Hughes Printing Telegraph, ca. 1875

Jan 12, 2023

Hughes Printing Telegraph, ca. 1875 Starting bid: € 2.800 | Estimate: € 4.000 – 6.000 Ateliers L. Doignon, Malakoff, Paris. No. 1810, synchronic printer for letters, numbers and characters, weight-driven (counterweight not included), with regulator, probably by...

Victorian Book and Letter Scale, c. 1880

Jan 12, 2023

Victorian Book and Letter Scale, ca. 1880 Starting bid: € 1.200 | 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 level with 5 iron weights, on solid wood base, 16...

Live Steam Shand Mason Horse-Drawn Fire Pump, ca. 1985

Jan 12, 2023

Live Steam 2-Inch Scale Shand Mason Horse-Drawn Fire Pump, c. 1985 Starting bid: € 2.200 | Estimate: € 3.000 – 4.000 City of Bath, England, finely detailed model, copper boiler with silver solder, all fittings, hoses and nozzles, 2-cylinder engine with cylinder...

Steam Model of a Wallis & Steevens Simplicity Roller, ca. 1980

Jan 9, 2023

3-Inch Live Steam Model of a Wallis & Steevens Simplicity Roller, ca. 1980 Starting bid: € 1.400 | Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.000 Coal-fired model of this unusual street roller by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke, England, with distinctive 5 1/3 in. diagonal...

Stirn’s Concealed Vest Camera No. 1, 1886

Jan 9, 2023

Stirn’s Concealed Vest Camera No. 1, 1886 Starting bid: € 450 | Estimate: € 900 – 1400 C.P. Stirn, Berlin, No. 3029, nickel-plated version, for 6 exposures of 4.1 cm, with periscope lens, guillotine shutter (sticking), aluminum locking mechanism and...