Tuesday, April 09, 2013

A Collection To Warm a Steampunk Aficionado's Heart

Beginning April 20 Grogan and Company will hold an auction of the collection of late antique dealer, Mr. Elli Buk (1949 - 2012). It consists of over 2,000 items spanning two centuries of science, medicine and technology. Specializing in early medical, surveying, optical, and scientific precision instruments, it's a steampunk lover's dream.

Lot 324
BAKELITE RAYETTE LECTRONIC WAVE MACHINE; height: 11 inches

Lot 834
SIX BULB CHROME AND IRON TABLE TOP NEBULIZER, U. S. Gauge Co., New York; stamped
with multiple patents; height: 18 inches; together with a BRASS NEBULIZER PART

Lot 39
PHILCO PREDICTA PRINCESS SWIVEL TELEVISION, circa 1959


Much much more eclectic wonderfulness at Design Observer

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:54 pm

    I had to look "nebulizer" up. It's something like a vaporizer or whatever that thing was my mom used to load with Vicks when we had colds.

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  2. The Nag6:48 am

    I bet your mom's didn't look like this one.

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  3. Anonymous8:41 pm

    No. It was plastic and plugged into the wall. This looks like light bulbs filled with unspeakable red and green concoctions. I imagine it is very unhealthy.

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  4. The Nag9:02 pm

    I suspect this is the nebulizer my mother placed in my room each night. There has to be an explanation for the way I turned out.

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