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Auction 114  28-31 March 2017
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Lot 1475

Starting price: 60 AUD
Price realized: 110 AUD
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Vintage instruments, speed indicator by L.S. Starrett, Atholl, Mass., USA, patented April 19th 1897, in case but this damaged; five small tool bits (drills, screwdriver etc) in nickel plated brass centre screw tight cylinder; another thinner cylinder with fold-out needle, probe and small ladle; metal folding, tapered cup in pocket watch-style case; tuning fork; small fold-out magnifier in metal; also metal box with fold-over brackets at each end to form legs and slide-out compartment with cloth bed in centre (D2.4xW4.5xL11.5cm and 19cm folded-out), by D.R.G.M. (Deutsches Reich Gebraumeister), with 'Queen' professionally inscribed diagonally across top (use for this item unknown); also Vesta in nickel plated brass with two cylindrical containers of wax matches by R. Bell & Co, Melbourne, these both unused and full; two plastic storage containers for Australian decimal coins, one rectangular for three values and one circular with lid for 5c-$2, type where coin is inserted and holder is depressed to accommodate next coin; Pear's Soap fridge magnets (3, unused in sealed pack); Cessna aircraft logo in coloured plastic (as new). Good fine. (16) Provenance - The speed indicator used for measuring the speed of rotation of shafts in machinery, such as lathes in early 20th century.

Estimate: 100 AUD
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