Victorian Book and Letter Scale

Dec 19, 2023

Victorian Book and Letter Scale, c. 1880 Starting bid: € 800 | Estimate: € 2.000 – 3.000 DeGrave & Co, London. For the English General Post Office (GPO), all brass, three-tier ladder scale, 1 oz, 2 oz and 3 oz, on solid wood base, 16 x 5 ¾ in., complete with...

Twin-Cylinder Rack-Balancing Steam Engine with Boiler House

Oct 12, 2023

Twin-Cylinder Rack-Balancing Steam Engine with Boiler House, c. 1900 Starting bid: € 1.200 | Estimate: € 2.000 – 2.500 Demonstration model of a pumping station, engraved on plaque: “Bateman & Sharratt, Rack Engine 60 H.P., Manchester Eng, 1794 to...

Radiguet & Massiot Single-Cylinder Overcrank Steam Engine

Oct 12, 2023

Radiguet & Massiot Single-Cylinder Overcrank Steam Engine, c. 1914 Starting bid: € 1.200 | Estimate: € 2.000 – 2.500 Paris, type 5015, cast iron, steel and brass, boiler Ø 6 ¼ in., flywheel Ø 7 4/5 in., base size 18 ¼ x 9 ½ in., water gauge level, Radiguet...

Large Floor-Runner Live-Steam Locomotive

Oct 12, 2023

Large Floor-Runner Live-Steam Locomotive, c. 1900 Starting bid: € 800 | Estimate: € 1.200 – 1.800 Stevenson-type model, 2-4-0-wheel arrangement, riveted steel flame tube boiler, length 17 ¾ in., Ø 6 in., with steam dome and safety valve (weight missing), for...

Walking Automaton with Gramophone by Ch. Danjou

Oct 12, 2023

Remarkable Walking Automaton with Gramophone by Ch. Danjou, c. 1940/41 Starting bid: € 2.000 | Estimate: € 4.000 – 6.000 Place de Strasbourg, Lyon, with German bisque socket head impressed “1909, 2” (c. 1900), open mouth, fixed blue glass eyes, brown...