Scientific, Technological and Mechanical Musical Instruments

Auction 15842
London, Knightsbridge
18 Nov 2008, starting at 14:00 GMT.
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Auction highlights

The Baird Television Company; A rare wireless, marketed to receive the Televisor signal, manufacture
Sold for £12,000 inc. premium
The Baird Television Company; A rare wireless, marketed to receive the Televisor signal, manufactured between 1929-1934,
A rare Oiseau Chantant, with timepiece alarm-actuated cylinder musical movement, Swiss, first quarte
Sold for £9,600 inc. premium
A rare Oiseau Chantant, with timepiece alarm-actuated cylinder musical movement, Swiss, first quarter 20th Century,
A good Lienhart Miller ivory diptych dial, Nuremberg, dated 1622,
Sold for £9,000 inc. premium
A good Lienhart Miller ivory diptych dial, Nuremberg, dated 1622,
A rare tri-revolver interchangeable 'Sublime Harmony' cylinder musical box by George Baker, Geneva,
Sold for £9,000 inc. premium
A rare tri-revolver interchangeable 'Sublime Harmony' cylinder musical box by George Baker, Geneva, circa 1893,

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The Baird Television Company; A rare wireless, marketed to receive the Televisor signal, manufacture
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The Baird Television Company; A rare wireless, marketed to receive the Televisor signal, manufactured between 1929-1934,
Sold for £12,000 inc. premium
A fine HMV Model 202 cabinet-grand gramophone,
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A fine HMV Model 202 cabinet-grand gramophone,
Sold for £6,000 inc. premium
An HMV model 194 cabinet-grand gramophone, Mahogany cabinet version,
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An HMV model 194 cabinet-grand gramophone, Mahogany cabinet version,
Sold for £2,040 inc. premium
The Gerald Stonehill Reference Library - Bound catalogues, roll listings, general player books and
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The Gerald Stonehill Reference Library - Bound catalogues, roll listings, general player books and other noted related works - a collection gathered over many years:
Sold for £1,080 inc. premium
An 18-key chamber 'Sacred Barrel Organ', by Theodore Charles Bates, circa 1840, 6 Ludgate Hill, Lond
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An eighteen-key chamber 'Sacred Barrel Organ', by Theodore Charles Bates, circa 1835, 6 Ludgate Hill, London workshops,
Sold for £2,160 inc. premium
A chamber barrel organ-on-stand, by Astor & Compy., London
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A seventeen-key chamber barrel organ-on-stand, by Astor & Company., London, circa 1825,
Estimate:
£2,200 - 2,800
US$ 3,400 - 4,400
€2,600 - 3,300
An 18-key chamber barrel organ-on-stand, most probably by Flight & Robson, circa 1825,
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An eighteen-key chamber barrel organ-on-stand, most probably by Flight & Robson, circa 1825,
Sold for £2,400 inc. premium
An early 19th Century 16-key chamber barrel organ-on-stand, circa 1815,
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A sixteen-key chamber barrel organ-on-stand, circa 1815,
Estimate:
£2,000 - 2,500
US$ 3,100 - 3,900
€2,300 - 2,900
A small 14-key barrel organ,
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A small fourteen-key barrel organ,
Sold for £540 inc. premium
A XVIIth Century Musical Longcase Clock by Lawrence Tuton
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A good 17th Century and later 8-day longcase clock, with grand carillon movement, signed La.r[Lawrence] Tuton, Bristol,
Estimate:
£5,000 - 7,000
US$ 7,800 - 11,000
€5,800 - 8,200
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