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Lot 69
A small group of large format cameras. The group consisting of a Thorton Pickard Horizontal Reflex with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 14.5cm f2.7 lens SN 649440 with lens cap. A Graflex Speed Graphic with Optar 135mm f4.7 lens and Graflok back and an attractive late 19th- / early 20th century timber and brass folding field camera together with related plate holders and other parts in a case. Also a set of timber tripod legs suited to the third camera. (3 cameras) Illustrated online at: www.mossgreen.com.au
Lot 1
A lacquered and patinated brass monocular microscope, J. Swift and Son, London, late 19th century, The lacquered brass body tube with rack and pinion coarse and fine top-screw focus adjustment and twin lens nosepiece fitted to the complex patinated brass limb above square U-shaped stage with sub-stage condensor incorporating iris diaphragm and pivoted plano-concave mirror to underside, mounted via a hinge joint onto quadrapod base incorporating upward pivoting rear supports for storage engraved J. SWIFT & SON, LONDON, PATENT 24960 to upper edge, height 30cm (12ins) approx; with original mahogany box fitted with various accessories including two objective canisters, two alternative substage lens assemblies and an external light magnification lens with stand, the box 31cm, (12.25ins) high. The firm of J. Swift and Son was founded in 1853 by John Powell Swift, his son, Mansell James, joined the company in 1884. J. Swift and Son supplied microscopes for Captain ScottÂ’s 1901-4 expedition to the Antarctic on the R.R.S. Discovery. The business continued under the management of subsequent generations before being merged with E.R. Watts and Son in 1946 and was bought-out by John H. Bassett in 1968.
Lot 3
A fine Regency lacquered brass ‘universalÂ’ pattern compound microscope, William and Samuel Jones, London, early 19th century, The moulded sighting tube with knurled edges to the threaded sections and screw-fitted at the objective end to a pivoted arm attached to the top of the square section limb upright over rectangular eared stage secured via collar with screw for fine up/down focus adjustment and with x and y object positioning screws, beneath the stage and fitted to the same rectangular section limb upright is a condensor lens mounted on a cranked bracket over a pivoted plano-concave mirror, the assembly supported via a rotating hinge joint onto a column turned upright issuing three folding horizontal supports with angled feet, one signed W. & S. JONES, 30 Holborn, London to upper surface, the original fully fitted mahogany box with a comprehensive and almost complete selection of original accessories including five objective lenses, three further lieberkuhn objectives, rotating slide accessory stage, sprung slide holder, ivory specimen canister, two specimen forceps (one fitted with viewing lens), three large boxwood sliders, bullseye condensor lens and a few additional later items, the box 36cm (14.25ins) wide; with a large quantity of mainly home-prepared slides, 19th century and later, including a handful of professionally prepared slides within card trays, the box 28.5cm (11.25ins) wide, (2). The partnership between the brothers William and Samuel Jones is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as operating from several addresses in Holborn, London 1792-1859 (including 30 Holborn 1800-1860). The current lot is very similar to ‘Jones Most Improved Compound Microscope and ApparatusÂ’ which was based upon a design originally conceived by George Adams and published in the 1798 edition of his Essays on the Microscope. A similar microscope by Dollond was sold in these rooms on Wednesday 17th February 2010 (lot 8) for a hammer price of £3,200.
