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    Sale 9526

    SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

    London, South Kensington

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    4 December 2002

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    Lot 121

    A 19th-Century mahogany-bound 3-inch refracting telescope,

    Price realised

    GBP 411

    Estimate

    GBP 500 - GBP 600

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    A 19th-Century mahogany-bound 3-inch refracting telescope,
    signed on the backplate DOLLOND LONDON, the 43-inch (109.2cm.) long body-tube with brass objective lens dust-cap and rack and pinion focusing (defective; eyepiece extension tube missing) raised via a brass compass joint to a mahogany tripod

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    VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
    This lot, if not cleared by 1pm on the next business day following the sale will be removed to the warehouse of: Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road, London W12 7SJ. Tel: 44(0)20 8735 3700. Fax: 44(0)20 8735 3701. Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate, every week-day from 9am to 5pm. An initial transfer and administration charge of £3.20 (Paintings) or £18.50 (Furniture/Objects) and a storage charge of £1.60 (Paintings) or £ 3.20 (Furniture/Objects) per lot per day will be payable to Cadogan Tate. These charges are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge. Exceptionally large pictures will be subject to a surcharge.


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