Sold for:
$600
$600
American School's Tellurium, with giltwood sun, wood moon and 3 1/2-inch dia. globe with printed cartouche Terrestrial Globe J.L. & Co. , twelve printed gores and two polar calottes with hand-colored borders, revolving on pulley-driven wire axis on shaped wood arm, on baluster-turned stem to circular base with remains of colored paper calendar and title The Helioterr(aium) , lg. extended 22 in., (overall wear, axis bent, small puncture in globe over Vancouver).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-23