# Antique Optical Instruments \| Vintage Spectacles \& Eye Antiques: Welcome to a curated museum of historical ophthalmic instruments, vintage optical tools, and medical curiosities\.

> Discover a curated collection of antique optical instruments, vintage spectacles, and rare ophthalmology artifacts\. Explore the history of vision care\.

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## Pages
- [Home Page](https://eyeantiques.com/)
- [About](https://eyeantiques.com/about/)
- [The Collection](https://eyeantiques.com/the-collection/)
- [Antique Roadshow Insider \- Jan 2015](https://eyeantiques.com/antique-roadshow-insider-jan-2015/)
- [Contact Us](https://eyeantiques.com/contact-us/)

## Posts
- [A Market Analysis of Antique Ophthalmic Instruments \(2025–2026\)](https://eyeantiques.com/auction_objects/): A comprehensive look at the top 10 most expensive antique ophthalmic instruments sold on eBay from October 2025 through March 2026 — revealing a market that is resilient, sophisticated, and increasingly driven by provenance and condition\.
- [What is the value of an old roll top trial lens unit?](https://eyeantiques.com/roll-top-trial-lens-unit/): Determining the value of an antique roll\-top trial lens unit depends on three key factors: completeness of the lens set, condition of the wood, and the manufacturer\. Values range from $300 for an empty cabinet to $2,500\+ for a complete mahogany set\.

## Products
- [Octagonal Gold Filled Pince Nez 1912](https://eyeantiques.com/shop/museum/spectacles-museum/octagonal-gold-filled-pince-nez-1912/): This 1912 Octagonal Gold Filled Pince Nez by American Optical is marked "Fits\-U" under the bridge\. It has \+2\.50 diopter reading lenses and a drilled hole for a chain, a classic example of period \<a href="https://en\.wikipedia\.org/wiki/Pince\-nez"\>pince nez\</a\> design\.
- [Octagonal Round Top Bifocal Pince Nez 1913](https://eyeantiques.com/shop/museum/spectacles-museum/octagonal-round-top-bifocal-pince-nez/): This 1913 Octagonal Round Top Bifocal Pince Nez is silver with a nose spring signed "G\-4\." Its unusual elongated octagonal shape and round top bifocal add set it apart from typical \<a href="https://en\.wikipedia\.org/wiki/Pince\-nez"\>pince nez\</a\> designs of the period\.
- [Octagonal Four Blue Lenses Spectacles 1830](https://eyeantiques.com/shop/museum/spectacles-museum/octagonal-four-blue-lenses-spectacles/): These 1830 octagonal spectacles have folding plano blue glass lenses\. Blue lenses grew popular after an 1854 discovery linked them to magnetizing a compass needle, a belief documented in Rosenthal's history of the \<a href="https://eyeantiques\.com/shop/museum/spectacles\-museum/"\>spectacles\</a\> trade\.
- [Trial Frame of Burchard 1895 \| Brass PD](https://eyeantiques.com/shop/museum/eye-exam-equipment-museum/trial-frame-burchard-1895/): This 1895 Burchard trial frame has a brass build with binocular pupillary distance adjustment via a single long screw\. It holds both spherical and cylinder lenses, contrasting with later one\-sided \<a href="https://en\.wikipedia\.org/wiki/Refraction\_\(eye\)"\>refraction\</a\> frame designs\.
- [Trial Frame Nachet of Paris 1890 \| Brass](https://eyeantiques.com/shop/museum/eye-exam-equipment-museum/trial-frame-nachet-paris-1890/): This 1890 Nachet of Paris trial frame has a brass build with dual spring clips for spherical and cylinder lenses\. It allows one\-sided pupil adjustment and rotating cylinder axis settings, predating the Burchard style of \<a href="https://en\.wikipedia\.org/wiki/Refraction\_\(eye\)"\>refraction\</a\> frames\.

## Categories
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- [Website](https://eyeantiques.com/website/)

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- [antique ophthalmoscopes](https://eyeantiques.com/tag/antique-ophthalmoscopes/)
- [antique spectacles](https://eyeantiques.com/tag/antique-spectacles/)
- [antiques roadshow](https://eyeantiques.com/tag/antiques-roadshow/)
- [interview](https://eyeantiques.com/tag/interview/)
- [auction prices](https://eyeantiques.com/tag/auction-prices/)

## Product categories
- [Eye Exam Equipment](https://eyeantiques.com/product-category/museum/eye-exam-equipment-museum/)
- [Spectacles](https://eyeantiques.com/product-category/museum/spectacles-museum/)
- [Ophthalmoscopes](https://eyeantiques.com/product-category/museum/ophthalmoscopes-museum/)
- [The Collection](https://eyeantiques.com/product-category/museum/)
- [Other Ophthalmic Objects](https://eyeantiques.com/product-category/museum/other-ophthalmic-objects-museum/)

## Product tags
- [no lens](https://eyeantiques.com/product-tag/no-lens/)
- [movie prop](https://eyeantiques.com/product-tag/movie-prop/)
- [brass](https://eyeantiques.com/product-tag/brass/)
- [horn rim](https://eyeantiques.com/product-tag/horn-rim/)
- [Germany](https://eyeantiques.com/product-tag/germany/)

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