Antique & Vintage

Calculation

Thacher's / Thatcher Calculating Instrument Calculator / Slide Rule 15 Page Instruction Pamphlet All original, not a reprint. I am not sure if this ever had a cover or not. It is instructions and testimonials, 15 pages all told for an early Thacher / Thatcher calculator. I see no date, nor do I see a model number to indicate if this predates K & E numbering their Thacher the 4100. I think it is correct with 15 pages and was a supplemental, or quick guide, as opposed to a full set of instructions. The condition is as seen. Frayed w/ loose pages.

Click for Pic                Click for Pic

THACH-CAL-15

Fair . . . . . . $20.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Curta Calculator Type II No. 557878  The serial # on this Type II Curta is 557878. This Type II Curta Calculator is in excellent condition and operates smoothly and flawlessly. The body is very nice and shows minimal wear or tear. There are minor scuffs on the sole. The plastic case is nice.

The Curta calculator was invented or developed by Carl Herzstark while imprisoned in a German concentration camp during World War II. This interesting design calculator was the top of the line manual calculator in its day and was immensely popular before the advent of the handheld electronic calculator which essentially made them obsolete in the 70's.

In todays world they are at times used in road rallies and some other applications but are worth more as collectibles and examples of calculation history. They were made up until about 1970 and all told about 150,00 both Type 1 & Type 2 models were made. They are highly collectible pieces of calculation history today, and an important example of calculation technology in the scheme of things.

Click for Pic             Click for Pic             Click for Pic             Click for Pic            


Click for Pic             Click for Pic             Click for Pic             Click for Pic

AMN-CURTA-557878

Fine . . . . . $1750.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Curta Calculator Type II No. 543729 The serial # on this Type II Curta is 543729. This Curta Calculator is in excellent condition and operates smoothly and flawlessly. The body is very nice and shows minimal wear or tear. The plastic case is nice.

The Curta calculator was invented or developed by Carl Herzstark while imprisoned in a German concentration camp during World War II. This interesting design calculator was the top of the line manual calculator in its day and was immensely popular before the advent of the handheld electronic calculator which essentially made them obsolete in the 70's.

In todays world they are at times used in road rallies and some other applications but are worth more as collectibles and examples of calculation history. They were made up until about 1970 and all told about 150,00 both Type 1 & Type 2 models were made. They are highly collectible pieces of calculation history today, and an important example of calculation technology in the scheme of things.

click for Pic                 click for Pic                 click for Pic                 click for Pic                 click for Pic                


click for Pic                 click for Pic                 click for Pic                 click for Pic                 click for Pic

AMN-CURTA-543729

Fine . . . . . $1750.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Electrical

Thomas Edison's Edison System Ampere Meter  This Edison System ampere meter is a rare and important piece of Electrical history. The condition of this large and unusual Edison amp meter is exceptional. The scale reads up to 264 amps, off the scale, indicating this meter must have been used with a huge dynamo or motor.

This Edison meter measures approx. 10" across and 16" tall. The back of the case is cast iron. The etched glass face is flawless. The previous owner made a copy of the paper scale to cover the original scale to help preserve it. The original paper scale is behind the copy on the face in the pics. It is in nice condition.

The wooden case is original finish and in fine condition. The interior workings look like new. The wooden case is stamped in two places with Elec. Eng. Dept. L.S.J.U. which is Stanford University in Palo Alto CA.

A super nice and rare piece of American Electrical History that will display well and be a great addition to the old office, electrical, scientific or related collection! Nice!!

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

AMN-ED-METER

Fine . . . . . $3750.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Scales / Weights & Measurement

Carl Zeiss Jena Gauge Blocks in Roll Top Oak Case There are 88 gauge blocks. The front is stamped Carl Zeiss Jena. There is a tag on the top of the box marked BMW.2 / NR.30. This unusual set of Zeiss Gauge Blocks is in great condition.

The wooden oak case has a very interesting tambour or roll top lid. I could find no other examples with this style roll top case looking around on the internet. It works as it was designed.

Some paper related to Zeiss gauge blocks the collector gathered online is shown in the last pics. This style case is not mentioned.

