CHRISTIE'S FINE SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING WORKS OF ART MAY 17TH 2007 THIS CATALOG CONTAINS 80 PAGES AND 283 LOTS WITH: OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, EYEWARE, EPHERMA, PHILSOPHICAL MODELS AND INSTRUMENTS, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, GLOBES AND PLANETARIA, MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EPHERMA, MEDICAL AND NATURAL DIDACTIC, TOOLS AND MICELLANEA, FOSSILS & METEORITES, SPACE MEMORABILIA, ENGINEERING MODELS + B-6 S-2

88 £72,000 $142,272 €104,976 £25,000-30,000 UK Private A fine astrolabe by Muhammad Muqim, the celebrated astrolabist of Lahore, dated 1637/38 89 £13,200 $26,083 €19,246 £10,000-15,000 UK Trade An unsigned astrolabe from Marrakesh, circa 1800 95 £10,800 $21,341 €15,746 £2,000-3,000 UK Private A fine George II silver butterfield-type compass sundial, mid 18th-century 128 £10,800 $21,341 €15,746 £10,000-12,000 Anonymous A Victorian 18-inch Terrestrial library globe “We were delighted with the strong results achieved today, which showed the Scientific Instrument market continues to go from strength to strength. The fine astrolabes and time-telling instruments were particular highlights and the prices realised for them showed a real growth in the market. A pleasing finale to a world-leading department” said Joyce Shaw, Head of Scientific Instruments

The top lot was Lot 245, a Skylab water purification testing kit,c. 1973 which realised £2,400.

Lot 216, the flown Soyuz-Mir Space Toilet, 1970s realised £960.