Office Antiques, Science & Technology & Toys

Musical Polichinelle Automaton by Jean Roullet, c. 1875 Imposing figure with papier-mâché head, open mouth with two rows of inset bone teeth, bro...

Narghile Smoker Musical Automaton by Leopold Lambert, c. 1915 With papier-mâché head and fixed brown paperweight eyes, sitting cross-legged on ve...

Musical Automaton Clown Playing Mandoline by Lambert, c. 1900 With composition head, brown glass eyes, articulated tongue, mohair wig, fine bisqu...

Early French Musical Automaton Troubador, c. 1870 Possibly by Fournier, with fine bisque head, portrait-like expression, closed smiling mouth, fi...

Bébé Tricoteur Musical Automaton by Roullet et Decamps, c. 1900 With unsigned Jumeau bisque socket head, closed mouth, fixed brown paperweight ey...

Musical Automaton ""The Piano Player"", c. 1960 Manufactured by ""H. Paufler"", wooden and rubber figures, dressed in felt, base containing music...

Ernest the Poet Musical Automaton by Michel Bertrand, Switzerland, 1982 Based on a Vichy automaton c. 1890, depicting a dandy artist seated, with...

Pierrot with Mandoline Musical Automaton by Lambert, c. 1912 With white bisque character head impressed ""S.F.B.J. 255, Paris"", closed mouth, fi...

Rare Electric ""Bob et sa Grenouille Savante"" (Bob and his Trained Frog) Automaton by J.A.F., c. 1930 Depicting a quixotic clown with blue glass...

Tortoiseshell Fusee Singing Bird Box by Rochat, c. 1835?1840 No. 321, bird with iridescent plumage, moving head, bone beak, wings, perch and tail...

Singing Bird Bocage Automaton by Jean Phalibois, c. 1880 With sculpted papier-mâché landscape, twisting glass waterfall with articulated drinking...

Village Dance Musical Automaton, c.1880 With four articulated bisque dancers (two ladies, a marquis and a polichinelle) in original satin costume...

Musical Clown Magician Automaton by Vichy, c. 1900 With plaster-composition head and original paint, modelled as a smiling boy with pale complexi...

Gentleman Smoker Musical Automaton by Lambert, c. 1890 With unsigned painted bisque character head attributed to Jumeau, marked ""No. 11"", model...

Unusual Musical Manivelle Automaton Jester, c. 1900 With bisque head impressed ""Germany 7/0"", open mouth, fixed blue eyes, carved and painted l...

Musical Automaton Bust of a Banjo Player by Gustave Vichy, c. 1890 With composition head and original paint, modelled as a young black man with s...

Rare Vichy Musical Automaton Monkey ""sur une Sellette"", c. 1890 Modelled as a capuchin monkey with composition head, yellow glass eyes, articul...

French Drinking Boy Musical Automaton Mid 20th century, with S.F.B.J. head, carved wood limbs, two barrels and cylinder musical movement that cau...

Les automates, 1959 Eliane Maingot, France, 96 pages, an early and rare book about automata and mechanical life, color and black-and-white plates...

Magician Musical Automaton by Renou, c. 1900 With French bisque head, impressed ""1"", closed mouth, fixed paperweight eyes, pierced ears, card p...

Fine Gustave Vichy Musical ""Marchande des Masques"" (Japanese Mask Seller) Automaton, c. 1890 With composition head, original paint, brown paper...

Whistling Automaton by Henry Phalibois, c. 1900 With papier-mâché character head modeled as a boy with parted puckered lips, blue threaded eyes w...

Jester and Dancing Dwarf Musical Automaton by Renou, c. 1900 Modeled as a young man seated on a Gothic-fretted stool playing violin for a clown-d...

Musical Manivelle Automaton: Heubach Twins on the Telephone, c. 1910 Possibly Gottlieb Zinner & Söhne, depicting wall-mounted telephones operated...

Early Wax-Over-Composition Doll in Glazed Display Case, c. 1850 Half-doll with fixed black glass eyes, mohair wig, cloth torso, kid-leather hands...

French Clown Acrobat Automaton Toy by Migault, c. 1930 With articulated metal head and arms, clockwork mechanism in the torso causing acrobat to ...

L`Intrépide Bébé Automaton Walking Doll by Roullet et Decamps, c. 1912 With Simon & Halbig bisque head, open mouth, blue glass eyes with lashes, ...

Early Nodding Group with Medical Subject, c. 1850 Carved wood and papier-mâché figures of a doctor and his assistant performing procedure on the ...

Clockwork Acrobat Toy, c. 1930 With composition head, brown glass eyes, articulated shoulders, original felt costume (worn) and key-wind mechanis...

Replica Roly-Poly Santa Teddy With golden mohair, articulated neck and arms, shaved snout, glass eyes, weighted ball base and felt Santa costume,...

Alps Battery-Operated Coca-Cola Drinking ""Picnic Bear"", c. 1960 Japanese toy; made of tin, plastic and plush; with various actions, including "...

French Desk Automaton, c. 1880 Architectural bronzed and gilt-brass case in the form of a temple with rotating putto figure, three lion`s head ma...

