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"Mandoline Extra" Operatic Musical Box by Bremond, c. 1875 No. 14903, playing one overture and five airs on 'fat cylinder', with 132 teeth in comb...

10 Musical Boxes and Musical Novelties, 20th Century 2 Anri musical busts of Wagner, a musical spirits flask, a musical cigarette box with dancing...

Rare Grand Format Forte-Piano Musical Box by J.H. Heller, c. 1860 Playing six airs, with two combs of 57 and 176 teeth (both complete), brass bedp...

Part-Overture Musical Box, c. 1880 Probably by Paillard, no. 18108 (inscribed on great wheel), playing six airs on "fat" cylinder, with 114 teeth ...

Musical Smoking and Drinking Accessories, 1890–1940 1) Musical cigarette/tobacco desk box with 2-air movement and glazed print of a lady, height 8...

3 Musical Beer Steins, 20th Century Two depicting Falstaff, the third with legend "Ein Gutes Bier des Wirtes Zier", with cylinder movements that p...

2 Musical Bier Steins, c. 1925 Earthenware ½ litre steins with two-air cylinder movements that play when lifted, one with polychrome relief of dan...

2 Children's Musical Boxes, c. 1910 1) No. 4223V, playing "Home Sweet Home" and 3 other popular airs, in plain polished case with tune-sheet and l...

Three 3/50 Musical Boxes by Reuge Switzerland, two in veneered cases, the third in carved Indian case. All in good playing condition! Condition: (...

2 Swiss Musical Boxes with 20th Century Repertoire 1) Reuge 3/50 playing George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in three revolutions, with tune-shee...

2 Sewing Boxes, c. 1900 1) Black Forest-style carved musical sewing box with floral relief on lid, velvet-lined interior and 2-air cylinder musica...

Coin-Activated Orchestral Musical Box with Ragtime Repertoire by Mermod Frères, c. 1900 No. 120186, playing ten popular mainly American airs accom...

Interchangeable Musical Escritoire by Bremond, c. 1875 No. 44336, with 6 six-air cylinders (3 of popular and 3 of operatic airs), 126 teeth in com...

Coin-Activated Station-type Musical Box No. 10240, playing eight airs accompanied by three dancing dolls, six optional bells mounted in two vertic...

Key-Wind Musical Box by Nicole Frères with Bellini Repertoire, c. 1855 No. 31693, playing eight airs from the operas "Puritani", "Somnambula" and ...

Hidden Drum and Bells Musical Box by L'Epée for the Indian Market, c. 1865 No. 226636, playing twelve very lively airs accompanied by optional dru...

10 Reuge and Romance 36-Note Mechanical Musical Movements, c. 1980 Reuge, Ste-Croix, Switzerland. 36 teeth, 1 air each, with following titles: "Wa...

Orchestral Musical Box by Nicole Frères, c. 1870 No. 42699, playing eight lively popular and operatic airs including a section from "Barber of Sev...

Automaton Bird Bocage with Clock by Japy Frères, c. 1880 Probably by Jean-Marie Phalibois, Paris, with two-train clock movement (No. 10911) stampe...

Musical Harpsichord Player Automaton by Jean & Anne Farkas, c. 1970s Parun, France, with bisque head, fixed blue glass eyes, mohair wig and (very ...

Contemporary Musical Magician Automaton by Zdenka Switzerland, Model 8405, with bisque head, standing with wand and box behind a circular table, o...

Musical Automaton Rabbit in Cabbage by Decamps, c. 1920 With white fur-covered body, illuminated eyes, articulated ears and mouth, in papier-mâché...

Musical Dancing "Giselle" Automaton in Original Box, c. 1920 With bisque head, fixed blue glass eyes, closed mouth, original blonde mohair wig, ca...

Contemporary Musical Automaton "Lady en Promenade" by Michel Marcu Chalautre la Grande, France. With bisque head impressed "Coonaline JS" (1983) a...

Gypsy Flower Seller Musical Automaton by Lambert, c. 1920 With Simon & Halbig mould 1159 bisque head, open mouth, fixed blue glass eyes with mohai...

Musical Automaton "Clown sur la Lune" by Roullet et Decamps Depicting a winged clown teasing a papier-mâché full moon with a beetle on a string, ...

French Magic Lantern Slipping Slide: Astronomer and the Moon, c. 1890 Hand-colored image of wizard with telescope observing a winking full moon wh...

Blaupunkt Ideal Large-Scale Loudspeaker, 1925 Depicting a pierrot serenading crescent moon, with moving iron system and 2-door cabinet. The image ...

Parisian Fabric Pattern Book, 1879–1880 Approx. 190 pages of silk, velvet and ribbon samples, as well as pencil and watercolor sketches of fabric ...

"Automata, the Golden Age, 1848–1914" Luxury Edition, 1987 Christian Bailly, Sotheby's Publications. Number 14 of limited deluxe edition of 25 sig...

