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Quarterly Collectors Auction Series (#52MG) Closed

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Lot 85Gunter's Chain 25 lengths in the 22 yard chain measure, circa 1885, one of two such measures used by the Victorian Government Surveyor's (the other a broken but unused example is believed to still reside at the Government Observatory). Original timber case

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Lot closed - unsold
Estimate: $1,200 - $2,000

Quarterly Collectors Auction Series (#52MG) Closed

Auction Info

  • Gunter's Chain 25 lengths in the 22 yard chain measure, circa 1885, one of two such measures used by the Victorian Government Surveyor's (the other a broken but unused example is believed to still reside at the Government Observatory). Original timber cas
  • Gunter's Chain 25 lengths in the 22 yard chain measure, circa 1885, one of two such measures used by the Victorian Government Surveyor's (the other a broken but unused example is believed to still reside at the Government Observatory). Original timber cas - 2
  • Gunter's Chain 25 lengths in the 22 yard chain measure, circa 1885, one of two such measures used by the Victorian Government Surveyor's (the other a broken but unused example is believed to still reside at the Government Observatory). Original timber cas - 3
  • Gunter's Chain 25 lengths in the 22 yard chain measure, circa 1885, one of two such measures used by the Victorian Government Surveyor's (the other a broken but unused example is believed to still reside at the Government Observatory). Original timber cas - 4
  • Gunter's Chain 25 lengths in the 22 yard chain measure, circa 1885, one of two such measures used by the Victorian Government Surveyor's (the other a broken but unused example is believed to still reside at the Government Observatory). Original timber cas - 5
  • Gunter's Chain 25 lengths in the 22 yard chain measure, circa 1885, one of two such measures used by the Victorian Government Surveyor's (the other a broken but unused example is believed to still reside at the Government Observatory). Original timber cas - 6