No. 98572014

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Rorschach Inkblot TestRorschach Inkblot Test - Paper
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€ 31
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Rorschach Inkblot TestRorschach Inkblot Test - Paper

This is a complete mid-century psychology testing collection featuring two of the most iconic diagnostic tools in modern psychological history: the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS, 1955 edition) and the Rorschach Inkblot Test. All items originate from the Department of Psychology, Appalachian State Teachers College (North Carolina, USA) — the former name of today’s Appalachian State University — as indicated by original institutional markings inside the case and on several boxes. A rare, fully preserved teaching and research collection that reflects the practice of academic psychology in the mid-20th century. Contents A. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), 1955 – The Psychological Corporation, New York Original spiral-bound WAIS Manual (1955 copyright) Picture Arrangement and Picture Completion booklets Vocabulary Word List and Digit Symbol key card Four Object Assembly boxes (E, P, H, M) with all puzzle pieces intact Object Assembly examiner’s layout shield Complete Block Design subtest: 9 original red-and-white cubes (correct early edition configuration) Premier Products stopwatch in its yellow presentation box Original carrying case marked “Psychology Department – Appalachian State Teachers College” B. Rorschach Inkblot Test – Hans Huber / Grune & Stratton Edition (c. 1948–1960) Complete 10-plate Rorschach set in publisher’s box (Psychodiagnostik / Psychodiagnostics) Plates clean, colors vivid, light age toning Missing manual (commonly separated) Condition Excellent vintage condition overall. Light age-related wear to boxes and paper edges, consistent with age and academic use. Stopwatch operational. All components present and historically consistent with the 1955 WAIS early edition (9-block variant). No restoration or replacements. Sold for display, educational, and research purposes only — not for diagnostic use. Provenance Legally acquired from an estate auction in North Carolina. Previously owned and used by the Department of Psychology, Appalachian State Teachers College (active under that name until 1967). This provenance is verified by stamped markings and matching departmental sets (WAIS + Rorschach).

No. 98572014

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Rorschach Inkblot TestRorschach Inkblot Test - Paper

Rorschach Inkblot TestRorschach Inkblot Test - Paper

This is a complete mid-century psychology testing collection featuring two of the most iconic diagnostic tools in modern psychological history: the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS, 1955 edition) and the Rorschach Inkblot Test.

All items originate from the Department of Psychology, Appalachian State Teachers College (North Carolina, USA) — the former name of today’s Appalachian State University — as indicated by original institutional markings inside the case and on several boxes.

A rare, fully preserved teaching and research collection that reflects the practice of academic psychology in the mid-20th century.

Contents

A. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), 1955 – The Psychological Corporation, New York

Original spiral-bound WAIS Manual (1955 copyright)

Picture Arrangement and Picture Completion booklets

Vocabulary Word List and Digit Symbol key card

Four Object Assembly boxes (E, P, H, M) with all puzzle pieces intact

Object Assembly examiner’s layout shield

Complete Block Design subtest: 9 original red-and-white cubes (correct early edition configuration)

Premier Products stopwatch in its yellow presentation box

Original carrying case marked “Psychology Department – Appalachian State Teachers College”

B. Rorschach Inkblot Test – Hans Huber / Grune & Stratton Edition (c. 1948–1960)

Complete 10-plate Rorschach set in publisher’s box (Psychodiagnostik / Psychodiagnostics)

Plates clean, colors vivid, light age toning

Missing manual (commonly separated)

Condition

Excellent vintage condition overall.
Light age-related wear to boxes and paper edges, consistent with age and academic use.
Stopwatch operational.
All components present and historically consistent with the 1955 WAIS early edition (9-block variant).
No restoration or replacements.

Sold for display, educational, and research purposes only — not for diagnostic use.
Provenance

Legally acquired from an estate auction in North Carolina.
Previously owned and used by the Department of Psychology, Appalachian State Teachers College (active under that name until 1967).
This provenance is verified by stamped markings and matching departmental sets (WAIS + Rorschach).

Final bid
€ 31
Ashley Calvert
Expert
Estimate  € 750 - € 900

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