UHL Rod Microscope

[75RR]

I am going to be polite and call these people auction resellers.

Anyway, they have had this UHL Rod microscope for sale at this silly price for ages.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MODERN-UHL-W ... XQhpdRpZAA

Anyone happen to know what they are really worth?

Have one to sell. Can't find a price anywhere.

Company brochure:

http://www.walteruhl.com/rokdownloads/D ... e%20SM.pdf

[Mike-Roscope]

Why not email them and ask what their manufacturer’s suggested retail price is....at least you’ll be in the ballpark value-wise.
Walteruhl@t-online.de

[75RR]

Thanks Mike-Roscope, but wanted to avoid that. Do not imagine they will be very pleased with that query.

[Scarodactyl]

This is a pretty standard setup even if the bramd itself is kind of uncommon. A couple Russian ones and an older one from Southern Precision (maybe Chinese or Japanese) have sold for about 50 bucks on eBay. This is a German brand but not exactly a well known one so I wouldn't expect a huge premium from that (unless they happen to be huge in this one subarea?). I would think most semi experienced microscopists could assemble one of these themselves or modify a similar item like an old fiber optic microscope, though this one has a strong spiffiness factor.
So I dunno, my only-vaguely-informed opinion would be maybe around 100bux, but you could always put it uo higher obo on eBay and hope for the right customer.

Edit: oh, here is a similar unit by Rathenow, a nicely comparable german-but-obscure brand, that went for 110 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2686579045

[MichaelG.]

Let’s boost the price a little for you ...

This is not dissimilar:
https://www.2spi.com/category/graticule ... croscopes/

Supplied under several brand-names, I believe
... One of mine is a Gallenkamp, if I recall correctly.

MichaelG.

[Scarodactyl]

The SPI/Graticules unit likely doesn't command that type of price used though:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2702842104
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3181800130
These are likely older iterations, but the technology is likely unchanged.

[MichaelG.]

The SPI/Graticules unit likely doesn't command that type of price used though:

Sorry if I wasn’t clear ... I had no intention of suggesting that it would.

MichaelG.

[Scarodactyl]

Yeah, to be honest I just wanted an excuse to show off my comps.

[75RR]

Thanks all - will ponder on this one.

[PeteM]

From my limited experience, the linked Ebay dealer is happy to ship the worst and typically over-priced crap imaginable. In this case it looks like a decent scope, just way over-priced.

As for your scope and as suggested above, a monocular single objective scope of that type, but from Gaertner, B&L, etc. -- typically with a similar short barrel or more modern DIN objective -- seems to go for around $50+. FWIW, I have what looks to be the twin of that 7x objective and it's OK, but nothing special. The scope does look elegantly designed, maybe a bit more? Reticle presence and type might make a difference - maybe $100-$195 or so?

Here's the cheap competition: https://www.amazon.com/Carson-MicroBrit ... 845&sr=8-2

Here's a more comparable Reichert example, with a prism-tilt head and two objectives, mounted to a focusable stand. It hasn't sold locally at $165:

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[MicroBob]

Hi Glen,
your microscope is similar to the Peak workshop microscopes: https://www.otelo-werkzeug.de/produkte/ ... 1-skg.html
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Peak-Staender-M ... .l4275.c10
Usually they have a scale to do quick mesurements. There is also a russian model that gives a very nice image but is built quite long and is unwieldy for this reason. On german ebay microscopes of this type fetch 50€, but since a modest supply meets a modest demand the prices vary a lot, maybe 15-100€.
For a microscopist it might be useful as a portable sample-tester for field use: Keep or discard?

There were lots of smaller optics companies in Wetzlar, Asslar was one of them, probably good but not remarkable quality.
Bob

[75RR]

Thanks for the additional info.

Have taken some photos of it, will see if I place an ad in ebay over the next few days.

Thanks again to all.