Inventions and Technology Part 2 - ONLINE ONLY
Updated October 30, 2026
| Date | November 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM CST |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Donley Auctions |
| Location | 8512 South Union Road, Union, Illinois, 60180 · more auctions in Union |
| Lots | 131 |
| Estimates | $50 – $1,000,000 |
What's in this auction
131 lots, mostly antiques & furniture (27), electronics & gaming (5), firearms & militaria (2), fine art & prints (1). 131 lots have photos and 131 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $50–$1,000,000 across 131 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing November 13, 2026.
Highest-estimated lots
- Lubin Films Actor Harry May’s Cowboy Outfit — est. $10,000–$1,000,000
- Chicago Paradise Theater Sculpture Newel Post — est. $10,000–$1,000,000
- 1Vintage Charles G. Bush Tabletop Kaleidoscope (2) — est. $1,000–$100,000
- Vintage Loring & Keene Chicago Velocipede — est. $5,000–$100,000
- Vintage Stassen High Wheel Bicycle — est. $5,000–$100,000
From the auction house
Inventions and Technology Part 2 - ONLINE ONLY
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In this auction (131 lots)
Categories: Antiques & Furniture (27) · Electronics & Gaming (5) · Firearms & Militaria (2) · Fine Art & Prints (1) · Sporting Goods & Outdoors (1)
- Lot 1005 — Bausch & Lomb No. 55 Engineer's Transit
- Lot 1006 — Cooke, Troughton & Simms T65 & Tripod
- Lot 1008 — Inter-War David White Navy "NOL" Aero Theodolite
- Lot 1011 — Vintage Dietzen Surveying Wooden Tripod
- Lot 1015 — Cooke Troughton & Simms Theodolite w/ Case
- Lot 1019 — Antique C.L. Berger & Sons Survey Tripod
- Lot 1020 — Wooden Surveyors Tripod
- Lot 1022 — Brass & Wood Surveyor Tripod
- Lot 1023 — Antique W. & L.E. Gurley Surveying Tripod
- Lot 1024 — Keuffel & Esser Co. NY Antique Tripod
- Lot 1026 — Keuffel & Esser Brass Alidade w/ Case
- Lot 1029 — David White Co Surveying Tripod
- Lot 1030 — Warren-Knight Wooden Surveyor Tripod
- Lot 1032 — Vintage Dietzgen Surveyors Grade Rod Set
- Lot 1033 — Antique German L. Tesdorf Surveying Level
- Lot 1039 — Heath & Co. Antique Artificial Horizon
- Lot 1040 — 1932 Keuffel & Esser Surveying Sextant
- Lot 1047 — Bausch & Lomb Precision Level & Case
- Lot 1048 — WWII British Military Mark IV Theodolite
- Lot 1050 — Cooke, Troughton & Simms Theodolite W/Case
- Lot 1052 — Hildebrand Strassburg Theodolite & Case
- Lot 1053 — Tamaya & Co. Japanese Transit Level
- Lot 1056 — E.R. Watts & Son London Transit Theodolite W/Key
- Lot 1059 — Bausch & Lomb "Gavatt" Dumpy Level W/Case
- Lot 1060 — Tamaya & Co. Japanese WWII Theodolite
- Lot 1061 — 1920s Soviet Tochnaya Mekhanika Theodolite
- Lot 1062 — Stanley "Eltham" 1949 British Theodolite
- Lot 1069 — Large-Format Prismatic Surveying Compass W/Case
- Lot 1075 — Antique Brass Three-Arm Station Pointer
- Lot 1077 — Vintage Hand Level Survey Instrument
- Lot 1078 — Antique Brass Topographic Leveling Survey Device
- Lot 1085 — 1938 US General Land Office Wall Map
- Lot 1093 — Antique Central Scientific Co. Vacuum Pump
- Lot 1100 — Antique German Physics Demonstration Kit
- Lot 1107 — Antique Spencer Brass Microscope w/ Case
- Lot 1108a — Antique Oak Full-View Commercial Display Showcase
- Lot 1115e — Vintage Bell System KS-8455 Line Loop Tester
- Lot 1115f — Leeds & Northrup Light Beam Galvanometer
- Lot 1115k — Leeds & Northrup Wheatstone Resistance Bridge
- Lot 1115l — Antique Weston Model 324 Galvanometer
- Lot 1117 — Bausch & Lomb Professional Brass Microscope
- Lot 1119 — Bausch & Lomb Binocular Microscope & Case
- Lot 1120 — Vintage Rallie & Boston Exercise Machine Lot
- Lot 1126 — Bausch & Lomb Petrographic Microscope in Case
- Lot 1135 — Antique Fortin-Type Stick Barometer
- Lot 1139 — Antique Medical Exam Table & Stool
- Lot 1140 — Fairbanks Cast Iron Scale
- Lot 1142 — Antique Cast Iron Dental Exam Chair
- Lot 1144 — Universal Therapeutic Floor Lamp
- Lot 1148 — Bioptic Telescope Glasses
- Lot 1149a — Antique Victorian Wicker Baby Carriage W/Parasol
- Lot 1149b — 1920 Cozy Baby Carriage Co. Kozekar
- Lot 1160 — 2 B.D. Maxham Daguerreotypes Same Man
