Antique Microscope

Five of the best sites about antique microscopes, including antique microscopes for sale and buyers looking for antique microscopes. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page.

1. Antique Brass Microscopes Wanted - This guy is looking for antique brass microscopes as well as parts/accessories such as lenses, microscope oil lamps, prepared slides, slide preparation equipment, slide cabinets, etc. Even if you don’t have any to sell him, you can check out his extensive collection of brass microscopes dating all the way back to the 18th century through the many pictures provided at this site. It’s an impressive collection. Also offers a number of articles detailing the history of microscopes. (www.antique-microscopes.com)

2. Antique Microscopes at eBay - On our last visit there were over 60 antique microscopes or related parts and accessories up for auction on eBay, including Spencer microscopes, Bausch & Lomb microscopes, an old monocular microscope, Leitz Wetzlar microscopes, prepared slides, more. (search.ebay.com)

3. Antique & Vintage Microscopes at Mel Sobel Microscopes - Ten antique microscopes for sale here on our last visit, including multiple Ernest Leitz Wetzlar microscopes from the early 1900s, a rare Nikon field microscope, Edmund Hartnack microscopes from the mid 1800s and more. (www.microscopestore.com)

4. Antique Microscopes at ARS Machina - Their microscope museum offers a history of microscopes dating back to the 1600s and they also have antique microscopes for sale, including antique Leitz and Bausch & Lomb microscopes. (www.arsmachina.com)

5. Moody Medical Library Antique Microscopes - This site from the University of Texas Medical Branch offers a history and pics of antique microscopes from the leading American, Austrian, British, German, French and Italian microscope makers, including Bausch & Lomb, James W. Queen, Spencer Lens, Constant Verick, Edmund Hartnack, Ernst Leitz, George Adams, John Cuff and more. (ar.utmb.edu)