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Rare 1944 US Navy Ball Recording Sextant Mergenthaler online auction gets eleven bids — $355.00 so far

Added to the Old Boat Blog on September 4, 2008 at 4:24 pm EST

An exceptional item in our Antique Sextant auction listings has received 11 bids as of this post. Its latest bid is for $355.00. To be the high bidder the next person must bid at least $360.00.

Notes from the seller
RARE 1944 US NAVY BALL RECORDING SEXTANT Mergenthaler Wonderful estate item, this is an original Mergenthaler Ball Recording Sextant from the US Navy from 1944 and it is in it’s original majogany case with instructions and all paperwork. It is in near mint condition from what I can see, doesn’t seem to be anything missing or broken as far as I can tell. It is a Mark 1, Model 0 US Navy BuShips N5422 by Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Brooklyn, NY. It comes with a separate Night lens which can be switched off with the Day lens that is currently in place. Beautiful piece of equipment here, and very hard to find, especially in this condition. Not sure but I believe this may have been used on submarines. … [more]

This auction began at 9:41 pm EST on August 25, 2008. It is going until 9:41 pm EST on September 4, 2008. The seller jtcollectiques has offered to cancel the auction early and sell this for a set price of $800.00. The seller, jtcollectiques, will ship this item from Wantagh, New York. It may be shipped to Worldwide.

This item has a reserve price (a price under which the seller is not obligated to part with it), but it hasn’t been met yet. The seller can accept payment via personal check, PayPal or money order/cashier’s check.

To see more details and pictures, or to ask the seller a specific question, click here to go the auction’s eBay page.

UPDATED INFO: This auction is over.

It got a total of 11 bids. The high bid was $355.00 but was lower than the reserve price — the item remained unsold. It may be re-introduced into our listings later by the seller.

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