Results: Scientific & Musical Instruments Sale 27th September (1)

The Scientific and Musical Instruments, Cameras and Tools Sale on 27^th September saw Part II of a Fine Collection of Electric and Acoustic Guitars come under the hammer. Amongst the highlights of the collection, and leading the sale, were a Fender Custom Shop John Cruz Master Built Stratocaster Relic 1960 Electric Guitar, which sold for £3,500 (all figures exclude buyer’s premium), and a Fender Custom Shop John Cruz Master Built Stratocaster Relic 1956 Electric Guitar, which sold for £3,200.

Other notable musical instruments in the sale included a Cello labelled ‘Lutherie Artistique Jean Baptiste Colin’ (sold for £1,700), a Bronze-Bodied Soprano Saxophone by Yanagisawa (sold for £2,000), and a Yamaha 411 Flute (sold for £600).  Good prices were also achieved for a Fine EMG Mark XB Gramophone, with 29 ½ inch papier-mâché horn, which sold for £3,000, and a Thorens TD124 Record Deck, which sold for £1,300.

Elsewhere in the sale, a fun Showman’s Wibbly-Wobbly Fairground Mirror sold well at £2,000; the mirror was made in the first quarter of the 20^th century and was decorated with painted legends such as ‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Funniest of Us All?’. A Victorian Mutoscope Viewer and ten reels sold well at £850, and a selection of early 20^th century medical skeletons saw competitive bidding, with an Adam, Rouilly & Co. Half Human Skeleton leading the way with a hammer price of £650.

Finally, amongst the cameras in the sale, two Leica M3 Cameras sold well, achieving hammer prices of £1,200 and £950, well above estimate.

The sale realised a total hammer price of £96,310, with an 80% sold rate for the 309 lots.

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