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When I  bought my MA-1 on ebay about two years ago a I paid about
$220.

gl

On Aug 19, 12:30�pm, "Gary J. LaPook"  wrote:
> I have to correct my perevious post, the sextant available on ebay was
> misidentified as an MA-2 bubble sextant but looking at the picture
> clearly shows that it is the much rarer and desirable MA-1 pendulous
> mirror type. You can see that there is no bubble chamber that would be
> mounted on top of an MA-2. Look at :
>
> �http://home.earthlink.net/%7Es543t-24dst/airnav/index.html
>
> to see for yourself. This is a desirable sextant bcause there is no bubble 
chamber so this eliminates the common problem of the bubble chamber losing 
its fluid and becoming useless. It is also desirable because you get a clear 
line to use for the reference point rather than the less precise middle of 
the bubble.
>
> Ebay link:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Kollsman-Handheld-Aircraft-Sextant-Bubble-Type-19...
>
> gl
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