Horse Race Game ""But"", c. 1920 French mechanical toy, with 8 horses in 2 circles, lever-powered, 1 bar missing, in working condition. Mechanis...

Small Toy Collection, from 1945 1) Submarine ""Nautilus"" by ""Sutcliffe"". ? 2) 2 ""Schuco"" boats, electric and clockwork drive. ? 3) 3 toy boa...

3 Toys 1) Clockwork car by ""Domo"", Italy, Fiat model, plastic case, 1948. ? 2) 7 character figures, rubber with felt clothes, c. 1950. ? And: 3...

Early Mickey Mouse, c. 1935 Embossed brass, height 5 ¾ in. Frühe Mickey Mouse, um 1935 Geprägtes Messing, Höhe 14,5 cm. Condition: (3-/?) Start ...

Woman on Sewing Machine, c. 1905 Made by Günthermann, Nuremberg. Good original condition, hand-painted tin, clockwork working. ? A great item for...

Early Tin Toy Coach by Büchner, c. 1875 With manufacturer`s mark ""Büchner, MCB"", Germany, hand-japanned tin, carved wood horse and driver figur...

Tin Toy Aeroplane by ""Paul Weiß"", c. 1955 Manufacturer: Paul Weiß, Nuremberg, marked ""PW"", model of a Douglas DC2 aeroplane of the KLM, litho...

Lot of Military Toys by ""Elastolin"" and other Manufacturers, c. 1940 1) Searchlight truck by ""Tipp & Co"", length 9 ? in. ? 2) Tractor car by ...

Rowing Boat Paya, c. 1988 Spanish tin toy, lithographed, clockwork, 13 1/3 in. long, working. ? With original box! Mechanischer Ruderer ""Paya""...

Elektro Razzia Car by Schuco, No. 5509 W-Germany, tin, battery-powered, length 8 ¾ in., original box, with manual, near mint. Elektro Razzia Car...

Large French Racing Car by ""Pinard"", c. 1915 Manufactured by ""Eugène Pinard, Paris"", model ""Mercedes de Course"", clockwork motor (working),...

5 Large Japanese Toy Cars, from 1965 Manufactured by Modern Toys, Nomura Toys and Daiya. Tin and plastic, 3 cars with battery drive. ? Add-on: Ro...

Tippco Toy Motocycle with Side Car, c. 1930 Early black version, lithographed tin, clockwork 10 3/5 in., working. Excellent original condition! ...

Forklift Salesman`s Sample Manufactured by ""Urbana Mfg. Co., USA"", ""Towmotor"" model, metal body, electric motor drive (110 V), with the follo...

5 Toys, from 1950 1) Prämeta Mercedes-Benz 300 (""Adenauer""), without star, clockwork, working. ? 2) Technofix Grand Prix, lithographed tin. ? 3...

2 Battery-Operated Western Locomotives by Modern Toys, c. 1965 Lithographed tin, with sound, light and smoke, length 12 ¼ in. 1 locomotive workin...

Mechanical ""Lion and Two Monkeys"" Bank, from 1883 Manufacturer: ""Kyser & Rex, USA"", cast iron, original paint with minimal chips, complete, h...

Mechanical ""I Always Did `Spise A Mule"" Bank, from 1897 Manufacturer: ""J. & E. Stevens USA"", cast iron (missing small part of horse`s hind qu...

Mechanical ""Paddy and his Pig"" Bank, from 1882 Manufacturer: ""J. & E. Stevens, USA"", cast iron, head with cracks (but complete!), original pa...

Mechanical ""William Tell"" Bank, from 1882 Manufacturer: ""J. & E. Stevens, USA"", cast iron, original paint with minor chips, coin trap cover a...

Mechanical ""Creedmore Bank"", from 1877 Manufacturer: ""J. & E. Stevens, USA"", cast iron, missing part of the cape, mostly original paint but c...

Mechanical ""Magic Bank"", from 1873 Manufacturer: ""J. & E. Stevens, USA"", cast iron, losses and overpaint, height 5 ¼ in., working. Mechanisc...

Mechanical ""Two Frogs"" Bank, from 1882 Manufacturer: ""J. & E. Stevens, USA"". Cast iron, small crack in the base, glass eyes of the larger fro...

Mechanical ""Bull Dog Bank"", from 1880 Manufacturer: ""J. & E. Stevens, USA"", cast iron, with glass eyes, original paint, missing tail and coin...

Mechanical ""Owl with Turning Head"" Bank, from 1880 Manufacturer: ""J. & E. Stevens, USA"", cast iron, original paint, working, height: 7 ½ in. ...

Märklin Station, No. 2002B, Gauge 0 Painted tin, with goods shed and platform barrier, no flagpole, size 19 x 7 2/3 x 6 ¾ in. Bahnhof ""Märklin"...

Märklin Station with Tower, No. 2050, Gauge 0, c. 1935 Painted tin, with passage and platform barrier, clock face in tower (1 clock face missing)...

Märklin Station, Model 2011B, Gauge 0, from 1936 Hand-painted tin, opening doors, electric light, size: 15 x 6 ¾ x 9 ½ in. Very good original con...