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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7539, post: 401291, member: 7973&quot;]i have to share this with you guys cause I can’t keep my mouth shut I’m about to bust..</p><p>I was watching a local auctioneers Facebook page and looking over pictures and I saw something that looked unusual. I knew it was old and it was in a small town estate sale. I had to wait three days nervously waiting on the item. Finally the sale day came. I went and sat back and watched people. It was clear that no one knew what it was. A couple of people thought it was a good item but they hadn’t done research and trying to do it on sale day is difficult. The item wasn’t even on the main antique table. Finally my time came. Bidding started a little high but no one was biting. I picked it up for a very reasonable price. I scooped it up and paid and got out of there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now here’s the meat of the story: the item was a surveyor compass made by Goldsmith Chandlee around 1808. There are some only 22 known examples, one of which is in the Smithsonian, the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Colnial Jamestown...</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the finest examples of surveyor equipment ever made. Also it was in the original box. It has the original label which is usually missing. It has two hand made brass protractors and a hand made ivory ruler with surveyor measurements also.</p><p><br /></p><p>Estimates are $13,000 to 18,000 and may go higher; Antiques Roadshow valued one in 2008 at $20,000 to $25,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember- there are diamonds out there in the[ATTACH=full]139776[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]139777[/ATTACH] rough! I made a nice once in a lifetime find by looking through pictures and doing research. You can do it too!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]139775[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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