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NEWSLETTER INDEX SEPTEMBER l982 – APRIL 2011 (Incorporating Supplements 1 - 3) Compiled by Valerie Mellor OPHTHALMIC ANTIQUES INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS’ CLUB INDEX OF NEWSLETTERS NUMBERS 1-115 September 1982 – April 2011 Page 1 Archeological/Historical finds Artificial Eyes Page 2 Ascot Goes To …. BOA Museum British College of Optometrists Page 3 Buying and Selling Optical Antiques; Gifting to Museums Page 7 Camera Obscura, Peepshows, Perspective Boxes Catalogues and Collecting Page 8 Chatelaines Collectors Condolences Contact Lenses Page 9 Development of Spectacles eBay Eyebaths Page 10 For Sale/Exchange Page 13 Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Frames From my Collection Goggles Honours Page 14 Information Technology Instruments and Instrument Makers Page 15 Insurance Jealousy Glass Leather and Other Materials Page 17 Lenses Lorgnettes Page 18 Lover’s Eye Magnifiers Medals, Coins Media/Websites Page 21 Microscopes Monocles Museums, Exhibitions, Collections Page 26 Nose-Spectacles Page 27 OAICC Annual General Meetings OAICC Book Collection Page 28 OAICC Bulletin/Newsletter OAICC General Membership Page 29 OAICC Newsletter OAICC Visits Page 31 Obituaries Page 32 Ocular Heritage Society Page 33 One of the Oldest Optical Guilds in the World Opera Glasses, Binoculars Page 34 Ophthalmics/Ophthalmology Optical Art Page 35 Optical Ceramics Optical Fans Optical Patron Saints Optical Photography Optics Oriental Spectacles/Cases Page 36 Other Organisations Patents Personal Page 37 Pince-Nez/Eyeglasses Postage Stamps Proverbs Publicity, Trade Cards, etc. Page 38 Quizzers Page 39 Repairers Restoration Work Scissors Spectacles Sight/Vision Page 40 Silver Spectacle-Makers and their Marks Songs, Song-sheets Spectacle Bridges Spectacle Cases Page 41 Spectacle Joints Spectacle-Makers, Optical Firms, Opticians Page 43 Spectacle Sides Spectacles, Vision Aids in General Page 46 Spina Frontalis Monocle Spy Glasses/Monoculars Stanhopes Stephen James Visits ….. Stereoscopic Viewers Page 47 Telescopes Theft and Lost Items Tokens Votives Page 48 Wanted: Information Page 49 Wanted: Items Page 50 Worldwide Page 51 Miscellaneous Page 52 Books/Magazines/Articles Mentioned or Reviewed Page 58 Quotations Page 59 Illustrations OPHTHALMIC ATIQUES ITERATIOAL COLLECTORS’ CLUB REVISED EWSLETTER IDEX Covering issues 1 - 115, September 1982 – April 2011 Compiled by Valerie Mellor SUBJECT AUTHOR ISSUE DATE Archeological/Historical finds: Parts of rivet spectacle, Marlburg D Wennerhold 5 Oct.1983 The Trig Lane Spectacles M Rhodes 10 Jan.1985 The Oldest Spectacle Frames & Other Utensils Translated by 46 Jan.1994 for Daily Life (from ‘Der Fund vom H Obstfeld Nonnenchor’ H Appuhn Important London Find -The Swan Stairs R J S MacGregor 55 Apr.1996 Spectacles: 1. The Swan Stairs Spectacles and their implications 2. The Trig Lane Spectacles Re-examined xNew Light on Old Spectacles ditto 56 Jul. 1996 The Freiburg Find ditto 57 Oct.1996 Belgian Bone Spectacles J-M Devriendt 60 Jul. 1997 Fascinating Fragment P Aangenendt 71 Apr.2000 The Haarlem Finds ditto 74 Jan.2001 Remarkable rivet spectacles found ditto 78 Jan.2002 Netherlands