Telescope, binoculars, and instruments

Collecting can take many forms, and collectors may be drawn to entirely different fields of interest. After more than 150 years, we still have not seen them all. In this auction, we highlight the allure of optics for this particular collector and his peers: binoculars and telescopes in all their forms.

Ever since Hans Lippershey and Galileo Galilei invented the lens and developed the telescope in the early 17th century, there has been a human desire to see what is not visible to the naked eye—to see the invisible, whether it is far away or extremely close and small.

The great seafaring nation of Britain accounts for the largest share, but there are also fine French and Swedish examples here, or why not Italian 17th-century telescopes in vellum and horn. There are also some fine brass compasses as well as ingenious small mining compasses.

Tarjottu

400 SEK

35m 47s

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1697083

Two telescopes 18th/19th century.

Tarjottu

750 SEK

< 1m

Lähtöhinta

3 000 SEK

1702931

Library telescope by Jesse Ramsden,

London, (1735-1800).

Tarjottu

57 000 SEK

45m 47s

Lähtöhinta

6 000 SEK

1690771

A telescope,

by Cauchoix in Paris, (Robert Aglaé, 1776 – 1845).

Tarjottu

300 SEK

5m 47s

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1698302

Compasses,

2 pcs, by Frans J Berg Stockholm, 18th/19th century.

Tarjottu

300 SEK

11m 47s

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1719377

Three Telescopes. military,

of which one by J L Rose Uppsala, 18th/19th century.

Tarjottu

3 700 SEK

37m 47s

Lähtöhinta

3 000 SEK

1715267

A telescope by John Browning of 63 Strand,

London, later part 19th century/circa 1900.

Tarjottu

7 200 SEK

29m 47s

Lähtöhinta

8 000 SEK

1698288

Telescope,

18th century, England.

Tarjottu

1 000 SEK

13m 47s

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1698296

Telescope,

18th century, England.

Tarjottu

700 SEK

1 h 19m

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1704205

Binoculars,

Carl Zeiss Jena. 1940s.

Tarjottu

4 000 SEK

1 h 5m

Lähtöhinta

5 000 SEK

1696843

Telescope,

19th century.

Tarjottu

300 SEK

1 h 23m

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1697110

Two 19th century telescopes.

Tarjottu

2 000 SEK

1 h 25m

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1697256

Two 19th century telescopes.

Ei tarjouksia

1 h 27m

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1690885

A 19th century spyglass in case.

Tarjottu

1 720 SEK

53m 47s

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1693166

Telescope,

England, 18th century.

Tarjottu

6 000 SEK

1 h 17m

Lähtöhinta

10 000 SEK

1699839

A Telescope,

19th century, England.

Tarjottu

550 SEK

3m 47s

Lähtöhinta

1 500 SEK

1696759

Three telescopes,

19th and 20th century.

Tarjottu

1 000 SEK

1 h 31m

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1696376

Five telescopes,

19th and 20th century.

Tarjottu

1 900 SEK

31m 47s

Lähtöhinta

2 500 SEK

1702882

A telescope on a tripod,

19th/20th century.

Tarjottu

2 500 SEK

19m 47s

Lähtöhinta

2 500 SEK

1700148

Mirror telescope,

England, mid-18th century.

Tarjottu

57 000 SEK

1 h 21m

Lähtöhinta

8 000 SEK

1700149

A spyglass 18th century,

probably France.

Tarjottu

1 200 SEK

57m 47s

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1702855

1942 U S Navy Spyglass Quartermaster Mark I.

Tarjottu

1 000 SEK

7m 47s

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1713673

Reflecting telescope,

19th century, England.

Tarjottu

500 SEK

59m 47s

Lähtöhinta

5 000 SEK

1714443

Three telescopes,

late 19th century.

Tarjottu

450 SEK

1 h 29m

Lähtöhinta

1 000 SEK

1693190

Telescope,

marked Dollond, London, 19th century.

Tarjottu

2 000 SEK

1 h 35m

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1693212

A Telescope,

France or Italy, 18th century.

Tarjottu

2 000 SEK

41m 47s

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1697540

A telescope,

by Nairne, London, 18th century.

Tarjottu

500 SEK

9m 47s

Lähtöhinta

5 000 SEK

1690917

Telescope,

by W. Ray, Day & Night, London, end of the 19th century.

Tarjottu

1 300 SEK

1 h 15m

Lähtöhinta

2 500 SEK

1717753

Telescope,

19th century. by Watkins, London.

Ei tarjouksia

47m 47s

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1717734

A Telescope,

19th century, William Dixey, London.

Tarjottu

2 500 SEK

1 h 3m

Lähtöhinta

5 000 SEK

1690798

A telescope by F Newton Leicester,

19th century.

Tarjottu

1 100 SEK

1m 47s

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1699769

Mine compasses 3 pcs,

one marked Rosén Falun, 19th century.

Tarjottu

800 SEK

55m 47s

Lähtöhinta

2 500 SEK

1713655

Reflecting telescope,

19th century.

Tarjottu

1 800 SEK

1 h 33m

Lähtöhinta

3 000 SEK

1714444

Four telescopes,

19th/20th century, one marked CG Collin, Stockholm.

Tarjottu

1 200 SEK

49m 47s

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1700150

A Telescope marked Dollond London,

19th/20th century.

Tarjottu

400 SEK

39m 47s

Lähtöhinta

1 500 SEK

1717733

A 20th century telescope on a tripod.

Tarjottu

5 000 SEK

27m 47s

Lähtöhinta

5 000 SEK

1713413

Konetelegrammi,

A. Robinson & Co Ltd, Liverpool & Glasgow, 1900-luvun ensimmäinen puolisko.

Tarjottu

520 EUR

33m 47s

Lähtöhinta

500 EUR

1701374

A telescope England 19th century,

Wilson London, Day or Night.

Tarjottu

300 SEK

43m 47s

Lähtöhinta

1 500 SEK

1703952

A pocket spyglass ,

by William Harris & Co London & at Hamburg, 19th century.

Tarjottu

2 000 SEK

1 h 11m

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1714449

Three telescopes,

English, by F Cox, Negretti & Zambra, and Hicks, 19th/20th century.

Tarjottu

1 800 SEK

1 h 9m

Lähtöhinta

3 000 SEK

1696826

Telescope,

Edward Nairne, second half of the 18th century.

Tarjottu

1 500 SEK

15m 46s

Lähtöhinta

5 000 SEK

1697124

Telescope,

"Adam's New Patent Portable Telescope", 19th century.

Tarjottu

1 500 SEK

17m 46s

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1692961

A Telescope,

Dollond, London, second half of the 19th century.

Tarjottu

1 200 SEK

51m 46s

Lähtöhinta

3 000 SEK

1704244

Binoculars,

"Dienstglas" Bundeswehr, Hensoldt Wetzlar, 10x50.

Tarjottu

1 225 SEK

1 h 7m

Lähtöhinta

1 500 SEK

1700153

A cased telescope,

19th century, marked Dollond London.

Tarjottu

3 200 SEK

23m 46s

Lähtöhinta

4 000 SEK

1697257

Telescope on stand,

R Field & Son Birmingham, mid-19th century.

Tarjottu

800 SEK

1 h 1m

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1714466

Four telescopes,

20th century, of which 2 by Busch.

Tarjottu

800 SEK

25m 46s

Lähtöhinta

2 000 SEK

1719384

Telescope,

marked Preisler Malmö, early 20th century.

Tarjottu

1 500 SEK

1 h 13m

Lähtöhinta

3 000 SEK

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