Auction details

The Naylor Collection
10:00 AM PT - Oct 19th, 2007

offered by
Guernsey's

108 East 73rd Street
New York, NY 10021
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494 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
846 Lot 846

S8 - CANE-HANDLE "BEN AKIBA" ESPIONAGE CAMERA
Emil Kronke, Dresden, Germany, c. 1903. Referred to as the "...

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1,000,000
34 Bids
847 Lot 847

S9 - LE PHOTOGRAPHE
1858. French metal mechanical arcade game. This ingenious a...

100
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1,000,000
13 Bids
848 Lot 848

S10 - MEGALETOSCOPIO. PATENTED IN 1859 BY THE VENE
With this viewer, a well-to-do Italian family could see colo...

100
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1,000,000
33 Bids
849

S11 - NO LOT

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1,000,000
854 Lot 854

M1 - FLAG FROM THE APOLLO 14 MOON
This flag, the largest ever on the moon, was taken there by ...

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1,000,000
24 Bids
855 Lot 855

M2 - PHOTO OF BUZZ ALDRIN ON THE MOON
Photo of Buzz Aldrin, one of the crew members of Apollo 11, ...

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1,000,000
18 Bids
856 Lot 856

M3 - HASSELBLAD CAMERA AND NASA CAP
A replica of the Hasselblad 500 ELM camera Neil Armstrong us...

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1,000,000
13 Bids
857 Lot 857

M4 - PANORAMA OF MOON FROM APOLLO 17
Panoramic view of the moon from Apollo 17, taken December, 1...

100
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1,000,000
26 Bids
858 Lot 858

M5 - BLACK AND WHITE SILVER PRINT OF ALDRIN, ARMTR
Print of Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong, t...

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1,000,000
34 Bids
859 Lot 859

M6 - HALF PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF THE MOON
Modern half plate daguerreotype of the lunar surface taken o...

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1,000,000
20 Bids
860 Lot 860

M7 - PHOTOGRAPH, CIRCA 1960-80_S
The first seven American astronauts, Walter Shirra, Alan She...

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1,000,000
4 Bids
866 Lot 866

E1 - THE NAYLOR ESPIONAGE COLLECTION
The Espionage section of the Naylor Collection is, without q...

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1,000,000
16 Bids
867 Lot 867

P1 - PHENAKISTISCOPE, CIRCA 1890
Belt driven, hand cranked, cast iron construction. Inventio...

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1,000,000
11 Bids
868 Lot 868

P2 - PHERIAKISTOSCOPE, CIRCA 1950
Double disc style demonstrating persistence of vision theory...

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1,000,000
4 Bids
869 Lot 869

P3 - LE PRAXINOSCOPE, CIRCA 1878
Pre-motion picture device. Original top. spinning the drum ...

100
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1,000,000
11 Bids
870 Lot 870

P4 - ZOETROPE (WHEEL OF LIFE, GR), CIRCA 1850
First described by George Horner (England, 1834). It was a p...

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1,000,000
10 Bids
871 Lot 871

P5 - PANOPTIQUE, CIRCA 1835
Panoptique Peep Show with 3-D View of the Champs Ellyssee in...

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1,000,000
27 Bids
872 Lot 872

P6 - POLYORAMA PANOPTIQUE VIEWER, CIRCA 1820
A small, soft wood (balsam perhaps) box, covered with green ...

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1,000,000
11 Bids
873 Lot 873

P7 - ZOGRASCOPE, CIRCA 1780
A wooden, pre-photographic, 18th century device for viewing ...

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1,000,000
8 Bids
874 Lot 874

P8 - BLACK CONVEX MIRROR, C1820
A pre-photographic dark glass mirror conceived by the 18th c...

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1,000,000
14 Bids
875 Lot 875

P9 - SWINGING BRASS BALL, CIRCA 1830
This six inch filigree brass ball hung from the ceiling. Sw...

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1,000,000
7 Bids
876 Lot 876

P10 - CHROMOTROPE, CIRCA 1850
Victorian Chromotrope for use in Magic Lantern. Two designs...

