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From: Frank Reed
Date: 2025 Nov 6, 11:04 -0800
The replies you have received about this sextant have been very polite, and that's a great thing. But someone has to "jump on the grenade" and call it for what it is. That is a fake sextant.
It's not just that the vintage appearance results from modern styling. It is also useless as an instrument of navigation. Thus this "antique sextant" is neither antique, nor a sextant. While some sellers will note that "objects" like this one are "decorative"... in effect "coffee table" conversation pieces, regrettably many other sellers happily mislead buyers and imply that these are authentic historical sextants. Businesses that support these sellers, like eBay, do not --and really cannot-- police this.
Frank Reed
Clockwork Mapping / ReedNavigation.com
Conanicut Island USA
