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Our members within reach of the Big Apple may be interested in this stall of #optical and #ophthalmicantiques goodies at the upcoming New York Book Fair. A catalogue may be downloaded at https://t.co/nmDrKAFbXr

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OA 170 is now out with articles on astigmatic #pincenez and the Automatic Sight Testing Company #ophthalmicantiques

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OA 169 is now out, with articles on folding #spectacles datum rules and Esquimaux! #ophthalmicantiques

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Lot 8 from an online sale of violin-related items and pictures reveals this beautiful evidence of the Richardson patent being worn in 1885, almost a century after its design. Ingles & Hayday Auctions https://t.co/CW8L6xX2Bz #antiquespectacles #painting

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@GuildhallArt @artukdotorg @CollegeOptomUK When resident in Paris he argued his bifocals helped him understand foreign languages because he could lipread French ladies across the dinner table!

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Frank Barraclough (1929-2024). We are sad to report the death of the Club's Honorary Life President on 31st January. Frank was 94, a founding member of the OAICC back in 1982 and a Life Fellow of the @CollegeOptomUK for his services to the optical heritage. We all loved him. #RIP

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We are delighted to congratulate our long-time member Michael Aitken OAM, awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the latest Australia Day Honours https://t.co/K5Np9UZhMq #optometry #cyrilkettmuseum #ophthalmicantiques #archives

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The Club offers its condolences to all who knew him

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RIP Peter Louwman (1935-2023), possibly the most preeminent collector of #telescopes, whose wonderful collection lives on as an adjunct to the automobile museum in Wassenaar, Netherlands. Shown here in 2015 during a visit by @OAICC and the SIS @sci_instruments

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'New Designers' at the Business Design Centre 5-8 July features #spectacles by Ellie Mackey who researched her ideas at the #museyeum @CollegeOptomUK earlier this year. Her modular frames are designed to be more sustainable because easier to repair or replace single components

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Stereoscope collectors look out - https://t.co/C7Re7XKxK2

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The first 67 lots of the upcoming @Mallams1788 sale should interest all optical collectors (no spectacles) https://t.co/eGCS5bDjxL

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The Victoria & Albert Museum @V_and_A has used this image of #eltonjohn #spectacles to promote its move of objects to the V&A East collections centre, where ultimately such items will be more readily accessible to those who want to look at them...if not necessarily through them.

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The Club had a very successful meeting and there were bargains galore in the auction of #antiquespectacles #ophthalmicantiques and #vintageeyewear. Join us now if you want to attend the next sale. Thank you @CollegeOptomUK #museyeum for hosting!

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The Club's AGM is underway, in modern hybrid form @OAICC #ophthalmicantiques @CollegeOptomUK

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The Zdravotnické muzeum NLK in the Czech Republic would love to hear from you if you recognise the maker of this spectacle-mounted binocular lamp #ophthalmicantiques #museum

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Have we got old news for you? Flashback to New Year's Eve 1994 and our member, the late Stephen James #ophthalmicantiques

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OAICC members may now sign up to the Ocular Heritage Society meeting in Southbridge MA (historic home of American Optical) from 26-30 April and should have received a Chairman's email with the details. If you've not been to an OHS meeting before you'll save $75. PayPal accepted.

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Issue 162 of 'Ophthalmic Antiques' is out, including preliminary details of the Club visit to #Prague this coming September and our recent appearance at the AIO conference #ophthalmicantiques

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There's a great spectacle-related portrait of an Edwardian gentleman, dated 1907, on offer from Sulis Fine Art at the moment: https://t.co/UHmzX8NwY5 #ophthalmicantiques

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RIP to 001: Ronald J. S. MacGregor, FCOptom, DOrth (1934-2022), optometrist, Past Editor of #OphthalmicAntiques author of 'Restoring Ophthalmic Antiques', collector, generous host and good friend to all in the Club. #Optometry

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Don Mclean's GUCCI Sunglasses coming up for auction at Julien's in New York on 11 November, estimated at $300-$£500