Vendors list

These vendors have been collected from recent postings to the group. Most deal directly in used scopes as some percentage of their business, and a few are more marginal.

Modified: 12 Jan., 2008

• Cambridge Scientific.
• Seilers.
• Martin Microscope.
• Microscopes by Nightingale.
• Mel Sobel.
• Absolute Clarity & Calibration.
• GTI Microsystems .
• Stone Mills Company .
• Laboratory Optical Service.
• Vermont Optech . Reportedly pricey. Caters to industrial customers? Sells some on ebay.
• Upstate Technical Equipment .
• Spectra Services. Reportedly pricey. Caters to industrial customers?
• JB Microscopes - Microscope and Optical Engineers. A distributer of new and used scopes in the UK.
• Brunel Microscopes is another UK microscope distributor. They claim a used scope section, but the used scope link seems to go nowhere.
• RoseOptics has some used scopes for sale, but is mainly a service, repair and customization outfit. They also sell a few specialized items such as an alignment tool and an optical path demonstration block.
• Used Microscopes dot com has what it says as well as a line of new scopes. Is division of McBain Equipment.
• Classic Optics dot com carries a line of used scopes and accessories including pdf files of scanned manuals. Inventory includes collector items.
• Lukas Microscope Service has used equipment at this link which seems not to be on their main menu.
• Midwest Bio Service has used scopes here and antique scopes here. The menus on the pages are hard to read.
• E. C. McGrath sells reconditioned lab equipment including used stereo scopes and used reflected and transmited light scopes.
• Laboratory Equipment World has a small selection of used scopes.
• Third and Fourth Microscope Service has a small selection of used scopes. Pricey.