"L'âge d'Or des Automates 1848 – 1914" Christian Bailly (1987), second edition published by Ars Mundi, France, 1991. Coth-covered boards and dust ...

"Le Monde des Automates" Alfred Chapuis and Edouard Gélis (1928), reprinted second edition published by Slatkine, Genève-Paris, 1984. Volumes 1 an...

"Androids, the Jacquet-Droz Automatons", 1979 Franco Maria Ricci, Scriptar SA, Lausanne; 94 pages, color illustrations, introduction, history and ...

Tightrope Dancer Musical Automaton by Jean-Marie Phalibois, c. 1880 Depicting dancer flanked by harpist and fiddler under a flowering tree, all th...

Musical Automaton Monkey Baker by Jean-Marie Phalibois, c. 1880 Depicting a garden scene with painted card oven, bell-post and elegantly-dressed m...

Early Musical Manivelle Automaton Lady at Sewing Machine, 1870s Germany, with composition head, painted blue eyes, moulded hair swept back into ri...

Musical Manivelle Organ-Grinder Automaton, c. 1880 With composition head depicting a man with painted eyes, moulded hair and hat, standing behind ...

Rare Musical Theater Automaton by Gustave Vichy, c. 1895 With bisque head impressed "Eden Bébé, Paris, 12, Déposé", open mouth with inset upper te...

Rare 20-Key Barrel Organ with Three Monkey Automata by Théroude, c. 1865 Retailed by Maison Alphonse Giroux, Paris, with 8-air barrel, hand-cranke...

Bébé Jumeau Lioretgraphe Doll, c. 1895 With bisque head impressed "11", fixed brown paperweight eyes, open mouth, upper teeth, pierced ears, brown...

"Jean Qui Pleure" Musical Automaton by Gustave Vichy, c. 1895 Modeled as a crying boy atop a school bench, with plaster-composition character head...

"Bébé Frileux" Musical Automaton by Decamps, c. 1920 With bisque head impressed "S.F.B.J. Paris, 24, France", open mouth, fixed blue glass eyes, p...

Unusual Advertising Automaton by Lambert, c. 1900 Depicting a gentleman with cane and advertising placards, with papier-mâché head, original paint...

Smoking Marquis Automaton, c. 1900 Probably by Renou, with French bisque head impressed "FG" (in cartouche) for Frères Gaultier, open mouth, fixed...

Musical Automaton Gymnast by Vichy-Triboulet, c. 1910 With plaster-composition head, fixed brown glass eyes, open smiling mouth with two rows of m...

Musical Automaton Advocate by Edouard Henry Phalibois , c. 1895 With papier-mâché head, brown glass eyes with articulated lids, hinged jaw with in...

Rare Musical Automaton Banjo-Player by Adolph Müller, c. 1900 Germany, modeled as a young black man sitting cross-legged on pine step-ladder, with...

"Négre" Guitarist Musical Automaton by Jean Roul-let, c. 1875 With leather-covered papier-mâché head, open mouth with double-row of carved bone te...

Musical Smoking Monkey Automaton, 1900 onwards With papier-mâché head, amber glass eyes, articulated eyelids and mouth, composition hands, single-...

Contemporary Musical Knitting Lady Automaton by Michel Marcu, 20th Century France, with painted bisque head incised "Marcu", open mouth, fixed blu...

Contemporary Musical Automaton Portrait of John F. Kennedy by Christian Bailly, 2015 Depicting President Kennedy at work at his desk, with plaster...

Rare Musical French Automaton Sewing Necessaire, c. 1870 Brass-strung ebonized case with two-air cylinder movement activating head and right arm o...

Rare Chinese "Fête de Printemps" Model from Universal Exhibition in Paris, 1900 Depicting a procession of thirteen finely-carved and painted wood ...

Shop Advertising Figure of a Girl, c. 1935 Probably Germany, papier-mâché figure with molded hair in plaster relief, painted blue eyes, jointed ar...

Ventriloquist's Dummy, c. 1935 Probably English, depicting a young man with pronounced features, pointed nose, red cheeks and heavily painted brow...

Large Steiff Soldier Doll, c. 1910 Height 18 in.! Felt doll with button eyes, leather belt, boots and spiked helmet, shoe soles with 30 Steiff but...

German Automaton Cyclist, c. 1900 With bisque head impressed "4600 6, SPBH" for Schoenau und Hoffmeister, open mouth, fixed blue glass eyes, curly...

Mechanical Doll by Jules Steiner, 1860 onwards With pressed bisque socket head impressed "2", open mouth with upper teeth, fixed threaded blue gla...

"Peter" Clown Cart No. 503, c. 1935 Lithographed tin, spiral spring drive, working, complete with lantern and horn, length 4 ½ in. This cart bears...

Gebrüder Bing "De Dion" Racing Car, c. 1915 No. 13176, polychrome-lithographed tin, clockwork, working, with driver figure, length 5 ½ in. Conditi...