Dreweatts: Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments including the Michael Finnemore Collection, 9386, Newbury

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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025
Page Size: 14 items in 1 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

A FINE REGENCY 2.75 INCH TERRESTRIAL POCKET GLOBE

LONDON, 1818 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 7,944.00
2

A 2.75 INCH TERRESTRIAL POCKET GLOBE IN A TURNED MAHOGANY CUPOLA-SHAPED CASE

PROBABLY GERMAN 19th CENTURY GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,456.40
3

A VICTORIAN 12 INCH LIBRARY TABLE GLOBE

LONDON, MID 19th CENTURY GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,250.80
4

A WILLIAM IV 15-INCH FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBE

LONDON, CIRCA 1830 AND LATER GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,177.60
5

A FINE MATCHED PAIR OF REGENCY 21 INCH TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBES

LONDON, 1799, 1815/1825 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 26,480.00
6

AN ENGLISH 5.5 INCH CELESTIAL NAVIGATIONAL 'STAR' GLOBE

LONDON, EARLY 20th CENTURY GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,118.40
7 CARY, GEORGE AND JOHN

'CARY'S IMPROVED MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES...'

London 1832 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
8

A VICTORIAN PRINTED CARD 'WHITE'S PLANE SPHERICAL GLOBE'

SHEFFIELD, 1839 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 344.24
50

REFERENCE BOOKS RELATING TO GLOBES AND MAPS - ELEVEN VOLUMES:

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
51

REFERENCE BOOKS RELATING TO SUNDIALS - TWO VOLUMES:

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 39.72
52 LEE, RONALD A.

'THE KNIBB FAMILY * CLOCKMAKERS...'

Byfleet, Surrey 1964 GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 529.60
53 WHITE, GEORGE

ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCKS'

1989 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 238.32
54 MERCER, VAUDREY

'THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF EDWARD JOHN DENT...'

Ramsgate 1977 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
55

LANDMARK HOROLOGICAL AND OTHER SINGLE OWNER AUCTION CATALOGUES

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 92.68
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