It’s not too late to become a 19th century mad scientist! A curious auction of Antique Scientific Instruments has caught our eye at one of the largest and oldest auction houses in Europe. The Dorotheum in Vienna going since 1707, holds 600 auctions a year, but this particular event is certainly going to attract some pretty interesting collectors. Bidding prices start from €150 to €10,000 and half the fun is trying to figure out what most of these peculiar objects even do. We’ve got our auction paddles ready for the ultimate cabinet of curiosities yard sale …
A c. 1900 Ericsson Telephone. Opening price 600 €
A Kelvin Hughes Star Globe. Opening price 400 €
A botanical Model by Reinhold Brendel. Opening Price 1,500 €
A mid 20th century distillation apparatus Model. Opening price 850 €
Three 19th century Apothecary travelling chests. Opening price 450 €
Economic Microscope by R. & J. Beck. Opening price 300 €
A c. 1900 Human heart Model. Opening price 180 €
Six c. 1900 painted plaster Mushroom Models. Opening 550 €
Four hoof & bone Models. Opening price 500 €
Five wood Apothecary Jars. Opening price 550 €
An American c. 1900 mechanical Tailor’s Mannequin. Opening price 1,000 €
A c. 1890 Jan Felkl & Son Tellurian. Opening price 1,500 €
Stereoscope and image viewer “Souvenir de Paris”. Opening price 300 €
1845 Celestial Globe by Franz Leopold Schöninger. Opening price 1500 €
The Navicula de Venetiis. Opening price 10,000 €
