After being involved in the restoration business for over thirty years, we at Colonial Instruments believe in complete disclosure in representing the instruments accurately and acknowledging any restoration. In contrast to the practices of some auction houses and dealers who arrange the photograph of the instrument in an attempt to obscure any shortcomings and avoid mentioning any repairs or restoration, we feel this is a character as well as a business flaw.  We refuse to take part in these tactics and will go out of our way to accurately represent the instruments we offer for sale to the best of our knowledge. The true test of a person's integrity is when full disclosure of the truth costs him financially. 

We have found that properly replicated pieces, signed and dated, built from accurate historical data, do not have an appreciable impact on the final selling price of an instrument.

 
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David Main, Jr.
David Main, Jr.
Surveyor's Compass
Wm. J. Young  Theodolite
Wm. J. Young
Theodolite
Plane Table Compass
18th Century Colonial
Plane Table Compass
John Fowler English Surveyor's Compass
John Fowler
English Surveyor's Compass
Large Vernier Compass
Large Vernier Compass
Philadelphia Style
 
John Dupee Wooden Surveyor's Compass
John Dupee, Boston
Wooden Surveyor's Compass
Gurley Surveyor's Comapss
Nathan Storrs
Surveyor's Compass
Rittenhouse and Potts
Rittenhouse & Potts
Surveyors Compass, 1796
Benjamin Cole
Benjamin Cole
Surveyor's Compass
with Box
Frederick Heisley
Frederick Heisely
Early Compass
Pennsylvania
 
Semi-Circumferentor
Massive Brass & Mahogany Semi-Circumferentor
Plane Table Alidade
18th Century Plane
Table Telescopic Alidade
George Adams
George Adams, London
Wooden Compass
Plane Table Compass
18th Century Colonial
Plane Table Compass
Edmund Blunt
Edmund Blunt
Brass Surveyor's Compass
With Box

    
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