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Scientific & Maritime
The Maritime and Scientific Instruments Department at Bishop & Miller covers a wide range of fascinating areas of collecting. With a strong reputation in the field, we hold dedicated Scientific and Maritime auctions with instruments, artefacts and pieces of nautical interest twice a year.
Instruments of intrigue
Antique scientific instruments are a very specialist area of collecting, and the items that Bishop & Miller have taken to auction have attracted interest from worldwide collectors. These objects have fascinated collectors and enthusiasts for centuries and are highly desirable.
Bishop & Miller’s Naval and Science auctions offer you a range of intriguing apparatus, from the earliest-known navigational instruments to sextants and octants. Items of interest from our dedicated department also include maritime paintings and objects to scrimshaw and ship models.
Our team are on hand to share their expertise on globes, cypher machines, sundials, astrolabes, calculators, engineered models, and medical and dental instruments, as well as drawing, surveying and navigational instruments. Over the years we’ve advised on a wide range of items from microscopes, barometers, telescopes, binoculars and meteorological instruments so can offer you expert guidance on all aspects of selling these pieces at auction.
Sale Highlights
Sold for£2,200
Early 19th Century Culpeper type microscope with an 1827 manual by T Harris & Son
Estimate: £700 - £900
Sold for£12,500
Victorian ethnographical Carte de Visite album housed within a leather bound album
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Sold for£5,500
Rare pair of English 17th Century brass sectors displaying the symbols for solar system
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Sold for£800
1830 Cary-Gould type improved pocket compound microscope with mahogany case
Estimate: £300 - £500
Sold for£2,000
Collection of 370 19th Century Microscope Slides housed within the mahogany cabinet
Estimate: £500 - £700
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Bishop & Miller offer a free, no obligation valuation service on a wide range of objects.
Offering full service and guidance whether it’s a single item for valuation and auction or probate and insurance valuations. Our team of dedicated professionals are on hand to help with every aspect of your auction experience.
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