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Auction Focus 2016
Excellent results were also
obtained in the field of Fine
Antique Toys and Automata, with the work of Gustave Vichy in particular
demand. Vichy’s "Lune Fin
de Siècle" smoking dandy
proved to be the star attraction for collectors, fetching
Welcome to our Auction Focus Newsletter, a roundup
of our 2015 auction season and a preview of 2016 at
Auction Team Breker.
In addition to our four regular auctions, April
2015 saw a special single-owner sale of Historic Telecommunications. Top lot was a
Baird Televisor of 1928, the world’s first
home television set, for a record-breaking
€ 46,700 / US$ 50,400.
Interest in Historic
Coding and Calculating remains strong, with Auction Team Breker still the leading firm in the field.
Our Spring auction saw an Enigma M4 cipher
machine of 1942 fetch € 135,260 / US$ 146,000.
In the same auction an example of Thomas de
Colmar’s Arithmomètre in Boulle case, but without brass inlay, brought € 46,700 / US$ 50,400. More
memorable still was an original Kenbak-1 Digital
Computer – recognised as the first commercial personal computer – for € 41,800 / US$ 45,100.
€ 135,200 / US$ 146,000 in
our November auction,
while his Musical Theatre
fetched € 41,800 / US$
45,100 in the Spring.
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The 2016 Auction Dates
»Photographica & Film«
19 March 2016
24 September 2016
– Great
-Sale! –
(Closing date: 1 July ’16)
»Office Antiques«
»Science & Technology«
»Fine Toys & Automata«
21 May 2016
Our Mechanical Music Auctions presented instruments
of all types and sizes, from
a pocket-sized 18-carat gold
and enamel vinaigrette (for
€ 24,500 / US$ 26,500) to an
imposing triple-disc Symphonion "Eroica" hall clock
for € 51,600 / US$ 55,700.
(Closing date: 15 March ’16)
5 November 2016
(Closing date: 1 Sept. ’16)
Consignments are welcome at any time!
Whether you are considering selling a single item or an entire
collection, we would be pleased to provide a free auction estimate from a list or photographs. We are always happy to talk to
past and present collectors by telephone, letter, fax or e-mail.
Catalogue order form: please see overleaf!
An automaton with a similar theme, the "Clown sur la Lune" by
Parisian firm Roullet et Decamps, exceeded its pre-sale estimate
at € 41,800 / US$ 45,100, while a Ragtime Musician produced by
Adolph Müller for the French market too sold well above estimate
for € 24,600 / US$ 26,550. Also from Germany was a rare Märklin
Limousine, with original paint, for € 8,000 / US$ 8,600.
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2015 was a strong year for Photographica & Film, particularly for
early wood-bodied cameras and rare stereo formats. Some of the
many highlights included a Cinématographe Lumière for € 29,500 /
US$ 31,800, a Sliding Box Daguerreotype Camera by Frederick Cox
for € 9,200 / US$ 9,900, a Dubroni No. 4 for € 8,000 / US$ 8,600, an
Ihagee Night Camera for € 12,300 / US$ 13,300, a Tele-Vérascope
by Jules Richard for € 13,500 / US$ 14,600 and a Taxiphote de Luxe
Viewer for € 9,800 / US$ 10,600.
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»Photographica & Film«
19 March 2016
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European collections.
Photogenic Drawing by William Henry Fox Talbot of "Lacock
Abbey, May 1839". Size: 6 1 ⁄8 x 7 1 ⁄4 in. (15.5 x 18.5 cm) – Contrast heightened – Estimate: € 5,000 – 8,000 / US$ 5,400 – 8,600
Talbot’s view of his Wiltshire home of Lacock Abbey is one of
the earliest surviving photographic images on paper.
