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A very charming, rare & tactile itemthe antique figure is from the top of a rare döbereiner's lamp of the 19th century, "a döbereiner's lamp is a lighter invented by the german chemist johann döbereiner in & based on the fürstenberger lighterapprox 2 1/2" tall from the bottom of the screw thread to the top of his hatit would have been originally owned by someone extremely wealthy" this charming & tactile lighter is made of solid brass with a nice patinaplease study the images, as they also form part of the description & please also do your own research can post at extra costit was in production until aboutboth his arms liftthe hole under the screw would allow the hydrogen gas to flow once the valve is openedit works by the action of sulphuric acid on zinc producing hydrogen, which ignites when the gas jet passes over finely divided platinumthe casting looks gooda jet of hydrogen would then be released from his mouth & burst into a flamepostage includes being signed forhe is kneeling down with his legs crossedthis was one of the first methods of producing an instant flame & one of the earliest gas lights ever inventedthe ignition would have been catalysed by platinum metalhe has a long moustache & pointed hatthe item is in its expected condition for its agethe gas jet in his mouth freely unscrewsit would make a great addition to any collectiononly** read morei believe moving his arms would release the value & produce a self igniting flame**postage within the ualso referred to as a philosopher's lampone of his arms is not connected to the object he is holding
200 €
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Oxfam shop horsham a rare book saga - the autobiography of hhans kraus was often acknowledged as the one of the world's foremost rare book dealers and collectorshis memoirs will be of interest to everyone who loves, buys, sells or studies old an rare books and manuscriptscomplete with (slightly torn) dust jacket with faded spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more16 pages of black and white illustrations
20 €
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We have a few rare breed ayam cemani cockerels for saleit’s a rare breed from indonesia that’s pretty tough with our rough weather and very gentle in naturehand raised from eggs on organic feed and with plenty of room to playthe fascinating thing about them is they are jet black from tip to toethe feathers are beautiful glossy black and have a blueish green sheenthe age ranges from the oldest one who is a show quality cockerel being 13months old and younger ones that are 3 months old and just coming into their beautiful bottle green and iridescent blue glossy shiny plumage
25 €
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A rare & early battery powered p&h ltd powell & hanmer ltd birmingham vintage front bicycle lamp from, i believe around the late 'sthere's also a small corrosion hole on the casethe top chromed rotary knob turns fineonly** read morethere is another clip to the side"pat app for" is written on the bottom clip**postage within the ui believe there should be a small wire handle, which is missing but would be easy to make another oneplease do your own research & study the images, as they also form part of the descriptionthe chromed copper ring has a few dents / dints & has it's original two green glass side lightscan post at extra costpostage includes being signed forthe ribbed glass also looks originalit looks brass under the chromeit's in uncleaned, unrestored, expected condition for an item of this age
65 €
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A rare & unusual antique saddle warmer with equestrian/hunting interestplease study the images, as they also form part of the description & please do your own researchi'd expect once it was full of hot water & put onto the saddle, a blanket would have been put over it, until his lord or ladyship were ready to mount upin expected, used condition, for an item of this age & naturecan post at extra costbeing brass it would polish up really nicely, or you could leave it's original patinapostage includes being signed forit does have a dent in one place, but i believe that it's still watertighti haven't noticed a makers name or stampplease feel free to make an offer
145 €
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A rare marmet conniston pramthis will come with a bedding set note !! we have had offers from other sitesit was taken out of loft storage after 30+ years, this gem has seen no restoration and is in superb condition, with some " cracking " on the tyres & one or two minor marks, and scuffs to the hood & one one part of the bodywork, i can send more pics to your email addyso may remove when / if sold thnx read more
450 €
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A rare genuine piece of antique furniture w 19” d 15” h 26” this is a nice piece of history that you will probably not see againfor sale or swap
30 €
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A rare set of 10 nearly identical 19th century chinese chairs in excellent conditionÂŁ 850 read moreideal for a dinning room, board room or kitchen/diner
850 €
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A rare miniature oil canin expected used condition, for an item of this age & natureplease study the images, as they also form part of the description & please do your own researchthe screw stopper & the very tip,are both made of brassmost of the green paint has worn away from usethe base doesn't spring, i don't know if it supposed to? approx 60mm tall & the base is 39mm diametercan post at extrait will polish up if you wishpostage includes being signed forplease let me know if you can tell me anything about itit's made from steel or tinplease feel free to make an offeri haven't been able to find another one, but it might be either meccano, or for a mamod or another type of steam engine
