Scientific Instruments, Weights, Scales & Measures

Overview

Everything from a county standard petrol measure to a sample of undersea cable would be included in the scientific instruments, weights and scales categories.

In this modern age of computers, vintage mechanical objects such as a Curta mechanical calculator or a vintage telegraph machine help to explain the development of the modern age and as such are very popular.

Weights and scales have a strong following, you may imagine the weights you may see on a vintage set of kitchen scales but porcelain weights used in a shop, and number weights or sets used by the local authority for verification of a shopkeeper’s set are all of interest to specialist collectors.

Scales often overlap with the weights, such as county standard scales, used to verify weights at customers premises, petrol measures are similar, used to verify that the ‘20 litres’ of petrol you purchase is actually 20 litres.

Harper Field have helped both private individuals and local authority trading standard departments sell large collections of items, handling everything from the sorting of the items into suitable lots right through to the sale itself, offering a truly hassle-free option.