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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 239053, member: 360&quot;]How&#039;s this for a cheap win at the auction-house? 50% below the lowest estimate...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ca/95/fb/ca95fb230e29d5f478bd402ff342ebc1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nickel-plated, brass construction with yellow/creamy-tinted resin or plastic (celluloid?) over the top. Decorated with tiny, nickel stars and ivy-leaves around the body and edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>No damage to the lenses, and fully operational. Slides and focuses smoothly with no blemishes, and the handle swings and extends perfectly.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is SOME loss of decoration to the handle, but for a part of the glasses that...obviously...gets touched every single time they&#039;re used, it doesn&#039;t bother me. It was bound to happen anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/89/77/ed/8977edd34f0f74747c78a910e403984c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Someone (presumably the person who submitted them to the auction) had a price-tag of $500 on these! I can only say that they would be VERY, VERY, VERY upset, if they knew what I paid for them! LOL!!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ec/5b/9f/ec5b9f0b01153ad190d6c93da7676e42.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from cleaning the lenses, they required no attention at all.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/36/f6/13/36f613d7b9bc0bec84a6b6ac0213c320.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are proof, if any was ever needed, that you don&#039;t need to spend a fortune to own beautiful, functional, and decorative antiques!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the eyepieces are marked:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;STEWART DAWSON &amp; Co&quot; / &quot;LONDON &amp; PERTH&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Researching this to see what comes up... </p><p><br /></p><p>Here they are with the rest of their brethren...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/30/b8/b8/30b8b869bfbef4e577438962de1da422.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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