Lot 6
A French marinerÂ’s lacquered brass hand-held sighting compass, Doninelli, Nice, late 19th century, Of cylindrical form with top surface inset with a silvered compass engraved with the eight cardinal points within outer scale calibrated in degrees set behind bevelled glass, the cylindrical body divided into two sections with the lower section incorporating inset silver collar scale divided in degrees rotating against a vernier scale engraved to a similar collar to the lower margin of the upper section, with two sets of pierced wire sights set at ninety degrees to each other and signed Doninelli a Nice, the lower section with single sight, rotation adjustment screw to underside and tapered brass handle, diameter 8cm (3ins approx.); with an English black japanned brass sextant, H. Hughes and Son Limited, London, early 20th century, the diamond lattice-pierced six inch radius frame with pivoted arm applied with HUSUN trademark label and mounted with mirror opposing aperture for the brass vernier scale, the main scale signed H. HUGHES & SON LTD LONDON beneath number 28394, the frame fitted with fixed sighting tube opposing mirror with wooden grip handle and three feet to underside, 27.5ins (10.75ins) wide overall; and a patinated brass aneroid surveyorÂ’s barometer, Stanley, London, early 20th century, with circular silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches within another calibrated in feet with vernier adjusted via knurled crown to outer track, with fine blued steel pointer and inscribed Surveying Aneroid Compensated, STANLEY, LONDON, 2023 to the recessed centre, the exterior with pivoted vernier lens and suspension loop incorporating vernier adjustment crown, diameter 8cm (3ins approx.), with original protective leather case, (3)
Lot 389
CONCAVA S.A. (Switzerland): Tessina 35mm miniature twin lens reflex camera SN 65220. This is the black version with front and back in chrome. With the difficult to find lightmeter (light responsive), accessory view / sports-finder, a Tessina automatic camera box, Tessina cassette in aluminium container, Tessina tripod plate, Tessina daylight loader in plastic case, original merchandising leaflet and photocopied literature relevant to the camera.
Lot 395
IHAGEE KAMERAWERK (Germany): Exakta Varex and VX 1000 35mm cameras: An Exakta Varex SN 683129 with eye level prism (Version 3) SN 103979 and Zeiss Tessar T 50mm f3.5 SN 3515242 in maker’s leather ERC. An Exakta Varex VX (Version 3) SN 761595 with Zeiss Biotar 58mm f2 T lens SN 3833072 and an uncommon uncoated brass Sperling prism finder all in maker’s leather ERC. An Exakta Varex IIb SN 1035447 with Zeiss Flektogon 35mm f2.8 SN 6265663, Zeiss lens cap and prism finder (version 5) in maker’s leather ERC and an Exakta VX 1000 third version (“aus DRESDEN” engraved) SN 1181013 with Zeiss Flektogon 35mm f2.8 SN 9865266, prism finder (version 5) with attached cold shoe mount, in maker’s leather ERC. Also a photocopy of the VX instruction booklet. (4 cameras)
Lot 420
KRANSNOGORSK MECHANICAL FACTORY (Russia) / FED (Ukraine) / KIEV ARSENAL (Ukraine): A collection of Soviet rangefinder cameras (7) and M39 lenses (6). The cameras - a Zorki-3 with Jupiter-8 5cm f2 lens, Zorki-4 with Jupiter-8 50 f2, Zorki-5 with Industar 50 f3.5, Fed 2 type C with Industar 26m 5cm f2.8, Fed-3 (Type a) with Industar 26m 52mm f2.8, a Fed 4 (Type b) with Industar 61 53mm f2.8 and a Kiev 2 with Jupiter-8 5cm f2. Five of the cameras with makerÂ’s ERC. Also a nice assortment of M39 lenses of various make and focal length - inspection recommended. (13)
Lot 470
MIRANDA CAMERA CO.LTD. (Japan): Miranda lenses (4). Comprising a 28mm f2.8 Auto Miranda E SN 1257987, a 105mm f2.8 Auto Miranda E SN 472714 and 2 Auto Miranda 135mm f 2.8 lenses SN/s 5441030 & 5451658. Each lens with both caps, 2 in fitted cases and 2 in pouches. One of the 135mm with custom hood.
Lot 476
TOKYO KOGAKU (Japan): Topcon 35mm cameras and accessories. A Topcon B SN 153397 with Auto-Topcor 3.5cm f2.8 SN 291345, lens cap, accessory flash mount, prism- and waist level finders, the latter in leather pouch. A topcon RE-2 SN 561362 RE Auto-Topcor 5.8cm f1.8 SN 11610793, lens cap, makerÂ’s leather ERC, camera manual and brochure. Accessories consisting of an RE Auto-Topcor lens 5.8cm f1.8 SN 9900167 with both caps and hood in leather case, a set of Topcon extension tubes Nos. 1, 2 and 3, a manual for Topcon Super D and a Topcon camera case.
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