Science & Technology

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  • J.W. Strange Brass Chart Protractor, Pat. 1876
    Estimate
    $100 - $150

    J.W. Strange Brass Chart Protractor, Pat. 1876

    Est.
    $100 - $150
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $50
  • (10) VINTAGE COMPASS COLLECTION, 19TH & 20TH C., MILITARY & OTHERS
    Estimate
    $200 - $400

    (10) VINTAGE COMPASS COLLECTION, 19TH & 20TH C., MILITARY & OTHERS

    Est.
    $200 - $400
    Austin Auction Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $100
  • ANTIQUE SCRIMSHAW CASED DRY CARD COMPASS, 19TH C.
    Estimate
    $400 - $800

    ANTIQUE SCRIMSHAW CASED DRY CARD COMPASS, 19TH C.

    Est.
    $400 - $800
    Austin Auction Gallery
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $200
  • ISLAMIC PATINATED & ENGRAVED BRASS ASTROLABE INSTRUMENT
    Estimate
    $400 - $600

    ISLAMIC PATINATED & ENGRAVED BRASS ASTROLABE INSTRUMENT

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    $400 - $600
    Austin Auction Gallery
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $200
  • Antique Magic Lantern Projector with Book, c. 1890s
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $1,400

    Antique Magic Lantern Projector with Book, c. 1890s

    Est.
    $1,000 - $1,400
    Vogt Auction
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $500
  • Vintage 1970s Pioneer PL-55D Direct Drive Automatic Turntable

    Vintage 1970s Pioneer PL-55D Direct Drive Automatic Turntable

    Mebane Antique Auction Gall...
    Starting Bid
    $5
  • Antique Brass Steam Whistle

    Antique Brass Steam Whistle

    Mebane Antique Auction Gall...
    Starting Bid
    $5
  • Vintage Barometer And Elgin Wall Clock

    Vintage Barometer And Elgin Wall Clock

    Mebane Antique Auction Gall...
    Starting Bid
    $5

Informative and inspiring stories about centuries of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research and teaching come from the history of science and technology collection. Aside from providing insight into business and industry, fashion, entertainment, and global conflicts and oppressions, it also provides a glimpse into the history of everyday life, the visual and performing arts. People and communities are included in these stories because of their involvement with science and technology, their exclusion from it, and their effects on it. Man's incredible exploration of space was accomplished through the efforts of some incredible minds and disciplines.

The finest selection of legends is found in Bidsquare’s science and technology auction, from Einstein to Jobs, from pioneers and Nobel Prize winners to mathematicians and physicians. There are many rare books and manuscripts on offer at science and technology auctions, which celebrate scientific and technological advancements from the 15th to 21st centuries, along with a broad range of antique science instruments and technological instruments, ranging from the very earliest science artifacts to the most recent computing artifacts. Aside from the works of great minds such as Darwin, Babbage, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, and Galileo, more recent works of Einstein, Turing, Feynman, and Gödel, are represented in the science auction. Among the scientific instruments for sale are telescopes, astrolabes, microscopes, navigational instruments, armillary spheres, globes, sundials, and medical instruments, as well as technological items such as telecommunications equipment, robots, cipher machines, computers and components, and motion picture cameras.

Additionally, there are items related to space exploration as well as items from the greatest minds and discoveries in science. This includes a rotational hand controller for the Lunar Module, letters by Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin, and some of the first computer hardware. The collection also includes letters from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sigmund Freud, Paul Gauguin, Davy Crockett, Claude Monet, and Richard Wagner as well as a Hard Day's Night promo ad signed by the Beatles, plans by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Taliesin studio, and more.

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