Antiques, Curios, Collectables. Tin toys, Musical instruments, Ephemera, Bronze
Lot 83:
Description
This lot comprises a collection of vintage stereoscopic viewing equipment and associated media from American and French manufacturers. Included is a Sawyer’s View-Master Model C viewer, manufactured from black Bakelite. The reverse of the unit features embossed text including Sawyer’s, View-Master, and Portland Ore., alongside US, Canadian, and British patent numbers. It incorporates a metal side-mounted lever for advancing circular reels. Also present is a French Lestrade Simplex stereoscope, constructed from light green plastic. This unit is marked Stereoscope Lestrade and Brev. Simplex S.G.D.G. and employs a top-mounted black plastic lever for vertical film strip advancement. The included media consists of a packaged View-Master 3D set for the UK stop-motion character Portland Bill, with the card backing indicating it contains three reels. Furthermore, there are three vertical stereoscopic film strips; two are marked Stereo-Scope Lestrade and one is marked bruguière, all featuring scenes from Lourdes.
Condition report:
The Sawyer\'s and Lestrade viewers show signs of age-related surface wear and dust; internal mechanisms remain untested. The Portland Bill packaging is in poor to fair condition, displaying significant creasing, edge wear, and delamination to the card. The vertical film strips appear in good condition with minor handling wear and light curling to the edges.
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