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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 wealthyonly** read moreboth his arms liftone of his arms is not connected to the object he is holdingthe gas jet in his mouth freely unscrews" this charming & tactile lighter is made of solid brass with a nice patinathis was one of the first methods of producing an instant flame & one of the earliest gas lights ever inventedplease study the images, as they also form part of the description & please also do your own research can post at extra costthe item is in its expected condition for its ageit was in production until abouthe has a long moustache & pointed hatalso referred to as a philosopher's lampthe ignition would have been catalysed by platinum metal**postage within the upostage includes being signed forthe hole under the screw would allow the hydrogen gas to flow once the valve is openedit would make a great addition to any collectioni believe moving his arms would release the value & produce a self igniting flameit 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 flamehe is kneeling down with his legs crossed
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 manuscripts16 pages of black and white illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecomplete with (slightly torn) dust jacket with faded spine
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 naturethe fascinating thing about them is they are jet black from tip to toehand raised from eggs on organic feed and with plenty of room to playthe 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 plumagethe feathers are beautiful glossy black and have a blueish green sheen
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 'sthe ribbed glass also looks originalit's in uncleaned, unrestored, expected condition for an item of this agethere is another clip to the sidethere's also a small corrosion hole on the caseonly** read more"pat app for" is written on the bottom clipthe top chromed rotary knob turns finei believe there should be a small wire handle, which is missing but would be easy to make another one**postage within the upostage includes being signed forthe chromed copper ring has a few dents / dints & has it's original two green glass side lightscan post at extra costplease do your own research & study the images, as they also form part of the descriptionit looks brass under the chrome
65 €
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A rare & unusual antique saddle warmer with equestrian/hunting interesti'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 upi haven't noticed a makers name or stampbeing brass it would polish up really nicely, or you could leave it's original patinaplease study the images, as they also form part of the description & please do your own researchplease feel free to make an offerpostage includes being signed forcan post at extra costin expected, used condition, for an item of this age & natureit does have a dent in one place, but i believe that it's still watertight
145 €
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A rare marmet conniston pramit 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 addythis will come with a bedding set note !! we have had offers from other sitesso 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 conditionideal for a dinning room, board room or kitchen/dinerÂŁ 850 read more
850 €
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A rare miniature oil canit will polish up if you wishi haven't been able to find another one, but it might be either meccano, or for a mamod or another type of steam engineit's made from steel or tinthe base doesn't spring, i don't know if it supposed to? approx 60mm tall & the base is 39mm diameterplease let me know if you can tell me anything about itplease feel free to make an offerin expected used condition, for an item of this age & naturecan post at extrathe screw stopper & the very tip,are both made of brasspostage includes being signed formost of the green paint has worn away from useplease study the images, as they also form part of the description & please do your own research
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 summerbeethe shirt is signed by denis lawmike summerbee and ron atkinsonframed as seen in pictures
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 keysthis an old type padlock by yale and unusually with original keyssame family for years
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 /chockedsomeone 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 linelondon 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 valuethe b/rritanniarcombind postage is available on all my listings dependant on value
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 cachetsee my other lots by clicking on my usernameour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available29 because it's less used than no
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 letterour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemaury value: € read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’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 moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 aroundour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeyou can see my other lots by clicking on my username, le baron moutonare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’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 no78our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 aroundour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 ofour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeyou can see my other lots by clicking on my username, le baron mouton read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 thirteenth international botanical congress, sydney] also included is: john briquet (editor)(saint-louis code]published utrechtthe sixteenth international botanical congress, st louisthe tenth international botanical congress, edinburgh[interesting, historically[the tokyo code]very good condition, 474 pagesinternational rules of botanical nomenclature, adopted by the international botanical congress of viennaa slight mark to the upper cover, otherwise very good, 472 pagespublished utrechtplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished jenaquarto, 99 pages, slightly worn internally, bound in black cloth, with spine label, a bit worna duplicate from the library of royal holloway college, with a stamp on the title page and a bookplate on the front endpaperthe fifteenth international botanical congress, yokohamavery good condition, 389 pagesthe first two volumes are trilingual - english, french, germanthe last three are in english onlypublished konigstein[the standard works, charting the changes in the rules governing botanical taxonomyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevery good condition, 402 pagesthe fourteenth international botanical congress, berlinpublished koenigsteinvery good condition, 328 pagespublished koenigstein
(England)
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 picturesalthough many hands continued the strip after its creator's death in , none of them came close to capturing the brilliance segar displays in these pagessegar 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 (), creator of popeye, is a member of the will eisner awards hall of famevalue of the set varies from online so i added a small minimum price to respect that valuethe fantagraphics editions make plain segar’s mastery of grim suspense and biting humor as essential components of storytellingour 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'peahe was born in chester, il in and passed away in his longtime home of santa monica, casegar's popeye, is telling” - art spiegelman “the perfect comic strip“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 spreadthe 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 moremost 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 months” “i think of thimble theatre as blue-collar beckettare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe book's series title, ethe 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 sweetie
141 €
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rare - band & crew tour itinerarythis is a rare tour itinerary book only distributed to people involved in the tour3x unused backstage pass 3uncut backstage pass sheet for nassau coliseum pass size is 19x36cm 2our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeitems will be shipped by registrated maileuropean concert info with contract rider, 26 pages 4approx 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 etcare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea nice lot of rod stewart with the following items: 1
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 mahoutframed beautifully by a nicely carved bordera superb and intricate depiction of a working elephant with his lifelong companion and keeper the mahoutvintage/antique oriental hardwood elephant and mahout 3d wall carving
369 €