Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd of York theodolite?

First of all hello to everyone!

Im a newbie and I dont know anything about antiques.My father found something in the new house we bought. That something is,from what Ive found on the internet Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd of York theodolite and he wants to sell it.

To shorten the story he doesnt know the value of the theodolite either so I hope to find the answer before he sells it for nothing and gets tricked.

What amount should he ask for it? I will upload some photos of it too.

Thank you all so much!

 

An auction estimate would be about £50 to £70. This assumes it is complete and in decent condition.
The maker is well known for optical instruments and although I cannot see the thing very well, it is probably mid 20th C.​

 

Does this help @afantiques ?

 

Thank you. I meant that the box conceals most of it, but I am assuming average condition. I have bought and sold one of these in the last few years.

 

The condition is pretty solid. So you would say from 80 to 100 euros. Thank you!

One more thing,I have an old old golden watch which my mother got from her aunt. It has some rocks on it which appear to be gems. I can check about the writtings again but I know that I couldnt find anything on the internet when I was searching for it before. I think it said "Autos Geneve". I could send you more detail if you are interested and might know something about it.

Thanks a lot!

 

Yes he's the clock guy......but we'd all like a look at it......posted in the right forum.

 

I will be posting it this weekend,in the right forum. Thanks a lot

 

Guys the watch is uploaded so please when you have time take a look

 

Look where? If u want people here to look, insert a link to what u want looked at, please!

 

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/i-need-info-potential-value-of-this-watch.19760/#post-268447 But the guys says its worth is 5 dollars hahah so Its not as interesting as I hoped it would be

 

don't go away just yet...........take some more close ups of the bracelet......looking for marks as to metal content.....and the stones....

" the Guy"...is not the only guy here.......and he was just commenting on the watch itself....let's hear from others...

 

Others will have something to say about the other parts of the watch, style, age, etc.

 

Do you happen to know something about this theodolite? Is it same manufacturer? What about price?

 

Also if you can give me any information about these items. Thanks in advance!

 

@Shangas for the long glass!!! I'm pretty sure he'll want to see it extended as well....

 

I can tell that the telescope is damn old (at least 100 years), but nothing else, until it's opened, and there's photos of all sides.

The compass doesn't look like anything special. A modern fantastical reproduction. I've seen a million of them at flea-markets. Artificially tarnished, to look antique. When you've polished as much brass as I have - which is a bloody boatload of it - you learn very quickly how to distinguish aged tarnish from artificial tarnish.

BTW - if you ARE going to open the telescope to take more photos of it - for the love of god, please do not FORCE IT.

It's very common for these things to jam from decades of dust and grit trapped inside them. If that happens, spray it down with WD-40 or something FIRST, to try and ease it open and clean out some of the grime. Otherwise you could rip the thing in half by accident and break the threads.

If you do that, you could very well do irreparable damage to the telescope. So do it SLOWLY and use lubrication rather than brute force.

...God that sounds like sexual advice, but there's really not many other ways to put it...

 

Thanks a lot guys. Above are the pictures you wanted. Ps about the Theodolite. Is it the same value/worth as the first one mentioned in this thread?