- Lot 1176 — Scovills Brass Daguerreotype Token
- Lot 1179 — Scoville Daguerreotype Materials Brass Token
- Lot 1180 — Scoville Daguerreotype Materials Brass Token
- Lot 1185 — Fitzgibbon's Brass Daguerreotype Token
- Lot 1187 — Root & Co. Brass Daguerreotype Token
- Lot 1189 — Root & Co. Brass Daguerreotype Token
- Lot 1190 — Root & Co. Brass Daguerreotype Token
- Lot 1191 — M.A. Root's Copper Daguerreotype Token
- Lot 1194 — Root & Co. Brass Daguerreotype Token
- Lot 1197 — Root & Co. Brass Daguerreotype Token
- Lot 1202b — Cabinet Card of Lillie Langtry
- Lot 1202c — Photo of Wells Fargo & Co. New York Office
- Lot 1204 — Vintage Arnold Steam Sterilizer
- Lot 1221 — 13 Stereo View Cards of Rivers & R.R. Bridges
- Lot 1224 — 11 Stereo View Cards of Minnehaha
- Lot 1226 — 9 Stereo View Cards of Children
- Lot 1230 — 6 Stereo View Cards of New York
- Lot 1235 — Victorian Hair Wreath Shadow Box Memento
- Lot 1237 — Ernst Plank Magic Lantern
- Lot 1247 — Glass Magic Lantern Slides Russo-Japanese War
- Lot 1257 — 1Vintage Charles G. Bush Tabletop Kaleidoscope (2)
- Lot 1288 — Vintage 1920 Edison Mazda Lamp Booklets
- Lot 1289 — Thomas Edison Ephemera & Booklet Lot
- Lot 1290 — 1931 Thomas Edison Memorial Booklets
- Lot 1292 — MESCO Telegraph Sounder & Key
- Lot 1296 — Western Electric Morse Telegraph Relay
- Lot 1298 — J.H. Bunnell Telegraph Key & Sounder
- Lot 1299 — Signal Electric Telegraph Learner Set
- Lot 1302a — Antique Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Register
- Lot 1305 — Edison Phonoplex System Book (c.1892)
- Lot 1307 — Western Electric Oak Wall Telephone
- Lot 1310 — Oak Wall Phone Chicago Telephone Co. Elkhart, IN
- Lot 1316 — Western Electric Oak Wall Phone
- Lot 1318a — Kellogg Modified Oak Crank Wall Phone
- Lot 1326 — Vintage Kellogg Breastplate Telephone Mic
- Lot 1327 — Vintage Western Electric Switchboard
- Lot 1333 — McKay Mailing Machine Labeler
- Lot 1334 — Vintage Burroughs Adding Machine Stand
- Lot 1335 — Vintage Burroughs Adding Machine W/Stand
- Lot 1336 — Cribben & Sexton "Hero" No. 114 Stove
- Lot 1340a — Antique Mahogany Birdcage Tilt-Top Table
- Lot 1340c — Vintage Wolf Form Co. Boys Dress Form
- Lot 1348 — Two Vintage Brass Heart Padlocks
- Lot 1350 — 5 Adlake Padlocks, Chicago RTA - No Keys
- Lot 1351 — 4 Heart Padllocks - No Keys
- Lot 1357 — Victorian Trade Card & Ephemera Lot
- Lot 1359 — Lot of (3) Brass Grease Cup Oiler Parts
- Lot 1374 — Vintage ESCO Direct-Current Motor
- Lot 1378b — IOOF Noble Grand & Guide Regalia Group
- Lot 1381 — 1903 Jewett Typewriter Co. Bond Certificate
- Lot 1383 — 1893 Electric Dice Game Co. Stock Certificate
- Lot 1384 — 1900 Electro Pneumatic Transit Co Stock Cert
- Lot 1385 — 1884 Telemeter Co. of New York Stock Certificate
- Lot 1387 — International Mercantile Marine Stock Certificate
- Lot 1388 — Houghton (Sewing) Machine Co. Stock Certificate
- Lot 1391 — Old Dominion Phonograph Co Stock Certificate
- Lot 1392 — Old Dominion Phonograph Co Stock Certificate
- Lot 1393 — 1968 Lionel Corporation Stock Certificate
- Lot 1394 — 1968 Lionel Corp Stock Certificate
- Lot 1396 — 3 Vintage Elgin National Watch Co. Stock
- Lot 1408 — Early Detroit Stereopticon Projector On Stand
- Lot 1415a — Vintage Loring & Keene Chicago Velocipede
- Lot 1415b — Vintage Stassen High Wheel Bicycle
- Lot 1416 — Lubin Studios Archive
- Lot 1416a — Lubin Films Actor Harry May’s Cowboy Outfit
- Lot 1417 — Exterior Poster Cases Colfax Theater So. Bend IN
- Lot 1421 — 2 Sets Wood Movie Theater Seats Moshulu Bronx NY
- Lot 1423 — Etched Glass Movie Theater Ticket Window
- Lot 1424a — Chicago Paradise Theater Sculpture Newel Post
- Lot 1427 — Michael Todd & Cinestage Seat Ends
- Lot 1428 — Vintage Movie Posters & Filmography Lot (4)
- Lot 1429 — 1928 Chicago Theater Hand Painted Poster-2 Sided
- Lot 1430 — Chicago Theater 1941 Hand Painted Poster 2 Sided
- Lot 1435 — Tiffin Scenic Studios Catalog K
- Lot 1437 — Vintage Technicolor Camera Tripod
- Lot 1438 — Nautical Maritime 1-Sheave Block and Pulley
- Lot 1439 — Maritime Beacon & Glass Float Display
- Lot 1440 — Ceiling Medallion From Nortown Theater, Chicago
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