Cameras and Scientific Instruments

A 19th century mahogany and lacquered brass telescope, detailed 'Dollond London', on a folding brass tripod stand, total length 97cm, with mahogany rectangular case.

A 19th century oxidized brass octant, the arc with silvered scale and signed 'Bainbridge... Sunderland', fitted with magnifier, coloured filters, mirror and wood handle, within a fitted mahogany case, length 28cm, accompanied by a Board of Trade Certificate of Competency as Master in the Merchant Service, dated 1873.

A mid-20th century black enamelled brass sextant by Kelvin & Hughes, the fitted case with certificate to hinged lid interior, case width 28.3cm.

An early 20th century oxidized brass 'Bell' pattern sextant, the arc with silvered scale, signed 'Heath & Co LD Crayford London S.E', numbered '5512' and detailed 'F.H.G. Walker. R.N', fitted with magnifier, coloured filters, mirror and wood handle, complete with assorted accessories within a fitted mahogany case, the hinged lid interior displaying National Physical Laboratory certificate, dated December 1902, the hinged lid inset with a brass plaque, inscribed 'F.H.G. Walker. R.N', case width 26.4cm, with bespoke outer leather case, accompanied by original Admiralty Lord Commissioner's letter appointing Captain F.H.G Walker RN in command of H.M.S. Iron Duke, dated 22/11/34, an application form for railway ticket reduction for officers of the Navy and a Rowland Langmaid etching of 'H.M.S. Iron Duke December 1934', framed. Note: Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker (1887-1937) was a Royal Navy officer with a series of appointments in battleships and cruisers, including Magnificent, Iron Duke and Greenwich.

A late 19th century leather mounted lacquered brass single draw telescope, signed 'Newton & Co Opticians 3 Fleet Street London', unextended length 78.7cm, together with a Walkers 'Excelsior' yacht log and three compasses, each boxed.

A late 19th century lacquered brass monocular microscope, signed 'R & J Beck Ltd London 30659', with rack and pinion focusing and plano-concave mirror, on a hinged and telescopic tripod base, with accessories, within a brown leather fitted case, length 28.2cm, together with an oxidized and lacquered brass monocular microscope, signed 'R & J Beck Ltd London 23892', a lacquered brass bulls-eye condenser and a Behrens Guide to the Microscope in Botany by Hervey.

An MM2 Opticron Mighty Midget travel scope 52, cased, together with two tripods.

A Kowa T5-612 spotting scope, boxed, together with a Pyser-SGI model 520 tripod.

A Franke & Heidecke Rolleiflex twin lens reflex camera, serial number 2102778, with Heidosmat 1:2.8/75 and Tessar 1:3.5 f=75mm lenses.

A late 19th century J. Lancaster & Son 'The 1896 Instantograph Patent' mahogany and lacquered brass folding plate camera with red leather bellows, height 15.5cm, with two plate holders and canvas case.

An early 20th century Houghton & Son 'The Sanderson' mahogany and gilt brass folding quarter-plate hand and stand camera with red leather bellows and Goerz Berlin Dagor f=125mm lens, height 15.4cm, together with a Houghtons Ltd Ensign folding Klito camera, a Kodak Duo 620 camera, with black leather case, a Ricohflex model IIIB twin lens reflex camera, with brown leather case, and a Bolex Paillard B8SL cine camera.

A late 19th/early 20th century Thornton Pickard mahogany and gilt lacquered brass folding plate camera with Busch Anastigmat Ser III No.3 f:7.7 Foc 7½ lens, height 21cm, together with three mahogany plate holders and canvas case.

A Leica III camera, Serial No. 153420, circa 1935, with Summar f=5cm 1:2 lens, No. 218658, with leather case, Weston light meter and exposure meter, together with related paperwork.

A collection of Minolta cameras and lenses, including an Autocord twin lens reflex camera with Rokkor 1:3.2 f=75mm and 1:3.5 f=75mm lenses, an X-700 camera with 35-70mm 1:3.5 zoom lens, an X-700 camera body, a Dynax 4 camera with 28-100mm zoom lens, a 100-200mm 1:5.6 zoom lens, a 135mm 1:2.8 lens, a 50mm 1:1.7 lens, a 28mm 1:3.5 lens and a small group of accessories.

An R.O.J.A. Vorm Emil Busch Rathenow gilt lacquered brass Busch's Portrait Aplanat No. 4, Foc 14 ins lens, length 11.5cm.

A Mamiya C33 Professional twin lens reflex camera, No. 30451, with black leather case, together with Mamiya-Sekor 1:4.5 f=18cm lenses, cased, and Mamiya-Sekor 1:3.5 f=65mm lenses, boxed.

A Franke & Heidecke Rolleiflex Baby Grey twin lens reflex camera, Serial No. 2055038, with Heidosmat 1:2.8/60 and Xenar 1:3.5/60 lenses, with grey case.

A Franke & Heidecke Rolleiflex twin lens reflex camera, Serial No. 1446640, with Heidosmat 1:2.8/75 and Tessar 1:3.5 f=75mm lenses, together with a Micro Precisions Products Microcord twin lens reflex camera, leather cased.

A collection of assorted cameras and lenses, including a Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 521/16 camera, leather cased, a Super Ikonta 531 camera, leather cased, an Ensign Selfix 16-20 camera, leather cased, two Wray Stereo Graphic cameras, cased, two Kodak Stereo cameras, one cased, and a small group of Nikon and Minolta 35mm cameras and lenses.