• Solid Silver Cufflinks (Pair), Miniature Taxidermied Owls

  £127

  A matched pair of late-Edwardian cufflinks in the form of two miniature taxidermied tawny owls, mounted on silver shanks of considerable weight.

• Single Brass Doorknob, Claimed to Have Once Been a Person

  £350

  A single, weighty brass doorknob, approximately 1880s in workmanship, sold loose. Mounting bracket missing; the doorknob is described in the original paperwork as "the late Mr Belper".

• Self-Published 1920s Pamphlet on Cloud-Reading and Minor Agricultural Omens

  £18

  A 28-page pamphlet, c. 1924, printed in Lincolnshire on a small handpress; covers stratocumulus interpretation, the rook's gait, and the meaning of a wet Wednesday.

• Edwardian Travel Valise, Hare-Fur Lined

  £210

  A medium gentleman's travel valise, c. 1908, hand-stitched in tan calf; interior fully lined with hare fur in the original taxidermist's method.

• Hand-Cranked Mechanical Calculator, c. 1912, Occasionally Correct

  £340

  A Burkhardt-pattern hand-cranked mechanical calculator in brass and steel; eight-digit display; full subtraction carriage.

• Glass-Eye Collection in Velvet-Lined Case (Seventeen Eyes, Mostly Blue)

  £285

  A late-Victorian ophthalmic-fitter's sample case containing seventeen glass eyes of varying colour and pupil dilation, in their original velvet niches.

• Books by the Foot — Three Feet, Mixed Bindings (Brown / Tan)

  £96

  Three running feet of antique books in brown and tan bindings, period 1880-1930; titles assorted; volumes are intact and structurally sound.

• Decommissioned Soviet Radio Receiver, R-250M Series, Listening State

  £410

  A 1960s R-250M short-wave communications receiver, ex-government, decommissioned in 1991; tube-driven; receives across nine bands including some that should no longer be allocated.

• Marbled-Paper Map of an Unnamed Coast, Hand-Drawn, c. 1840

  £175

  A folio sheet, watermarked Whatman 1838, showing what appears to be a north-facing coast with seven coves, four headlands, and a single marked "doings".

• Antique Scrimshaw of a Whale That Was "Mostly There"

  £290

  A piece of whale-tooth scrimshaw, late-19th-century New Bedford workmanship; depicts a whale rendered in considerable detail except for its rear third, which the artist appears to have abandoned.

• Bottle of Preserved Samphire from the Norfolk Fens (Sealed 1972)

  £34

  A 500-ml glass preserving bottle, mechanical-clip seal, containing pickled samphire harvested in 1972 from a marsh that no longer exists at low tide.

• Lock of Hair in a Locket, Provenance Disputed

  £145

  A small silver locket, hinged, holding a single coiled lock of dark hair; locket is hallmarked Birmingham 1881.

• Edwardian Medicinal Compendium, with Annotations

  £88

  Quarto, 412 pages, half-leather, c. 1903; an inventory of herbal and chemical remedies, with extensive marginal annotations in a small, slanting hand.

• Hand-Drawn Divination Cards (Seventy-Eight, Mostly Complete)

  £240

  A deck of seventy-eight divination cards, hand-drawn in ink and watercolour on prepared linen card; period approximately 1910-1920; in a hand-stitched leather wallet.

• Pair of Field Binoculars Said to Focus "Past the Present"

  £320

  A pair of pre-war Carl Zeiss field binoculars, 8×30, brass and leather, in a fitted case; optics clean, alignment good.

• Wax Cylinder, Suspected Recording of Someone's Grandmother

  £195

  A single standard-format wax cylinder in its original cardboard tube, c. 1898-1903; the label, in pencil, reads "Gran, before the tea".

• Apothecary Jar Containing "Something Dry"

  £72

  A large glazed apothecary jar, c. 1860, with a ground-glass stopper still in fitting condition; contains approximately three hundred grams of an unidentified dry organic substance.

• Mounted Taxidermy of an Unknown Small Mammal

  £165

  A Victorian-cased taxidermy specimen, glass-fronted; the animal is approximately the size of a stoat, with the proportions of nothing in particular.

• Hand-Cranked Sewing Machine, Attributed to a Convent

  £220

  A black-and-gold cast-iron sewing machine, treadle-converted to hand-crank, c. 1894; engraved at the base "Property of the Sisters", though the order is not specified.

• Mid-Century Shop Till That Still Rings When Shaken

  £310

  A 1950s nickel-plated mechanical shop till, drawer-loaded, with the original cash sub-compartments and a bell that has aged into a "consultative tone".

• Pocket Sundial Accurate from October to April

  £65

  A small brass pocket sundial in a hinged case, c. 1850, engraved on the underside with the latitude of Lincolnshire and the words "winter only".

• Set of Six Bone Dice, Suspected to Be Loaded by Guilt

  £48

  Six hand-cut bone dice, faces inscribed in red ink; period uncertain, probably 19th-century; in a small leather pouch.

• Brass Weighing Scales Recovered from a Shipwreck

  £158

  A pair of brass balance scales, c. 1880, recovered from the wreck of the *Sarah Coombe* off the Lincolnshire coast in 1973; one pan slightly distorted.

• First-Edition Pamphlet on Minor Agricultural Omens (1898, Lincolnshire)

  £24

  A 14-page first-edition pamphlet, soft cover, printed in Spalding in 1898; covers the proper interpretation of a hare crossing east-to-west, the meaning of a still-born lamb on a Wednesday, and other matters.