Very Rare Chinese Optical Transformation Game, mid 19th
century, with watercolour portraits, mica overlays and original
silk-covered case. Estimate: € 6,000 – 8,000 / US$ 6,500 – 8,600
See additional highlights on our website at www.Breker.com
138th Specialty Auction
»Science & Technology«
»Mechanical Music & Fine Toys«
21 May 2016
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Three-Rotor Enigma Cipher Machine, c. 1940
By Chiffriermaschinenengesellschaft,
Heimsoeth und Rinke, Berlin.
Estimate: € 20,000 – 40,000 /
US$ 21,600 – 43,200
The Enigma cipher machine is one of the most recognisable images of the Second World War. Developed for the
German armed forces, the Enigma’s impenetrable cipher
remained uncracked by British code-breakers at Bletchley Park until the capture of a scuppered submarine and
the assistance of Polish cryptologists finally yielded the
key to the machine’s more than 22 billion code combinations.
Mechanical Seven-Planet Table Orrery,
probably by Newton & Co., late 18th century
Estimate: € 20,000 – 30,000 /
US$ 22,000 – 33,000
»Gasopyrion« – Döbereiner’s
Lighter in Stobwasser Case, c. 1830
Estimate: € 8,000-15,000 /
US$ 8,600 – 16,200
Equinoctial Compass Sundial by
Andreas Vogler, with engraved ivory
base, late 18th century
Estimate: € 2,000 – 3,000 / US$ 2,200 – 3,200
Self-winding Stock
Ticker Model 35A,
No. 9683, by Edison
Inc., c. 1929
Estimate:
€ 3,500 – 5,500 /
US$ 4,000 – 6,000
Very rare Brass Ciphering Disc, early 20th Century
With six alphabetical rings and two numerical scales. Large format:
24 inches square / 61 x 61 cm – Estimate: € 3,000 – 5,000 / US$ 3,500 – 5,500
Previously unknown Ciphering Attachment
With 3 rows of 20 alphabetical toothed brass wheels in military
grey-painted case. – Estimate: € 1,000 – 2,000 / US$ 1,100 – 2,200
Hagelin CX-52 Ciphering
Machine on B-52 base by Crypto AG,
Steinhausen
Estimate: € 4,000 – 6,000 /
US$ 4,500 – 6,500
Hagelin C-446A »MX 3003« Cipher Machine, 1946
In unopened original packaging. X-ray photographs of contents
available. – Estimate: € 2,500 – 4,000 / US$ 2,800 – 4,500
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The Autofono – »All You do is Listen«, 1926
Prototype of world’s 1st practical jukebox by Oberlin Smith, Bridgeport,
NJ, USA. The only surviving example. Unrestored condition.
Estimate: € 15,000 – 30,000 / US$ 16,000 – 32,000
American industrialist Oberlin Smith was
not only a pioneer of magnetic recording
technology twenty years before the Danish
scientist Valdemar Poulsen was credited with
its invention, but in 1921 also designed and
built the first practical jukebox. The example offered here is based on Smith’s improved
patent of 1926 and believed to be the only surviving example of its kind.
