Catalog for Auction # 10-01 Closing Weds. March 10th & Thurs. March 11th, 2010 at 9:00 PM Eastern
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's.c.mt' = square cornered mount
'r.c.mt' = round cornered mount
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Category: STEREOSCOPES & VIEWERS (1 to 8)
Lot Number
Description
Current Bid
(Lot of 6 Holmes-Bates style viewers) Two of them are the ‘Stereo Graphoscope,’ the rest are regular Holmes-Bates style. Some of the parts are modern, one slide bar lacks the card-holder hardware, another slide bar for one of the ‘Graphoscopes’ needs re-attaching. Most slide bars do not match the viewers. The wooden hoods have chipping. One of the metal hoods has all the felt trim in decent shape. The separators are chipped or have other problems. Still, these are all Functional. Great lot for parts and/or use. MB$85.
$ 135
(Lot of 3 Holmes-Bates style viewers and some parts) One viewer is quite late, perhaps even 1950s. It is plastic and metal with distance markings on the main shaft. (This appears to have holes for mounting on a stand, but no stand or handle present, otherwise VG), HC White ‘Perfecscope’ (no felt on the hood which appears to have been steel-wooled, otherwise VG+) and a modern scope with a leather-like hood. Lenses may be plastic, Exc.) And another wooden viewer which is hardly functional and mostly parts. MB$55.
$ 55 *
(Lot of 2 Holmes-Bates style viewers) Keystone ‘Monarch’ viewer. Wood with aluminum hood. All original parts. Some oxidation to the hardware which joins the slide-bar to the shaft. Negligible oxidation to the hood, but there is a very mild dent. Original felt is still on the hood, some wear and soil but still very decent. And HC White Exposition Universalle 1900, wood with aluminum hood. All original parts. The hood has an unintended mark or two on it. Original felt is worn through in a few spots, scope is otherwise VG to VG+. MB$55.
$ 55
(Lot of 3 Holmes-Bates style viewers) All are the same model scope by U&U. All original parts. The original felt is worn through in one spot on one viewer, the felt is other decent. Otherwise, viewers are VG to VG+. MB$90.
$ 90
KEYSTONE EYE COMFORT VIEWER WITH WOODEN MOUNTING: The viewer is wooden with metal hood, and classroom-style handle. There is some wear & smearing of the numbers on the shaft, viewer is otherwise VG+ to Exc. The wooden item may be for classroom, eye-training, or something else. The structure in which the shaft of the viewer can be inserted (once the slide-bar is removed) has a platform, the angle of which can be adjusted. The platform is VG. (Was a no-bid starting at $65) MB$41.
$ 41
EARLY BREWSTER-STYLE VIEWER: Looks like circa 1850s, includes focus adjustment which works smoothly. The reflector appears to have been the (early) simple silver gilting, which has worn off. The surface of the wood is a lovely burled wood. Here are the flaws; a 1/4" triangle chip off one corner, this is mostly on the bottom side, also a ‘dent’ in the bottom side, and the viewer was cracked through and repaired on the top on both sides near the end of the reflector piece on the outside. The eye-cups are cracked with the left one’s crack leaving about 1/10" space. The part of the viewer that stops the views from falling out the left side, has been glued, but not even with the rest of that part of the viewer. Also two more old closed or repaired semi-cracks on the inside of where the views enter. All that having been said, this is still a pretty and early and functional viewer. (Was a no-bid starting at $125.) MB$75.
$ 75
EARLY HOLMES-BATES VARIANT BY WILLARD: (See bottom, page 96, of Paul Wing’s fine book, STEREOSCOPES, THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS) The viewer has a replaced wire card-holder, and the piece that goes on the end of the separator is missing. I use the term ‘missing,’ because the picture in the Wing Book shows it present. However, on the viewer itself, is no sign of one ever having been present. The hood is a little rough, it does have Willard’s ‘W’ design on it, and also his label is on the bottom of the viewer. Was a no-bid starting at $150. MB$100.
$ 100 *
BECKERS ‘SWEET-HEART’ ROTARY VIEWER: See lower right of Paul Wing’s Book, page 65. Holds 36 pairs of flat mount views, back to back. I believe this is the earlier version, as the arrangement whereby the second set of lenses slide down and are replaced by the fog-glass. The silvering on the inside of the top louvres is weakish, but original. One of the eye-pieces on the front has two cracks. The other eye-piece has been cracked and restored. There are a few minor imperfections to the surface of the wood, but overall this is a sharp-looking piece. This is a gorgeous and functional early example of fine engineering circa 1859. MB$450. IMAGE COMING SOON