Auction Items

Auction Items

Updated 3 January, 2008

note: my 1 megapixel camera does not have macro focus so these are the best I could do. Also, there's no rhyme or reason as to the sequence of these listings!

Noritake china

These are representative of the entire set. There are 66 pieces in the set and I didn't feel like hauling them all down to the shop in order to make a complete photograph. The full list can be seen here.

Sadler teapot

Shawnee creamer

Shawnee 6 3/8" bowl

Odd (unmarked) teapot

Anchor Hocking pink ruffled bowl (depression glass)

Swiss kerosene lamp

1928 Oak Hoosier cabinet

This was the first piece of "new" furniture my grandfather bought my granny. It's been from Birmingham to Marlow to Wellborn to Albuquerque and finally back to Wellborn! It's never been re-finished and looking reasonably good for 80 years of constant use (30 by me). The swing-out sugar jar is broken, taped together and I'd do a decent job of reassembly if I ever used the thing. Sorry 'bout the flash photo.

Wedgewood Stove

This was in the first house I bought back in California 36 years ago. Best I can tell, it was installed there ~1911 and when I sold the house in 1979, couldn't part with it. I replaced it with a "modern" range and had Mayflower cart it from San Jose to Wellborn, hence the 3 dings. They don't charge extra for those.

The left 2 burners are actually a firebox and I've used it every winter, heat with it, cook, especially when I had a raft of German Sheps that ate like steam shovels! My brew kettle got double-duty in the wintertime.

The door beneath the wood burner give access to a crank that runs inter-digited cast iron fingers in the base of the firebox which dumps the ashes into a slide-out container behind the bottom door. Neat.

The 4 gas burners have 2-step continually variable valves and the oven is thermostatic (usually about 25 degrees low).

Reflector kerosene lamp

I bought this at a swap meet in 1977 and regret not buying its' mate, a fully gimballed ship's lantern. Alledgedly the pair came off a British sailing ship and judging from the quality, probably true. 17 3/4" diameter, 2 wicks, a snuffer, and a LOT of years since I've polished brass!

Mahogany boat wheel

My grandfather made this in the late 40's and gave it to me in 1958. After my grandmother died in 1999, it was shipped to me. Bids start at one GNP!

1879 Elias Ingraham clock

About 12-13 years ago, a collector/dealer offered me $500 and advice on how to clean and lubricate the mechanism. I didn't need the money at the time and I'd just as soon a professional fiddle with the innards of a working century-old clock. It has a beautiful hour chime and a raucous alarm bell.

Bristol Microscope

25X, 100X, and 400X

Edmund Scientific Telescope

8", f 5 shown with MTB SIT low light level camera (not included)

Ethiopian shield, circa 1880

7527A / 4-400 Power Tetrodes

813 Beam Power Tubes

Silicon Intensified Target (SIT) vidicons

Data sheets

RCA 4804/H unpotted

Heimann XQ 1337

Thompson-CSF TH 9659 - These are all interchangeable and originally cost $1,800 each.

4849/H ISIT vidicons

potted with grounded faceplate

unpotted and disassembled

Westinghouse WX 30893 SEC vidicon

I have 19 of these, 18 good and one dud. These were the low light level image tubes used during the Vietnam war, in astronomy, and used to view the lift-off of the Apollo 11 Eagle from the moon! You can get all retro with this 10 minute YouTube, Moonlighter, The Flight of Apollo 11. The camera was actually monochrome with a spinning filter wheel in front giving sequential red, green, and blue images which were encoded as a broadcast NTSC for you to enjoy that July of 1969. The actual lunar lift-off is at 8:57 into the video.

I hate to tell you what we used to have to pay for these things.

Machlett 40 mm image intensifier

Leroy #3 Lettering Set

Spectra Model P-251 Exposure Meter

Mauser bayonet

Had to sell my K98 (sob!) and although some folk need guttin', this isn't the right tool!

Items to be added:

60 inch drop-leaf, 5 leg oak dining table. Late 40's.

28" x 42" expandable maple table. est. built ~ 1820-1840

1842 brass bed (my great-granny conceived 11 kids on it!)

Solid mahogany single bed sent to a Pennsylvania funeral home in 1941. No wonder the mattress was so good!

4 piece cedar B/R suite, 5 with clock.

..then I'll move on to the shop which is full of all kinds of goodies.

