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Singing Bird Jardninère
by Blaise Bontems, c. 1880 Splendid example of one of Bontems
m o s t e l e g a n t d e s i g n s : a s i n g i n g b i r d p e r c h e d a a m m i i d d s s t t f f l l o ow we e r r s s i i n n d d e e c c o o r r a a t t e e d d p p o o r r c c e e l l a a i i n n v v a a s s e e . . A b e a u t i f u l p r e s e n t a t i o n p i e c e . (9,000 – 13,000 US$)
Original »Emile Berliner Phonograph«, c. 1890 From very first series production by Kämmer & Re inhardt. With 2 original (!) E. Berliner records! – A giant rarity. – (15,000 – 25,000 US$)
Rare Triple-Monkey Barrel Organ retailed by Alphonse Giroux, Paris, 1860 (6,000 – 8,000 US$)
134th Specialty Auction
»Mechanical Music & Automata«
30 May 2015
Fine Silver-Gilt Sur-Plâteau Musical Snuff Box, c. 1830 (7,000 – 9,000 US$)
Superb Musical Picture Clock by Xavier Tharin, Paris, c. 1860
With over 20 separate movements (!) – Size: 35 1⁄2 x 29 1⁄2 in. (8,000 – 12,000 US$)
Rare “Puppet Theatre” Automaton by Gustave Vichy, c. 1895 Large and complex automaton with seven separate movements, three airs, superb original couturier costume and Eden Bébé bisque head. Excollection of the Mary Merritt Doll Museum, Pennsylvania USA (20,000 – 27,000 US$)
Automaton “Clown sur Pleine Lune” by Roullet et Decamps, c. 1900 – 1910 With size 1 Jumeau bisque clown head and provenance of the Decamps family collection.
(17,000 – 22,000 US$)
Miniature Singing Bird Automaton by Griesbaum, c. 1930
In exquisite silvergilt and blue guilloche enamel cage.
Orchestral Musical Box with Mandarin Automata, c. 1875 (6,000 –8,000 US$)
Disc Musical Box »Symphonion Eroica No. 38B«, c. 1895
(6,500 – 8,500 US$) ...and many more!
Empire Clock with Fusee Musical Excellent original Movement attributed to Nardin, c. 1820
condition!
(25,000 – 40,000 US$) (8,000 – 12,000 US$)
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Singing Bird Cage Automaton by Blaise Bontems, c. 1910
Musical Gold Fob, c. 1820 With “Barillet“ Musical Movement. (2,000 – 3,000 US$)
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OttoHahnStr. 10, 50997 Koeln (Godorf)/Germany Four articulated birds in papiermâché
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