Rare Lochmann
Disc Orchestrion, c. 1900
Estimate: € 12,000 – 18,000 /
US$ 13,000 – 19,500
Several Fine Early Carved
Carousel Horses, c. 1900
Estimate: € 4,000 – 7,000 /
US$ 4,500 – 7,500
Large Full Orchestral Musical Box
with Reed and Pipe Organ, c. 1880
Estimate: € 6,000 – 8,000 /
US$ 6,500 – 8,600
Carved Swiss Musical Chalet
Gentleman’s Cabinet, c. 1890
Estimate: € 6.000 – 8.000 /
US$ 6,500 – 8,500
Monopol 11 3 ⁄4 -inch Disc
Musical Chalet, c. 1900
Estimate: € 3,500 – 5,500 /
US$ 3,800 – 5,900
Unusual French Lithographed
Paper-on-Card Musical Automaton
»Tir des Pompiers von Nanterre«, c. 1910
Estimate: € 1,500 – 2,000 /
US$ 1,600 – 2,200
Large Carved Black Forest
Mantel Clock with Musical
Movement, c. 1890
Estimate: € 9,000–12,000 /
US$ 9,800–13,000
French Ormolu »Cupido«
Mantel Clock, c. 1820
Estimate: € 2,000 – 3,000 /
US$ 2,200 – 3,200
Conjurer Musical Automaton
by Louis Renou, c. 1900
in fine original costume
Estimate: € 6,000 – 8,000 /
US$ 6,500 – 8,600
Early Fusee Musical Box
by Martinet et Benoit, Geneva, c. 1830
Estimate: € 6,000 – 8,000 /
US$ 6,500 – 8,600
Automatic Disc Changer »Symphonion Style 120S«, c. 1900
Japanese Lady Walking Baby AutomEstimate: € 30,000–50,000 / US$ 33,000– 55,000
aton by Gustave Vichy, c. 1880
with original box and costume
Estimate: € 4,000 – 6,000 /
US$ 4,300 – 6,500
Fine Tortoiseshell and
Gold Musical Snuff Box
by F. Nicole, c. 1830
Estimate: € 2,500 – 3,500 /
US$ 2,700 – 3,800
Barrel Organ by
Imhof & Mukle,
Oxford Street,
London, c. 1870
Estimate:
€ 5,000 – 8,000 /
US$ 5,400 – 8,600
French Steamhammer Clock by
Guilmet & Japy Frères, c. 1890
Estimate: € 2,500 – 5,000 /
US$ 2,700 – 5,400
»Bébé Poudreuse« Musical
Automaton by Leopold
Lambert, c. 1890
Estimate: € 4,000 – 6,000 /
US$ 4,300 – 6,500
Märklin Steam Plant with
Dynamo No. 4128 / 94, c. 1919
Estimate: € 7,500 – 10,000 /
US$ 8,100 – 10,800
… and many more!
Orpheus Mechanical
Piano, Model 18, c. 1897
Estimate: € 2,400 – 3,000 /
US$ 2,600 – 3,200
Impressive Gas and
Petrol Motor, c. 1903
Stored since 1914 and discovered
in the basement of a Viennese town
house in 2006. – Superb working
condition! – Size: 66 in. (168 cm) ht.
– Estimate: € 15,000 –20,000 /
US$ 16,500 – 22,000
Märklin Submarine
No. 5081 / 57, c. 1930
Estimate: € 7,000 – 9,000 /
US$ 7,600 – 9,700
Shipping to and from our large customer base in China, Korea and New York
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Highlights include the Hammonia, Gardner, Kosmopolit, Sholes & Glidden,
Victor, Kneist and many more.
Malling-Hansen Writing Ball, c. 1870
Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835–1890).
Estimate: € 70,000 – 90,000 / US$ 75,000 – 100,000
Introducing Andrew Truman
Auction Team Breker welcomes new
American representative, Andrew Truman.
Andrew, who is
already a familiar face to many
through his
appearances on
the long-running
PBS television
series "Antiques
Roadshow", has
fifteen years
auction experience from his tenure as
department head of Antique Toys, Dolls &
Advertising with a well-known East Coast
auctioneer.
Andrew now resides in Portland, Oregon
with his family. He is excited to be joining
Auction Team Breker and welcomes your
inquiries and future business.
Principal of the Royal Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Copenhagen,
Malling-Hansen designed his unique ergonomic typewriter in 1865. Handbuilt in brass, the writing ball featured a hemisphere of 54 engraved typebars and revolutionised written communication.
So successful was the invention, that the famous German philosopher and
author Friedrich Nietzsche ordered his own model in 1881 to help overcome problems writing with failing eyesight. Malling-Hansen’s invention
is regarded as the first commercially produced typewriter.
Upcoming Highlights for »Photographica & Film«, 19 March 2016
NASA Hasselblad MKWE
Photo Album by Wyndham, 1920s
No. 285, c. 1985
Erotic and Dessous
With Biogon 4.5/38 mm
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»GF84« Ring Camera by
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