38 €
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Oxfam shop dorchester a rare family of seven elephants carved from one piece of wood brown figurine, believed to be black sandalwoodsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
75 €
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A rare man city/man utd shirt,only 8 commissioned by mike summerbeeframed as seen in picturesmike summerbee and ron atkinsonthe shirt is signed by denis law
600 €
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A rare and collectable old yale padlock with original keys and in good working ordercompare prices on other sale sites minus keyssame family for yearsthis an old type padlock by yale and unusually with original keys
20 €
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A rare genuine piece of antique furniturefor sale or swap
40 €
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A rare genuine piece of antique furniture w 19” d 15” h 26” read morefor sale or swap
40 €
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A rare 50p coin diversity built britain in mint condition minted for brexit its value will increase i have no doubt in years to come
250 €
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Apple iphone 5s 16gb space grey (tesco mobile) a rare ios
51 €
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Apple iphone 4s 16gb black (unlocked) a rare ios 6
41 €
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Spink lists as extremely rareit would seem in the eyes spink it is, extremely rares only produced, it's a rare coin in this condition even without the b/rritanniar errori would rate this one as vf towards ef but your eyes will be your judge, whatever your view, this is a very rare coin, in britanniar there's a repair to the i and the t and both a's are closed /chockedlondon coin auctions state, new to them, spink, davies and esc auction 141 english coins lot sixpence b over r in britanniar unlisted by esc, davies or spink previously unseen by us, nvf with some hairlines, unusual ---------------------------------------------------- an uncirculated one of these sold for ÂŁ inc fees at dnw auctions londonpostage is special delivery due to the valuecombind postage is available on all my listings dependant on valuesomeone seems to have been out-on-the-town the night before they finished the die or they could not spell or they had been given their p45, whatever the reason was, they put rritanniar rather than britanniar, the error was spotted before to many were struck, the b was later punched over the r hence the error coinspink does not give a price but the data below gives a guide linethe b/rritanniar
300 €
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It's a rare cachet on norare letter sent from a mobile box in front of a liner in marseille leaving for genoa with a pair of n° 29 cancelled at the arrival of the rare francia via di mare cachet29 because it's less used than noare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesee my other lots by clicking on my usernameplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
34 €
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rare empoli italian amethyst art glass mid century apothecary jar vase with lidthis is a rare empoli apothecary jar of outstanding beauty it is in excellent conditionrare to find one in this condition a perfect compliment to a vintage bar ware collection measures approx 9 inches tall thanks for looking please take a look at my other listings i have some interesting things for sale read moreno chips or cracks
18 €
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rare letter with its correspondence sent from nantes to port of spain (trinidad island) with a no24 the letter is a little tired with a few small lacks of paper in some place but it is a rare letterare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemaury value: € read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
76 €
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rare newspaper tape sent from marseille to cairo via switzerland with a n° 97 it doesn't look like much, but it's rare as a set, because this band has transited through switzerland to reach egypt via the basel - brindisi line as it leaves marseille! read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
34 €
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rare letter from the urban box of pont de cirou by pampelonne for rabastens with a n° 45b rare letter with correspondence sent from the urban box "vg" of pont de cirou and treated in pampelonne to be sent to rabastens with a n° 45b in perfect condition, with its four margins all aroundare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteyou can see my other lots by clicking on my username, le baron moutoncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
37 €
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This is a rare stamp on a letter! see my other sales by clicking on my username judd read morerare letter with reply sent in september from perpignan to foix with a no68 type 1 this stamp was only available in post offices for 2 months in july and august before being replaced by the no78are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
26 €
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rare in this quality! you can see my other lots by clicking on my username, le baron moutonrare letter with correspondence, sent from saintes to béziers with a 4b dark blue on yellow, in perfect condition, with its four margins all aroundare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
