$937
Price realised:
£1,680
ca. US$3,150
Image
Lot number 115
Approximately two hundred painted glass eyes for taxidermy, ...
Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$937 - US$1,500
Price realised:
£360
ca. US$675
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