Circa 1771 Rittenhouse Compass - Earliest Compass Known Featuring an Automatic Needle Lifter - Invented by David Rittenhouse
Notable Instrument Sales Thru 2006
The Compleat Surveyor has sold a lot of great instruments from 1995 thru 2006. Here are the most distinctive instruments that I've sold thru 2006, along with some average selling prices and price ranges. Please feel free to CONTACT ME if you would like more information (including pics) of the instruments that I have sold.
For my sales of great instruments from 2019 thru 2021, please check my Current Offerings. I placed the more current sales of great instruments under the instruments I currently have for sale.
Solar Compasses
Average Selling Price - $16,500
Price Range - $6300 to $30,000
Circa 1848 Young Solar Compass with Scope
Circa 1900 Gurley Solar Compass (sold with original scope)
Circa 1844 Young Compass - One of the First 10 Solar Compasses Made - One of Only a Couple of Unmodified Solars (Note the lack of tangent screws).
J&W Burt Solar Compass - Circa 1856 - Made by The Inventor's Sons
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A Gorgeous Circa 1890 Gurley Solar Compass.
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Circa 1885 Gurley Solar Compass with scope. Purchased from the Great Grandson of US Deputy Surveyor George James (1859-1925). Likely used by George James to survey government lands in the state of Washington from 1890 to 1892.
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We also facilitated the sale, loan and/or donation of the following instruments to Museums
Circa 1845 Whitcomb Solar Compass. My dad owned this instrument for years, but sold it to a good friend in the early 1990s. When his friend passed away, we helped the estate find a good home for this nice instrument.
Circa 1860 to 1880 solar compass made by Fennel in Germany. The only known foreign made solar compass. Now on exhibit at the California Railroad Museum in Sacramento.
Solar Transits
Average Selling Price - $4500
Price Range - $2200 to $6000
Circa 1898 K&E Paioli patent Twist-Frame Solar Expedition Transit
Circa 1899 Light Mountain Transit with Burt Solar Attachement
Circa 1920 Buff & Buff Solar Transit
Circa 1900 Lietz Mountain & Mining Solar Transit
Fantastic Circa 1909 Young & Sons Mountain Solar Transit
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Queen Solar Transit with Known History and Accessories
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Circa 1925 Berger & Son Solar Transit
Other Highly Desirable Instruments
Average Selling Price - $3400
Price Range - $1500 to $10,000
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Circa 1890 Gurley Mining Transit
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Circa 1872 Roach Transit with Many Dial
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Ancient Egyptian Club Bob
One of a kind - Gurley Mountain and Mining Vernier Compass
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Circa 1840 Pike Compass - Owned by Captain Ord. The Ord name is famous in American history and early California surveying as in 1849 he made the first survey of the City of Los Angeles.
Circa 1800 Blunt Circumferentor
Circa 1860 Schmoltz Transit
Berger Wet Mining Transit - Circa 1909
Circa 1850 Patten Early Transit
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