Robert I think you have stated this very well and I agree. The one thing about ebay is it can be unpredictable.... somedays nothing, some weeks nothing and...
Now of course this ONLY applies to the topic at hand... Drawing Instruments........ For me one of the most memorable was 17 years ago, I had just moved from DC...
I have no great fish tales.. I do remember the first piece I had ever bought. I was in Vienna in early summer of 1991 at the Wienzeile Houses by Otto Wagner. I...
I just received in the mail today a copy of the 35th Edition of the K&E Catalogue. It was printed in 1915 and the copy I have has an update pasted on the...
So I was in port Townsend WA this weekend, and while wandering the shops found my way into a little book store. The Owner, a woman of middle years and I talked...
Part of the value of any drawing set is in its previous owner. I saw a drafting set on Ebay for $2,000 that was owned by Thomas Edison's cousin. The drafting...
In a perfect world it would be nice to keep things together and in the families that they were used...... but reality is that most folks just don't care or...
This of course depends on how you define "best buy". Do you mean the best bargain, pricewise, or the best item in the collection? The best item in my...
I like my sets to be complete so missing items will certainly detract from the price I am willing to pay and in many cases will dissuade me from buying at all...
I recently bought a pillar compass and must not have paid to close attention to the pictures.... I guess one should never assume that something not shown in...
Robert I'm one of the rarities..I do collect both. Elton robert pilla <rpilla001@...> wrote: Part of the value of any drawing set is in its previous...
Wow, great job. I have only worked on a metal lathe and milling machine once back in college to construct my own beam compass. Did you start with a tube or did...
Robert I started with bar stock and drilled it..... I find that much easier than working with tubing, also the chance of getting the correct size tube might...
I collect both drawing instruments and slide rules, and also various other mathematical and optical instruments. Over the years I have purchased a number of...
HI I'm a distant relative of the Theo. Alteneder Family (Philadelphia). Is there still an active market for the family pieces. I toured the factory in the...
An enthusiastic yes!!! there is a market!! The design, finishing, balance and overall incredibly high quality is much appreciated. I, and a number of those...
Hi, I am also a distant relative of the Theo. Alteneder Family. I have a few family pieces already and would love to get more. I am a Brooks Theodore Alteneder...
Alteneder instruments have the truly rare distinction of being the only ones made in America. He emigrated from Germany in the early 1800s and patented the...
Question - I don't have a triangular compass/divider (I wish I did), however I came across a reference to one in James W Queen's 1868 online catalogue when...
Could you please put up the link to the catalog? Thanks Bill...
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Triangular Compasses, also known as three-legged divider, are illustrated in Maya Hambly's excellent book Drawing Instruments, 1580-1980, published by Sothebys...
I recently acquired a nice presentation set dated 1876... it is a very high grade set and fine bow, expensive woods and hardware (much nicer than what you...
Thanks... that is who I meant.... but do you know if they used a little symbol as described in the ebay listing? Also what might of a set of this quality cost...
Bill Thanks for the interest. There are several links to this material and I have only just begun to look at the catalogues. The main starting link is - ...
The parallel rule is most likely stamped with the British Broad Arrow military mark. I have found that sometimes these stamps are not made well and a poor...
Looking at the set it seems to be German Austrian or Swiss but definitely not by a British maker ruling out W.H.Harling. (for comparison check the photo of the...
John Thank you very much for the link, I have already spent a few hours there and seen some things I have never seen in catalogs before. That is a great...
The set pictured in photos 3-5 in my album is presumed Swiss..... it is really starting to bug me that it is missing one of it's bows and if I have no luck...
Chances are good it was a pencil and inking bow cmpass in the set. It looks like the small hairspring divider is also missing from the case which would have...