Click for Pic            Click for Pic            Click for Pic            Click for Pic           


Click for Pic            Click for Pic            Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-ZEISS-BLKS

Fine . . . . . $595.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Gauging
Specific Gravity / Alcohol % Measurement

E. H. Sargent & Co. Specific Gravity Balance Scale w/ Beaker & Weights  Fine complete condition. The scale beam / bar is marked Made in Germany. The outer wooden box has the Sargent name.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-SARG-SG-SCALE

Fine . . . . . $70.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Whitall & Tatum Specific Gravity Bottle  A great piece in super condition for display. Includes an inscribed glass beaker with funnel housed in near perfect japanned tin case w/ nice label. Used to measure the perfect amount of water when testing alcohol content or specific gravity in liquids.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-G-BOTTLE

Fine . . . . . $50.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

4 Hydrostatic Glass Bubble Sets for Specific Gravity Testing  Hydrostatic bubbles are also called philosophical bubbles, gravity beads, aerometrical beads or hydrometer beads and are a type of hydrometer invented in 1757 by Alexander Wilson of Glasgow. Each set is housed in a fitted wooden box.

The small glass bubbles in each set are individually numbered and when set in a liquid or mixture containing Alcohol would either float or sink depending on the specific gravity of the liquid, and thus determine the alcohol content of the liquid being tested. These Hydrostatic bubble sets date from the 18th to 19th century and it is quite unusual to find such nice condition sets. Sold individually or as a lot.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-GB-1L                   HG-GB-2M                  HG-GB-3M                     HG-GB-4R

From the left to right

Left - - - Good + . . . . . $350.00         SOLD!!

Left 2 - - - - Fine  . . . . . $400.00

3 - - - - Good + . . . . . $450.00 

Right - - - - Good  . . . . . $300.00         SOLD!!

Good + . . . . . $700 / Lot of 2 Remaining

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

William Twaddell / Glasgow Hydrostatic Glass Bubble Set For Specific Gravity -Testing / Gauging Alcohol Content. This Hydrostatic Glass Bubble Set set is shown in the above grouping. Very nice condition.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-GB-2M

Fine . . . . . $400.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Improved Spirit Bubbles by Sykes Hydrometer - Hydrostatic Glass Bubble Set For Specific Gravity -Testing / Gauging Alcohol Content. This Hydrostatic Glass Bubble Set set is shown in the above grouping. Very nice condition.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-GB-3M

Fine . . . . . $450.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

6 Books Concerned w/ Sykes Hydrometers - Specific Gravity -Testing / Gauging Alcohol Content  From the collection. As a lot. The collector paid about as much for one of them, you get the other 5 for free.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-SYKES-BKS

Fine . . . . . $275.00 / Lot

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

L. Lumley & Co. Ltd, Makers London. Liquor Cask / Wine Barrel Dipstick or Dipping Rule Jointed Ruler This type of ruler is also known as a Spile Rod Liquid Measure. A great looking jointed rule / ruler for measuring liquids in wine or beer barrels as well as liquor casks.

This example is a six piece 19th century boxwood Gauger's Rod, Ullage Rod, or Spile Rod marked L. Lumley & Co. Ltd, Makers London. Spile rods / rulers that are passed through the spile hole in a bung and used to measure the contents of a cask.

This example is compete in its nice leather case. All markings on boxwood sections are readable. The rods are in succession and can be screwed together, Each rod is 10" long, Some of the rods have warped a bit but are solid. Very unusual.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-LUMLEY-RULE

Good + . . . . . $150.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

R.Fuess Berlin-Steglitz Stech - Hygrometer / Long Barometer Moisture Tester This Long Barometer Moisture Tester is an interesting scientific device by the well known and respected German maker R. Feuss. It is in near mint condition and includes the original instructions - in German. It is housed in a fitted wooden box.

The collector had the instructions translated and written out in long hand. It seems from a light reading that this device / instrument was intended to determine the moisture content or humidity inside things like bales of tobacco. Tobacco is the material mentioned in the instructions, but I assume other materials or crops that were aged and or allowed to dry out before use or processing would be suitable candidates as well.

The long tube has a series of holes in it at the bottom that open and close during the test. I remember buying a lb. of something one time that seemed a bit wet. So much so that it was about un-smokeable as it was. After two nights in a heated dry environment it lost half its weight as it dried out more. Half its weight = half its value. I imagine buying tobacco or other similar commodities by weight was much the same and this device was a way to keep one from over paying for an overly wet and heavy product.

Click For Pic            Click For Pic            Click For Pic           


Click For Pic            Click For Pic            Click For Pic            Click For Pic

HG-FEUSS-LBAROM

Fine . . . . . $100.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

D. Balerna Banjo Style Antique Barometer  Very nice condition. Still has mercury in the barometer tubes behind the door in the back but he strings are not hanging correctly.  It stands a bit over 3' tall and is approx. 10" wide.  The thermometer and humidity gauges seem to work. 