Find ditto 79 Apr.2002 Rivet spectacles in the Netherlands ditto 79 List of known finds of rivet spectacles T Finkelstein 83 Apr. 2003 Bow spectacles, Italy M & N Pallone 90 Jan. 2005 Croatia R J S MacGregor 91 Apr. 2005 Germany, 1996: Leather spectacles found, c. W Weismuller 92 Jul. 2005 1600 Syon Rivet Spectacle Fragments on Display N Handley 92 Italian Rivet Spectacles M Pallone 93 Oct. 2005 Italian Rivet Spectacles (See Oct. 2005 R J S MacGregor 94 Jan. 2006 Newsletter) The Gnalic Shipwreck T Finkelstein & S Metter 94 Italy’s Rarest Spectacles at the V & A Museum, ditto 98 Jan. 2007 London Camera Obscura at the V & A Museum V Mellor 98 Stamps of eye doctors C J Florus, M U P & C Aangenendt 106 Jan. 2009 Heracles Twisted 18 th century Nuremberg spectacles, W Banninga 109 Oct. 2009 Dordrecht Utrecht.Parchment with impression of P & C Aangenendt 109 spectacles or case Digging in Amsterdam W Banninga 110 Jan. 2010 Excavated spectacles from the Netherlands G B Cohen 111 Apr. 2010 Artificial Eyes: Artificial eye artefacts M Hughes 71 Apr. 2000 The Galeski Prosthesis ditto 72 Jul. 2000 The Glasgow Eye Infirmary Museum D Holding 93 Oct. 2005 (mentioned) Glass Eyes R J S MacGregor 98 Jan. 2007 P a g e | 1 ‘Artificial Eyes and the Artificialisation of the N Handley 98 Human Face’ Prosthetic Eye Restoration in the American M O Hughes 109 Oct. 2009 Civil War Years Illustration: advertisements, artificial eyes 109 Ascot goes to.... ‘Ascot’ Boston (Lincs.) ditto 11 Apr. 1985 31 Apr. 1990 Lancaster (City Museum) ditto 15 Apr. 1986 The Hugh Orr Collection ditto 18 Jan. 1987 Oxford ditto 20 Jul. 1987 The D.C.D. Collection ditto 21 Oct. 1987 The Science Museum ditto 23 Apr. 1988 The Portobello Road ditto 24 Jul. 1988 The Pilkington Glass Museum ditto 25 Oct. 1988 The Zeiss Jena Exhibition,Edinburgh: ditto 26 Jan. 1989 ‘A Spectacle of Spectacles’ The Top End of the Market ditto 29 Oct. 1989 The Wellcome Museum of the History of ditto 33 Oct. 1990 Science in London The Whipple Museum of Science in ditto 38 Jan. 1992 Cambridge B O A Museum: BOA Museum N Handley 88 Jul. 2004 On Tour R J S MacGregor 94 Jan. 2006 Publicity, BOA Museum + Optometry 96 Jul. 2006 Profession Model eye of ivory on a base of wood BOA Museum 101 Oct. 2007 BOA Museum N Handley 101 BOA Museum ditto 105 Oct. 2008 Open House ditto 108 Jul. 2009 Additions to collection. Open Day 20 Sept. ditto 109 Oct. 2009 2009 Open House Day September 2009 ditto 110 Jan. 2010 MusEYEum News: 19 September 2010: Open ditto 114 Jan. 2011 House, another triumph British College of Optometrists: Party for 86 th birthday of Hugh Orr R J S MacGregor 35 Apr. 1991 H.Orr elected to Life-Fellowship ditto 38 Jan. 1992 New portrait acquisition unveiled ditto 38 Tom Collingridge, Gen. Sec. to retire ditto 38 Peter Leigh appointed new Secretary ditto 39 Apr. 1992 Change of Location ditto 63 Apr. 1998 Dr Benjamin Franklin at 36 Craven Street ditto 64 Jul. 1998 London (new painting purchased) ditto 70 Jan. 2000 F Barraclough elected to Life- Fellowship ditto 79 Apr. 2002 F Norville elected to Honorary Fellowship ditto 79 College Buys First Print ditto 80 Jul. 2002 OAICC Library at College of Optometrists ditto 80 ‘London Open House’ at the College, R J S