Musical Automaton Bust of an Ethiopian Lyre-Player by Gustave Vichy

Dec 19, 2023

Musical Automaton Bust of an Ethiopian Lyre-Player by Gustave Vichy, c. 1890 Starting bid: € 4.400 | Estimate: € 6.000 – 8.000 With papier-mâché head, open smiling mouth, brown glass eyes with articulated lids, original black mohair wig and a single crescent...

Clown with Broom Automaton by Leopold Lambert

Dec 19, 2023

Rare Clown with Broom Automaton by Leopold Lambert, c. 1890 Starting bid: € 4.400 | Estimate: € 6.000 – 9.000 With lightly arched back, papier-mâché head, articulated eyelids and darting tongue, his forehead, cheeks and chin painted with card suits, holding a...

“Les Valseurs” Automaton by Alexandre Théroude

Dec 19, 2023

“Les Valseurs” Automaton by Alexandre Théroude, c. 1850 Starting bid: € 2.000 | Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.200 Depicting a waltzing couple, with wax-coated papier-mâché heads, glass eyes and original hair wigs, origi-nal silk costumes edged in lace (the...

“Claude the Clown” Musical Automaton by Gustave Vichy

Dec 19, 2023

“Claude the Clown” Musical Automaton by Gustave Vichy, c. 1890 Starting bid: € 15.000 | Estimate: € 18.000 – 25.000 Depicting a clown jauntily playing the concertina atop a banded wood barrel, with plaster-composition character head decorated with painted...

French Dial Telegraph Set by Bréguet

Dec 19, 2023

French Dial Telegraph Set by Bréguet, c. 1855 Starting bid: € 1.200 | Estimate: € 2.000 – 3.000 Original transmitter-and-receiver device as patented in 1849, transmitter with serial no. 50427, in lockable desktop case (missing key). – Literature: Th. Karrass,...