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FASCINATING VINTAGE 'THE LAUGHING GAZERS LOVELY OPTICAL APPERATUS'. MADE IN GERMANY. CAN BE DATED BACK TO BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 1891 AND 1949.
THIS INTERESTING PIECE IS AN EARLY VERSION OF BINOCULARS. IT STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL BOX. THE OPTICAL APPERATUS IS BASICALLY RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE. THEY ARE BLACK WITH TWO HOLES CUT INTO IT.
ON THE OPTICAL APPERATUS IT SAYS "STAATLICH GERP. OPTIKER KOPPENHAGEN MAINZ' WHICH ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO 'STATE MARKED OPTICIAN KOPPERHAGEN MAINZ.' THE BOX GIVES A DISCRIPTION OF THE ITEM BUT IT IS IN GERMAN.
THE OPTICAL APPERATUS LOOKS SLIGHTLY WEATHERED BUT OTHERWISE IT APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE BOX IS ALSO SLIGHTLY WORN.
THE OPTICAL APPERATUS MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 95 MM LONG, 45 MM WIDE AND 35 MM LONG. THE BOX MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 115 MM LONG, 53 MM WIDE AND 40 MM HIGH.
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME PIECE FROM THE PAST. REALLY FABULOUS COLLECTORS ITEM!
Items can be viewed at: http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/seller/1800759/lots_for_sale
PLEASE NOTE WE NO LONGER CLOSE AUCTIONS EARLY.
Please view the pics carefully as they form part of the description. Vintage pieces do have wear and tear and are not new. Every care is take no fully describe the item to you. Please note that props are not included in the listing, unless otherwise stated. Payment is to me made in three days.