Auction Lot 69-82

Books- 5 (Five) Boxes of Auction Catalogs: Scores of high-quality auction catalogs featuring clocks, watches, and scientific instruments. Auction catalogs from R.O. Schmitt, Skinner, Sotheby's, Christie's, Antiquorum, Bonham's, and more.
Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00

Condition Report: catalogs are in good to excellent condition. Sold "as is".

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Books- 6 (Six) References on Clocks and Watches: Titles and authors include: "A Catalogue of Tools for Watch and Clock Makers" by John Wyke; "Shop Records of Daniel Burnap, Clockmaker" by Penrose Hoopes; "Watches" by Cecil Clutton and George Daniels (1975) ; "The Art of Breguet" by George Daniels; "Christiaan Huygens' the Pendulum Clock or Geometrical Demonstrations Concerning the Motion of Pendula as Applied to Clocks", translated by Richard Blackwell; "Pendolette Fantasia" by Claudio Ghidoni and Gabriele Ribolini.
Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00

Condition Report: Hardcover editions of very hard to find books. The Huygens book is still sealed in plastic.

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Books- 12 (Twelve) Referenece Books: Hard to find references on clocks, watches, and automata. Authors include: Cescinsky & Webster, Hellich, Loring, Chapuis & Droz, Tardy, Roberts, and Daniels & Markarian.
Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00

Condition Report: good condition with some shelf wear, most with dust jackets.

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Books- 13 (Thirteen) classic and out of print references on clocks and antiques: American Clock (Battison & Kane) ; Clockmakers of Lancaster County (Wood/Kramer), Two Hundred Years (Bailey), Clocks (Cooper Hewitt Museum), American Clockmakers (Spittlers/Bailey), Pennsylvania Clocks (Eckhardt), Book of American Clocks (2; Palmer), Horology American (Dworetsky), Treasury of American Clocks (2; Palmer), The Antiques Book (Winchester), English and American Furniture (Cescinsky). Authors include Robey, Roberts, Ly, Allix, Taylor, Wood & Kramer, Husher & Welch, Parsons, Bailey, Sobel, Willard, Battison & Kane, Robinson & Burt, Ela, Gardner, Holly, Oechsle, Fanelli, Nutting, Edwardes, Coleman, Mussey, Rath, Balzer, Drepperd, Nicholson, Ly price guides, etc. CONDITION: three boxes; most are hardcovers in very good condition.
Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00

Condition Report: one box; all books are hardcover and in good to very good condition; Note titles in photograph, sold as is, no further details available

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Books- 13 (Thirteen) Hardcover Reference Books: Many high quality books, most on British and European watches and clocks. Authors include: Roberts (3), Tardy, Kaltenbock, Cuss, Ortenburger (2), Foley, Maurice, Gould, Kochaver, and Royer-Collard.
Estimate: $450.00 - $650.00

Condition Report: books are in very good condtion, some with wear to the dust jackets.

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Books- 16 (Sixteen) classic and out-of-print references on clocks and watch repair; authors include Roberts, Distin & Bishop, Ly, Fried; (4), Fleet, Goodrich; (2), Camm, and De Carle.
Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00

Condition Report: these useful volumes, some hardcover with original dustjackets, are in good used condition. Sold "as is", no further information available

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Books- 22 (Twenty-two) Reference Books on Clocks & Watches: Authors include Atterbury, Shaffer, Swedberg, Bell, Spittlers & Bailey, Ehrhardt & Meggers, Townsend, Palmer, Cutmore, Scatchard, Brunner, Landes, Thomson, Husfloen, Korz, Bruton, Miller, and Judy.
Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00

Condition Report: Sold "as is".

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Books- 28 (Twenty-eight) horological themed including Claudius Saunier's "Treatise on Modern Horology", John Robey's "The Longcase Clock", "Comic Characters Timepieces" by Brown, "American Shelf and Wall Clocks" by Ball, "Simon Willard and His Clock" by Willard, Distin and Bishop, Spittler and Bailey Volume 3 2000 Edition, "Survey of American Calendar Clocks" by Miller & Miller, "Thompion, His Life and Works" by Symonds, etc. and many pamphlets
Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00

Condition Report: sold "as is". The "Treatise on Modern Horology" is a 1952 edition and brings close to $200 online.