Contact me

Some of my other pages

Studio Apartment for rent

Wellborn, Florida real estate for sale

Bogdaddy's DIY Project Plans

Nuclear/Photometric Instruments

Greenhouse kits

Demand water heaters

Solar Water Heater

X-ray Irradiator


Photos \| home Auction Items Updated 3 January, 2008 Contact me note: my 1 megapixel camera does not have macro focus so these are the best I could do. Also, there's no rhyme or reason as to the sequence of these listings! Noritake china These are representative of the entire set. There are 66 pieces in the set and I didn't feel like hauling them all down to the shop in order to make a complete photograph. The full list can be seen here. Sadler teapot Shawnee creamer Shawnee 6 3/8" bowl Odd (unmarked) teapot Anchor Hocking pink ruffled bowl (depression glass) Swiss kerosene lamp 1928 Oak Hoosier cabinet This was the first piece of "new" furniture my grandfather bought my granny. It's been from Birmingham to Marlow to Wellborn to Albuquerque and finally back to Wellborn! It's never been re-finished and looking reasonably good for 80 years of constant use (30 by me). The swing-out sugar jar is broken, taped together and I'd do a decent job of reassembly if I ever used the thing. Sorry 'bout the flash photo. Wedgewood Stove This was in the first house I bought back in California 36 years ago. Best I can tell, it was installed there ~1911 and when I sold the house in 1979, couldn't part with it. I replaced it with a "modern" range and had Mayflower cart it from San Jose to Wellborn, hence the 3 dings. They don't charge extra for those. The left 2 burners are actually a firebox and I've used it every winter, heat with it, cook, especially when I had a raft of German Sheps that ate like steam shovels! My brew kettle got double-duty in the wintertime. The door beneath the wood burner give access to a crank that runs inter-digited cast iron fingers in the base of the firebox which dumps the ashes into a slide-out container behind the bottom door. Neat. The 4 gas burners have 2-step continually variable valves and the oven is thermostatic (usually about 25 degrees low). Reflector kerosene lamp I bought this at a swap meet in 1977 and regret not buying its' mate, a fully gimballed ship's lantern. Alledgedly the pair came off a British sailing ship and judging from the quality, probably true. 17 3/4" diameter, 2 wicks, a snuffer, and a LOT of years since I've polished brass! Mahogany boat wheel My grandfather made this in the late 40's and gave it to me in 1958. After my grandmother died in 1999, it was shipped to me. Bids start at one GNP! 1879 Elias Ingraham clock About 12-13 years ago, a collector/dealer offered me $500 and advice on how to clean and lubricate the mechanism. I didn't need the money at the time and I'd just as soon a professional fiddle with the innards of a working century-old clock. It has a beautiful hour chime and a raucous alarm bell. Bristol Microscope 25X, 100X, and 400X Edmund Scientific Telescope 8", f 5 shown with MTB SIT low light level camera (not included) Ethiopian shield, circa 1880 7527A / 4-400 Power Tetrodes 813 Beam Power Tubes Silicon Intensified Target (SIT) vidicons Data sheets RCA 4804/H unpotted Heimann XQ 1337 Thompson-CSF TH 9659 - These are all interchangeable and originally cost $1,800 each. 4849/H ISIT vidicons potted with grounded faceplate unpotted and disassembled Westinghouse WX 30893 SEC vidicon I have 19 of these, 18 good and one dud. These were the low light level image tubes used during the Vietnam war, in astronomy, and used to view the lift-off of the Apollo 11 Eagle from the moon! You can get all retro with this 10 minute YouTube, Moonlighter, The Flight of Apollo 11. The camera was actually monochrome with a spinning filter wheel in front giving sequential red, green, and blue images which were encoded as a broadcast NTSC for you to enjoy that July of 1969. The actual lunar lift-off is at 8:57 into the video. I hate to tell you what we used to have to pay for these things. Machlett 40 mm image intensifier Leroy #3 Lettering Set Spectra Model P-251 Exposure Meter Mauser bayonet Had to sell my K98 (sob!) and although some folk need guttin', this isn't the right tool! Items to be added: 60 inch drop-leaf, 5 leg oak dining table. Late 40's. 28" x 42" expandable maple table. est. built ~ 1820-1840 1842 brass bed (my great-granny conceived 11 kids on it!) Solid mahogany single bed sent to a Pennsylvania funeral home in 1941. No wonder the mattress was so good! 4 piece cedar B/R suite, 5 with clock. ..then I'll move on to the shop which is full of all kinds of goodies. Contact me Some of my other pages Studio Apartment for rent Wellborn, Florida real estate for sale Bogdaddy's DIY Project Plans Nuclear/Photometric Instruments Greenhouse kits Demand water heaters Solar Water Heater X-ray Irradiator