Circa 1855 American Holbrook Hinged School Globe

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Circa 1855 American Holbrook Hinged School Globe:
$2000.00

This isa nice small 3\" diameter world globe in decent condition. It does have someslight paper loss on the inside, I am trying to decide if it merits professional restoration or not? I would appreciate response on this from someone that collects antique globes. Globe comes with the nice solid silver stand that is marked STERLING on the underside. Postage is $15.00if within the US, more if you are outside the US; no charge for careful packing.

Here is someinformation onthis globe.

Rare American Holbrook Hinged SchoolGlobe

Globe Maker: Holbrook ApparatusMfg Co; Cartographer: American. Charles W. Holbrook. [Holbrook Apparatus MfgCo.]

3\" diameter orb cut in half and hinged. Coatedpaper gores mounted on outside of orb while flat hemispheric maps mountedwithin. Without meridian or mounting. Simple surface but showing ecliptic andtropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Australia still called New Holland suggestingthe gores were based on an earlier pocket globe. Without a nautical route inthe Pacific. Hemispheric teaching globe intended to instruct children on therelationship between the earth on a globe and the flat hemispheric maps seen inschool atlases. This specimen shows American spelling to names and otherdifferences to that of ca. 1855

Charles W. Holbrook (fl.1843-1873) was from Ohio butlived in Wethersfield between 1854 and 1858. After that he returned to Berea,Ohio. His personal work is scarce but we previously sold a salesman sample of alarger mounted globe in a carrying box. He was most prolific in the periodafter the Civil War when he imported orbs from England. Outer surface worn fromfingering, Inner hemispheres above average condition. In a silverplate dishmount.

Holbrook Apparatus Mfg Co 1858 ca. Wethersfield, CT

Scale 1:170,000,000