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Books- 34 (Thirty-four) classic references on clocks and watches. Authors include: Britten, Ly, Husher & Welch, Miller & Miller, Ortenburger, Distin & Bishop, Clutton & Daniels, Palmer, Dworetsky & Dickstein, Roberts, Bailey, Bruton, Joy, Nutting, and Gazeley. Lot also includes a 1928 (second edition) of "The Escapement and Train of American Watches" by T. J. Wilkinson.
Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00

Condition Report: many large hardcovers, most with dust jackets.

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Books and Booklets- 39 (Thirty-nine) reference books on clocks, ten hardbound editions of the NAWCC Bulletin from 1944 to 1971, and one box of softcover catalog reprints. Authors include: Wilson, Pearson, Hamlyn, Britten, Brunton, Miller, Roberts, Taylor, Palmer, Ela, Dworetsky & Dickstein, Nutting, Tyler, Eckhardt, Holly, Landes, Fleet, De Carle, Hoopes, and Nicholson.
Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00

Condition Report: nice selection of books, mostly about American clocks, many with dust jackets.

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Books- 45 (Forty-five) classic references on clock, watches, and toys. Authors include Britten, Cesinsky & Webster, Distin & Bishop, Monk, Nemrava, Cowan, Fleet, Joy, De Carle, Willard, Bird, Ullyett, Dreppard, Lloyd, Cutton & Daniels, Bruton, Bailey, Whitton, Eckhardt, Palmer, Nutting, Bassermann & Bertelle, Nicholson, Gazeley, Tyler, Harris, and Moore.
Estimate: $175.00 - $300.00

Condition Report: lot includes many hardcovers with dust jackets in good condition, some paperbacks and a number of staple-bound booklets. More than a dozen assorted Victorian-era hardcovers, most oversized, are also included.

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Books- more than 45 (Forty- five) classic and out- of- print books and booklets on European clocks: authors include Robey, Tate, Nutting, Edwardes. Ord- Hume, Nicholls, Barder, Claterbos, Cescinsky, Fleet, Moore, Baillie, Ullyett, Bassermann- Jordan, Lloyd, Milham, Loomes, Shaffer, Pierson, Jaegger, Cumhaill, Bruton, Kochover, Webster, Britten, Willsberger, Guye & Michel, Fanelli, Roberts, etc.
Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00

Condition Report: most in very good condition and most with original dustjackets. See photo for titles. Sold as is, no further details available

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Books- 50 (Fifty) References on Clocks, Watches, and Sundials: Many fine books on horology with authors including: Lloyd, Cesinsky & Webster, Roberts, Maurice, Palmer, Terwilliger, Gillgrass, Williams, Willard, Hoopes, Fried, Weiss, Gardner, Sobel, Earle, McDermott, Britten, Jagger, Muir & Kraus, Adzema & Jones, Carlisle, Ehrhardt, Rawlings, Rice, Baille, Moore, Spittlers & Bailey, Niebling, Distin & Bishop, Schaffer, Miller & Miller, Harrold, Palmer, Avery, Eden & Lloyd, Nutting, Gibbs, Waugh, Varzeliots, Mayall, Mannoni, and Becker.
Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00

Condition Report: Books are a mix of hard and softcover. Many of the hardcovers have dust jackets. Three boxes.

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Books- 60 (Sixty) Books on Clocks, Watches, and Antiques: Many classic titles on clocks and watches as well as price guides and catalog reproductions. Authors include: Ball, Britten, Chan, Tips, Bailey, Palmer, Distin & Bishop, Sposato, Tyler, Dworetsky & Dickstein, Fleet, Nutting, Herring, Hughes, Ly, Maltz, Schaffer, Hunter, Cumhaill, Bruton, Roberts, Hellich, Eckhardt, Shenton, Smith, Edwards, and more.
Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00

Condition Report: Good condition overall, some with worn dust jackets.

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