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Description:
2 1/2-inch Tabletop or Library Presentation Telescope and Book, New York, 1853, lacquered-brass instrument with rack-and-pinion focusing with engraved presentation on the 22-in. main tube reading "Presented by The Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company to Joseph Walker Late President of that Institution New York 1853," mounted to a tripod; with hardbound copy of South Street A Maritime History of New York.
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Estimate $400-600
rack and pinion not functioning
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mutual insurance company, Joseph WalkerCarly Babione
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