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Christie's, 24 September 2008, London, South Kensington

Date of the auction: 24.09.2008

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Lot number 1
An English lignum vitae and boxwood backstaff
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,596 - US$5,394
Price realised:
£2,000
ca. US$3,596
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Lot number 3
A double sandglass
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,596 - US$5,394
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$3,371
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Lot number 4
A brass German graphometer
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,596 - US$5,394
Price realised:
£1,750
ca. US$3,146
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Lot number 5
A fine ivory hydrometer
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,438 - US$2,157
Price realised:
£625
ca. US$1,123
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Lot number 6
A decorative compass dial
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$1,258 - US$1,798
Price realised:
£750
ca. US$1,348
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Lot number 7
A Dieppe ivory diptych dial
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$1,078 - US$1,438
Price realised:
£688
ca. US$1,237
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Lot number 10
A silver and gilt-brass German Augsburg dial
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$4,495 - US$6,293
Price realised:
£3,250
ca. US$5,843
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Lot number 11
A fine string-gnomon Sun and Moon Dial
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,394 - US$8,990
Price realised:
£5,250
ca. US$9,439
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Lot number 12
An ivory Nuremberg diptych dial
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$7,192 - US$10,788
Price realised:
£3,500
ca. US$6,293
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Lot number 13
A large Portuguese cannon dial
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$12,586 - US$17,980
Price realised:
£30,000
ca. US$53,941
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Lot number 14
A Persian-inscribed sundial
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$7,192 - US$10,788
Price realised:
£8,125
ca. US$14,609
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Lot number 15
A wooden astrolabic quadrant
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,596 - US$5,394
Price realised:
£2,750
ca. US$4,944
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Lot number 16
A fine astrolabic quadrant
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,394 - US$8,990
Price realised:
£6,875
ca. US$12,361
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Lot number 17
An 18th century astrolabic quadrant
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,596 - US$5,394
Price realised:
£2,375
ca. US$4,270
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Lot number 19
An Italian Telescope
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$1,078 - US$1,438
Price realised:
£750
ca. US$1,348
Image
Lot number 20
An Italian telescope
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$1,078 - US$1,438
Price realised:
£750
ca. US$1,348
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Lot number 21
A brass lacquered German transit instrument
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$1,078 - US$1,438
Price realised:
£400
ca. US$719
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Lot number 22
A lacquered brass theodolite
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$7,192 - US$10,788
Price realised:
£3,500
ca. US$6,293
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Lot number 26
Monocular microscope with fine lacquer
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$1,258 - US$1,798
Price realised:
£500
ca. US$899
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Lot number 29
A lacquered brass Jones' Most Improved-type microscope
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,596 - US$5,394
Price realised:
£2,125
ca. US$3,820
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Lot number 30
A fine brass lacquered Jones' Most Improved-type microscope ...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,596 - US$5,394
Price realised:
£2,250
ca. US$4,045
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Lot number 31
An English Culpeper-type microscope
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,394 - US$8,990
Price realised:
£5,625
ca. US$10,114
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Lot number 33
A Fukang Pallastie Meteorite Slice
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,438 - US$2,157
Price realised:
£125
ca. US$224
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Lot number 34
An ammonite assemblage
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,438 - US$2,157
Price realised:
£1,000
ca. US$1,798
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Lot number 35
An Ichthyosaur Rostrum
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,438 - US$2,157
Price realised:
£238
ca. US$427
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Lot number 36
ADAM, Victor (1801-66) Musée du Chasseur ou Collection de t...
Estimate
£100 - £200
ca. US$179 - US$359
Price realised:
£188
ca. US$338
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Lot number 42
BURMANNUS, Johannes (1706-79) Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhiben...
Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$899 - US$1,438
Price realised:
£625
ca. US$1,123
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Lot number 43
CHURCH, John A Cabinet of Quadrupeds London: Darton and Har...
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$719 - US$1,078
Price realised:
£475
ca. US$854
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Lot number 44
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882) On the Origin of the Species by ...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,596 - US$5,394
Price realised:
£2,375
ca. US$4,270
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Lot number 46
DONOVAN, Edward (1768-1837) The Natural History of British ...
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,697 - US$3,596
Price realised:
£2,000
ca. US$3,596
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