Trumpet Barrel Organ

Trumpet Barrel Organ, c. 1900 Starting bid: € 1.600 | Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.500 Unmarked, 41 keys, 9 airs, wood trumpet pipes, violin pipes, covered pipes, 3 optional stops, overall 30 ¾ x 15 x 27 ½ in., barrel 26 ½ in. – Playing condition but in need of some...

Hohner Magic Organa Automatic Accordion

Hohner Magic Organa Automatic Accordion, c. 1933 Starting bid: € 1.200 | Estimate: € 2.000 – 3.000 No. 1276, manufactured by Hohner in cooperation with Seybold, with 44-note mechanism, twin dummy keyboards, spring motor for the roll drive, air supplied by...

Rare Ormolu Singing Bird Automaton Clock by Blaise Bontems

Rare Ormolu Singing Bird Automaton Clock by Blaise Bontems, c. 1885 Starting bid: € 5.600 | Estimate: € 10.000 – 15.000 With two-train clock movement by S. Martie et Cie, no. 1829, with “bird” and “Médaille de Bronze” stamps, striking...

Rare Singing Bird Box by Bontems

Rare Singing Bird Box by Bontems, c. 1890 Starting bid: € 1.400 | Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.500 With going-barrel movement, stack of eight horizontal cams, whistle and bellows, bird with charcoal-grey plumage, green-tipped wings, swiveling perch, articulated bone...

Hiller Talking Clock

Hiller Talking Clock, c. 1912 Starting bid: € 1.400 | Estimate: € 1.800 – 2.000 Bernhard Hiller, Berlin, clock with phonograph mechanism for time announcements every 15 minutes, double-spring motor, hill-and-dale type reproducer, for 50 mm sound tapes, oak case...