1st Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools
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A Fine And Rare Coin-Operated Carousel Musical Automaton, Almost Certainly By Bornand Frères
Swiss, circa 1895, with a six-air key-wind Forte-Piccolo cylinder movement, brass T bar winding key, housed within six plate glazed hexagonal table cabinet, 1d. coin entry escutcheon to centre of one of the turned ebonised spindle columns, the carousel within with painted metal and part composition horses with riders, sleigh chairs, bisque doll figures seated, dancing dolls and organ grinder automaton figures to centre, under big-top canopy roof, the base with fielded part ebonised and veneered panels, each with scrolled fret inserts, flush coin drawer, and scripted panel 'Société anonyme suisse des Automates á Musique', flat polished top with turned finials - 21in. (53cm) diameter, 23in. (58cm) high
Sold for £13,000
Estimated at £8,000 - £10,000
Works well (see video in images on website), no visible restoration, case very good with some wear, some deterioration so material of canopy, some paint chips but all consistent with age/use
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Auction: Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools, 1st Feb, 2023
The sale includes rare and interesting pieces of musical interest, including a Lochmann 'Original Musik Automat' Coin-Operated 17-Inch Upright Disk Musical Box, an 'Minor Overture' Key-Wind Musical Box, and a good E.M.G. Mark XB Overize Horn Gramaphone. Also of note in the sale is a John B Dancer Microscope, a collection of Mining Lamps, and a large and varied collection of LP's from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Tuesday 31st January 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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