MacGregor 86 Jan. 2004 21.09.2003 P a g e | 2 Virtual Museum N Handley 91 Apr. 2005 College features in local TV show ditto 97 Oct. 2006 Buying and Selling Optical Antiques; Gifting to Museums: Results at Bonhams (01.05.81; 03.06.82); D C Davidson 1 Sept.1982 Phillips (28.07.82) Wishful Thinking ditto 2 Dec.1982 Donating items to Museums ditto 2 Results at Sotheby’s 19.10.1982 ditto 2 Craven collection items for sale ditto 2 ditto + Buying at auction ditto 3 Mar.1983 Bonham’s sale, August 1983 ditto 3 Results, Bonham’s sale 08.04.1983 ditto 4 Jul.1983 Results, Phillips’ sale 20.07.1983 ditto 5 Oct.1983 Bonham’s sale, 14.10.1983 ditto 5 Results, Bonham’s sale, 14.10.1983 ditto 6 Jan.1984 Bought & Sold, February 1984 ditto 8 Jul.1984 Bonham’s ‘Bygones’ auction19.10.84 ditto 9 Oct.1984 Collectors’ London ditto 11 Apr.1985 Results, Phillips’ sale 26.07.1984 ditto 11 Estimates, Sotheby’s sale, 20.02.85 ditto 11 Estimates, Phillips, Son & Neale, 26.07.1985 ditto 11 Auction of spectacles, OAICC AGM 1985 F.E.O. 12 Jul.1985 Auction dates Oct-Dec 1985 D.C.Davidson 13 Oct.1985 Christie’s Seminars ditto 14 Jan.1986 Auction items for sale and sold ditto 14 Dates of sales, Phillips & Sotheby ditto 15 Apr.1986 Auction results ditto 15 Results, Phillips’ sale 10.09.1986 ditto 17 Oct.1986 Phillips sale 10.09.1986 ditto 18 Jan.1987 Dates of Phillips’ sales 1987 ditto 18 Letter - Buying Antique Spectacles in London C.E.Letocha 19 Apr.1987 Dates of auctions: Sotheby; Christie’s D C Davidson 19 Auction results ditto 21 Oct.1987 Items for sale and sold at auction ditto 23 Apr.1988 Antiques Fair, Brighton 7-10/7/88 ditto 24 Jul.1988 Dates of Heritage Antiques Fairs,’88 ditto 24 Chelsea Antiques Fair 18-24/9/88 ditto 24 Sale of artefacts from S S Medina ditto 24 Buying at Local Auctions ditto 25 Oct.1988 Sale of Elton John Spectacles D C Davidson 25 P Marly 26 Jan.1989 Sale estimates, Phillips 16.11.88 D C Davidson 26 Dates of antiques fairs, London ditto 28 DIARY OF EVENTS, ANTIQUES FAIRS F Barraclough From 28 Jul.1989 John Lennon spectacles Auction catalogue 28 Record Price for Leather Spectacles, Sotheby’s R J S MacGregor 34 Jan.1991 sale 5.10.90 Napoleon’s spectacles for sale, USA Nieman-Marcus 34 Leather Record Beaten, Christie’s sale 4.7.91 R J S MacGregor 37 Oct.1991 More Records at Christie’s ditto 38 Jan.1992 Newton’s ‘Optiks’, Paris ditto 38 P a g e | 3 3 pairs early eyeglasses for sale, Christie’s 1992 P Grant 38 R J S MacGregor 39 Apr.1992 Results, Christie’s, Phillips, Sotheby’s ditto 39 Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair ditto 40 Jul. 1992 3 more pairs Nuremberg spectacles, Christies, P Grant 40 2.7.92 Sky-high Prices at Christie’s R J S MacGregor 41 Oct.1992 Letter to J McAllister Sen. ditto 41 £12,000 book, Christie’s 12.11.92 ditto 42 Jan.1993 Sotheby’s sale 2.10.92 ditto 42 Sotheby’s sale 25.2.1993 ditto 43 Apr.1993 Christie’s sale 4.3.1993 ditto 43 Christie’s sale 26.4.1993 –anamorphosis, ditto 44 Jul.1993 Bonnie Prince Charlie Items found in London markets ditto 44 Christie’s sale 19.8.1993 ditto 44 45 Oct.1993 Sales:Sotheby’s(7.10.93);Christie’s (18.11.93) ditto 45 Bordé collection sold, Christie’s 3.3.1994 ditto 47 Apr.1994 Christie’s sale 18.8.1994 ditto 49