35 €
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rare letter with correspondence sent from philippeville to constantine (algeria - north africa) with a n° 14a cancelled with the rare cachet pc instead ofare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiyou can see my other lots by clicking on my username, le baron mouton read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
93 €
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It is rare to find a collection such as thisa rare collection of the international codes, published after the relevant botanical congress meetingsthe tenth international botanical congress, edinburgh[the tokyo code]a duplicate from the library of royal holloway college, with a stamp on the title page and a bookplate on the front endpaperpublished koenigsteinthe fifteenth international botanical congress, yokohamaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepublished utrecht[the standard works, charting the changes in the rules governing botanical taxonomya slight mark to the upper cover, otherwise very good, 472 pagesvery good condition, 389 pagesvery good condition, 328 pagesvery good condition, 402 pagesthe sixteenth international botanical congress, st louisour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe thirteenth international botanical congress, sydney] also included is: john briquet (editor)the first two volumes are trilingual - english, french, germanthe fourteenth international botanical congress, berlinquarto, 99 pages, slightly worn internally, bound in black cloth, with spine label, a bit wornpublished utrechtthe last three are in english onlypublished koenigsteinare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivery good condition, 474 pagespublished jenapublished konigsteininternational rules of botanical nomenclature, adopted by the international botanical congress of vienna(saint-louis code][interesting, historicallycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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31 €
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A rare complete set of books from fantagraphics in great shape with some minor damage that can be found in the picturesvalue of the set varies from online so i added a small minimum price to respect that valueare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki” - art spiegelman “the perfect comic stripmost people know popeye, as the character was called, through his animated incarnation, but segar's strip is a far richer creation combining a colorful cast, outlandishly inventive dialogue, slapstick humor, and lengthy story lines that originally unfurled over the course of monthshe was born in chester, il in and passed away in his longtime home of santa monica, casegar had been drawing the thimble theatre strip for a decade when he launched its leading characters, castor oyl and ham gravy, on a seafaring adventure insegar's popeye, is telling” “i think of thimble theatre as blue-collar beckett“the books qualify as near-architectural marvels in their own right?towering, heavyweight packages with die-cut front-cover windows and an interior design that showcases numerous installments of the feature with each two-page spreadour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe first two years of popeye contained in this oversize volume show those ingredients in place right from the start, even before segar added such beloved second bananas as wimpy and swee'peathe book's series title, eplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe squinty-eyed seaman they hired for the voyage quickly came to the fore, soon displacing all of the strip's other characters except for castor's sister olive, who became the hired tar's scrawny sweetiethe fantagraphics editions make plain segar’s mastery of grim suspense and biting humor as essential components of storytellingthe national cartoonists society created the elzie segar award in his honor, which was awarded annually to a cartoonist who has made a unique and outstanding contribution to the profession read moresegar (), creator of popeye, is a member of the will eisner awards hall of famealthough many hands continued the strip after its creator's death in , none of them came close to capturing the brilliance segar displays in these pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
141 €
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rare - band & crew tour itinerarythis is a rare tour itinerary book only distributed to people involved in the tourare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia nice lot of rod stewart with the following items: 13x unused backstage pass 3our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeitems will be shipped by registrated mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteapprox 25 pages containing all relevant information for the tour including the hotels where they spend the night, tour companies, crew members, travel arrangements, promoters, venues etc etceuropean concert info with contract rider, 26 pages 4catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableuncut backstage pass sheet for nassau coliseum pass size is 19x36cm 2
32 €
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A rare and beautiful object and a fantastic talking point in any settinga rare and fabulous vintage three dimensional carving of an asian elephant and mahouta superb and intricate depiction of a working elephant with his lifelong companion and keeper the mahoutvintage/antique oriental hardwood elephant and mahout 3d wall carvingframed beautifully by a nicely carved border
369 €