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

JF-BAROM-BAL

Good + . . . . . $400.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

19th Century Banjo Style Antique Barometer / Thermometer / Humidity Very nice condition. Still has mercury in the barometer tubes behind the door in the back. I see no maker name or marks. Most likely English or Scottish.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

JF-BAROM-NN

Good + . . . . . $300.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Communication

Vibroplex Square Base Telegraph Key  Nice. The serial # is 65746 which dates it from 1919 if what I saw online was correct.

Click for Pic            Click for Pic            Click for Pic            Click for Pic

HG-VIBRO-KEY-SQ

Fine . . . . . $295.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

J. H. Bunnell & Co. Telegraph Spark Key Very nice overall condition. Nickel is dull and nice. Marked on the square stock bar. An interesting and hard to find spark key from shortly after the turn of the century.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

TELE-BUN-SIDE

Good + . . . . . 245.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

J. H. Bunnell & Co. Lineman's Test Set / Travel Telegraph Key in Case This unusual telegraph key is in very nice overall condition. The cloth cover of the case has some looseness issues that could be corrected. It dates from the 1870s - 1880s and was used to test lines to determine where a problem was. Marked J. H. Bunnell & Co. New York on the on the base. An interesting and hard to find telegraph key.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

TELE-BUN-TEST

Good + . . . . . 895.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Manhattan Electric Supply Co. Telegraph Sounder on Wood Base Nice overall condition. 20 Ohm. Note the unusual shape of the top curved cross bar.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

TELE-MESCO-S

Good + . . . . . $50.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Science

Estima 3 Piece Etching Knife / Scalpel Set w/ Wet Stone Sharpener Super original condition in box. This German made scalpel like knife set looks unused given the paper label still on the sharpening stone. I read they are for working with photographs rather than surgical or medical scalpels.    

Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-ESTIMA-SCALP

Fine . . . . . $75.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Zeiss Opton Product Catalog I do not see a date. It covers a lot of different scientific related pieces & devices.

click for Pic             click for Pic             click for Pic             click for Pic            


click for Pic             click for Pic             click for Pic             click for Pic

HG-OPTON-CAT

Good +. . . . . $25.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Antique Microscope Accessories Included are a brass microscope compressor slide / compressorium stage live box / cage for microscope viewing of specimens, an antique pocket microscope, a microscope dark phase disc, and a small lens.  All came from the same box of microscope accessories the collector had.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-MICRO-4ACC

Good . . . . . $75.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

National Otoscope Ophthalmoscope & More - Deluxe Medical Exam Set Super condition in wood box. Includes many accessories.

The box top is marked National. According to the catalog brochure this is the top of the line model that cost $61.30, a lot of money in the day. And that was before this years price increase as the brochure is marked obsolete and one can bet the prices were not lowered.

It looks to have never been used. Perfect for the collection, as a gift, for use, or any number of other things.

Click for Pic                  Click for Pic                  Click for Pic                 


Click for Pic                  Click for Pic                  Click for Pic                  Click for Pic

HG-OTTO-NOS

Fine . . . . . $40.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Otoscope Ophthalmoscope Retinoscope - Medical Exam Set  Super condition in wood box. Not sure of the exact correct name. I got the batteries out before they did any damage. Perfect for the collection, a gift, or a lot of things.

Click for Pic                  Click for Pic                 


Click for Pic                  Click for Pic

HG-EYE-NOS

Fine . . . . . $30.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Spenser "Bright Line" Haemacytometer Blood Testing Kit  Not sure what the glass tubes are for, how they are used, or if everything one needs to perform the test is here.

Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic              


Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic               Click for Pic

HG-SPENSER-BLOOD

Good  . . . . . $15.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

Carl Zeiss Jena Binokulare Lupe / Stereo Magnifier The outer box, and the Binocular Magnifier are marked Zeiss. The inside of the box has a EB Meyrowitz label. Meyrowitz is a well known name for Microscopes and accessories and probably marketed it. There are 3 sets of lenses each marked with a different power, 25 being the biggest. Somehow I left out a pic of the front. The lenses are all good. It is marked with a #1686 and Germany in addition to the Zeiss name. It also says 62mm and DRGN on the right side.

click for Pic             click for Pic             click for Pic             click for Pic            


click for Pic             Click for Pic                Click for Pic                Click for Pic                Click for Pic

HG-ZEISS-SBINOC

Good +. . . . . .295.00

To Order Email: patentedantiques@gmail.com

We buy quality Antiques in this and other categories of Antiques.

To view examples of the types of antiques and collectibles we have previously sold
and are always interested in buying please visit our Past Sales Archive Pages at our sister website www.AntiqBuyer.com.