100
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1,000,000
8 Bids
877 Lot 877

P11 - VICTOR DESIGNOSCOPE, CIRCA 1850
A triangular tube mounted above a disc. The Victor Designos...

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1,000,000
878 Lot 878

P12 - SYMMETROSCOPE, CIRCA 1850
V-shaped vertical trough produces multiple images of small o...

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1,000,000
879 Lot 879

P13 - RED TIN PICTURE VIEWER, CIRCA 1820
Cone shaped. With 2 x 1 1/2_ hinged cover which when open, p...

100
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1,000,000
16 Bids
880 Lot 880

P14 - CAMERA OBSCURA REPLICA, CIRCA 1967
Reflex sliding box camera obscura, French 1800 design. 325m...

100
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1,000,000
9 Bids
881 Lot 881

P15 - KALEIDOSCOPE, GLASS, BRASS, CIRCA 1880
The kaleidoscope was patented in 1817 by Sir David Brewster,...

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1,000,000
10 Bids
882 Lot 882

P16 - MINIATURE PAINTING, CIRCA 1780
Miniature oval bras frame painting. Subject is a beautiful,...

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1,000,000
7 Bids
883 Lot 883

P17 - PEEP EGG, CIRCA 1830
Souvenir of Niagara Falls. The Peep Show is two Falls scene...

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1,000,000
884 Lot 884

P18 - CAPT. B. MARSH SEASHELL MEMORIAL, 1790
Ornately matted silhouette of Admiral Horatio Nelson; a dagu...

100
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1,000,000
12 Bids
885 Lot 885

P19 - SHADOW PUPPET, CIRCA 1850
Indonesian marionette puppet - _The Prince_. Hand held and ...

100
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1,000,000
3 Bids
886 Lot 886

P20 - SHADOW PUPPET, CIRCA 1800
Shadow Puppet, probably represents "Arjuna", a mythical hero...

100
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1,000,000
3 Bids
887 Lot 887

P21 - SHADOW PUPPET, CIRCA 1800
Shadow puppet, probably represents "Hanuman", a mythical mon...

100
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1,000,000
11 Bids
890 Lot 890

P24 - MAGIC MIRROR, BRONZE AMULET, 2001
With ring for neck piece. With Budda symbol. Original pres...

100
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1,000,000
2 Bids
891 Lot 891

P25 - MAGIC MIRROR, CIRCA 1850
Weighs 9 lbs. Cast bronze. Reverse has cast images of cranes...

100
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1,000,000
4 Bids
892 Lot 892

P26 - MAGIC MIRROR, 330-640 AD
Ladies mirror. Bronze mirror, polished one side, depicting c...

100
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1,000,000
12 Bids
893 Lot 893

P27 - BRONZE CASE, CIRCA 200 BCIRCA
Bronze case. Two piece construction (base and lid) with engr...

100
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1,000,000
7 Bids
894 Lot 894

P28 - BRONZE CASE, CIRCA 200 BCIRCA
Bronze case. Two piece construction (base & lid) with engrav...

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1,000,000
9 Bids
895 Lot 895

P29 - MAGIC LANTERN, CIRCA 1880
European Magic Lantern, elaborate example; for home use.

100
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1,000,000
7 Bids
896 Lot 896

P30 - MAGIC LANTERN, CIRCA 1850
European magic lantern; uses oil lamp as light source.

100
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1,000,000
4 Bids
897 Lot 897

P31 - MAGIC LANTERN, CIRCA LATE 1700_S
European magic lantern; candle-powered.

100
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1,000,000
2 Bids
898 Lot 898

P32 - MAGIC MIRROR
Bronze mirror, polished one side, depicting cranes and turtl...

100
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1,000,000
5 Bids
899 Lot 899

P33 - MAGIC MIRROR
Very large Magic Mirror, bronze, polished one side, depictin...

100
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1,000,000
15 Bids
900 Lot 900

P34 - A COLLECTION OF MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES
More than 100 wood framed slides, circa 1870-1900, including...

100
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1,000,000
6 Bids
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