Early technology set for auction in London

LONDON: One man's treasure chest of pioneering examples of early technology, including clocks, barometers, silent films, typewriters, microscopes and televisions, is expected to fetch up to £1 million when it goes under the hammer next week.
Collector Michael Bennett-Levy has been amassing examples of early technology from across the centuries for 30 years.
Auction house Bonhams said the collection of 758 items includes many firsts of their kind.
They include the first LED pocket calculators from 1971 estimated to reach between £200 and £300, the Bennet electrostatic friction generator from 1770, valued at £8,000 to £12,000 and the Whimshurst X-ray machine, set to raise £7,000 to £10,000.
Among the exceptional pieces is an "unequalled" group of 26 pre-war televisions.
It is the most comprehensive collection of its type still held in private hands, with only 500 such televisions still estimated to be surviving in the world, Bonhams said.