You can only get money for old instruments that can be used, such as the AO
860 sledge tome, but there are many medical school pathology labs/libraries
with displays of such antiques.  Better there than in a warehouse.  I looked
in Google and searched  and found the following:

http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/macleay/cmicrotome.htm

This is very educational.

Fred Monson

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Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging
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West Chester University
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> ----------
> From: 	Bruce Gapinski
> Sent: 	Monday, July 1, 2002 6:00 PM
> To: 	'Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu'
> Subject: 	old 'tome
> 
> I have a very old microtome. It's a Bausch & Lomb. It's gloss black and
> the
> gross handle is in the back (probably for cutting side-saddle as I call
> it).
> The odd thing about it is that the gross handle moves up and down as you
> section. This microtome makes the AO 820 in my warehouse look new! Has
> anyone ever seen one of these dinosaurs? Is it worth anything?
> Bruce Gapinski HT(ASCP)
> 
>