Fine Mechanical Music & Scientific Instruments

Session: Mechanical Music

London, Knightsbridge
21 Apr 2010, session starting at 13:00 BST
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An important and fine gold, enamel and split seed-pearl oiseau chantant with timepiece, Frerés Rochat, in the manner of Jaquet-Droz, the case by Jaques-Dauphin Moulinie, circa 1795,
Sold for £90,000 inc. premium
An important and fine gold, enamel and split seed-pearl oiseau chantant with timepiece, Frerés Rochat, in the manner of ...
A rare Mills coin-operated Violano Virtuosu, circa 1920,
Sold for £13,200 inc. premium
A rare Mills coin-operated Violano-Virtuoso, circa 1927,
A silver-gilt singing bird box, by Charles Bruguier, circa 1843,
Sold for £10,800 inc. premium
A silver-gilt singing bird box, by Charles Bruguier, circa 1843,
An important silver-gilt and enamel singing bird box by Charles Bruguier, circa 1840, reputedly the former property of an Austrian nobleman,
Sold for £10,800 inc. premium
An important silver-gilt and enamel singing bird box by Charles Bruguier, circa 1840, reputedly the former property of an Austrian ...

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A rare Cosmos VR4 'Cruet Set' wireless receiver, The early valve and crystal detector version by Metro-Vick Supplies Ltd., 1925,
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A rare Cosmos VR4 'Cruet Set' wireless receiver, The early valve and crystal detector version by Metro-Vick Supplies Ltd., 1925,
Sold for £2,880 inc. premium
BBC yearbooks and other important wireless and broadcasting related reference books, the BBC yearbook run 1928-1987 and 1993,
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BBC yearbooks and other important wireless and broadcasting related reference books, the BBC yearbook run 1928-1987 and 1993,
Estimate:
£300 - 400
US$ 450 - 600
€350 - 470
E. K. Cole Ltd. Model AC85 - an important wooden prototype case, 1934,
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E. K. Cole Ltd. Model AC85 - an important wooden prototype case, 1934,
Sold for £456 inc. premium
Clement Grant Dixon (1916-2003) - The amateur television pioneer: experimental equipment and literature,
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Clement Grant Dixon (1916-2003) - The amateur television pioneer: experimental equipment and literature,
Estimate:
£400 - 700
US$ 600 - 1,100
€470 - 820
A Wurlitzer 'Mother of Plastic' jukebox
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A AMI 'Mother-of-Plastic' jukebox, Model A, 1946,
Estimate:
£3,000 - 4,000
US$ 4,500 - 6,000
€3,500 - 4,700
A Senior Monarch horn gramophone, by the Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd., circa 1905,
amended
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A Senior Monarch horn gramophone, by the Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd., circa 1905,
Estimate:
£1,200 - 1,500
US$ 1,800 - 2,300
€1,400 - 1,800
A fine HMV 202 cabinet grand gramophone, circa 1929,
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An HMV 202 cabinet grand gramophone, circa 1929,
Estimate:
£7,000 - 9,000
US$ 11,000 - 14,000
€8,200 - 11,000
A rare Clown Juggler musical automaton, by Vichy, circa 1890,
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A rare Clown Juggler musical automaton, by Vichy, circa 1890,
Sold for £9,600 inc. premium
A rare Buffalo Bill musical smoker automaton, by G Vichy, circa 1890,
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A rare Buffalo Bill musical smoker automaton, by Vichy, circa 1890,
Sold for £4,080 inc. premium
rabbit-in-cabbage musical automaton
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A rabbit-in-cabbage musical automaton, by Roullet & Decamps, circa 1890,
Sold for £1,320 inc. premium
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