Exclusive Fountain Pens by »Montblanc
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Exclusive Fountain Pens by »Montblanc
Exclusive Fountain Pens by »Montblanc« Several lots of unused original masterpieces with certificates and boxes, including "Lalique", "Lorenzo di Medici", "Oscar Wilde", "Jules Vernes" and others. No. 29 134th Specialty Auction Original 4-Rotor »Enigma M4« Cipher Machine, c. 1939 With matching wheel serial numbers. Iconic machine which influenced the course of second world war dramatically. Close Focus »Science & Technology« »Mechanical Music & Automata« »Rare Toys« 30 May 2015 18th Century British instrumentmaker Edmund Culpeper brought the science of microscopy to a wider public by developing a simplified tripod microscope. Offered at auction is a superb example of an English Culpeper-type microscope of circa 1735, with shagreen-covered tube, original lacquer and triangular oak case. Culpeper’s instruments were visually stunning and comparatively A Unique Acryl-Design »Remington No. 7« Typewriter From original machine parts. – A terrific piece of artwork in full working condition. affordable in their day, although the design was actually a step back in the development of the microscope. Also included in the auction is a very rare disc calculating machine by Parisian horologist Pierre Fardoil of ca. 1690, offered with an original pocket watch by P. Fardoil from around 1700. No. 1 in »Technical Antiques« worldwide Auction Focus 2015 »Grand Format« Forte Piano Musical Box by J. M. Heller, Berne, c. 1860 s gue alo lor! t a c co a l l f ul l in Catalogue Orders and Subscriptions Fully illustrated BI-LINGUAL (English + German) COLOR catalogues are available for our specialty auctions with photographs and expert descriptions, dates, estimated prices and realized price lists (internet + next catalogue) of every lot. They are sought-after as reference books and price guides worldwide. Catalogues and realized price lists for some earlier auctions are still available! If you are interested in previous auction catalogues, please ask for our list. To receive your catalogue, please use our 2015 subscription form. »Photographica & Film« Annual subscription 2015 (2 catalogues) € 50.– / overseas € 65.– (Auctions 21 March + 26 Sep. 2015) Single catalogue for _________________ (approx. US-$ 90.–) € 28.– / overseas € 37.– (Date) € 28.– / overseas € 37.– (approx. US-$ 52.–) »Office Antiques« »Science & Technology« »Fine Toys, Tin Toys, Automata & Model Trains« 2014 saw excellent results across the board for Antique Technology, Toys and Photographica. In the following pages you will find a selection of our past and present highlights. Of particular note were instruments of surveying, navigation and astronomy, such as the rare rosewood sea quadrant by royal instrument maker € 50.– / overseas € 65.– (Auctions 30 May + 7 Nov. 2015) Single catalogue for _________________ (approx. US-$ 90.–) € 28.– / overseas € 37.– (Date) (approx. US-$ 52.–) (118) Order/Payment: »Pencil Sharpener by Edward S. Stimpson«, 1884 A superbly rare collector's item: the only known example in the world!! – U.S. Patent: Sept. 2, 1884. Europe: Single Catalogue: € 28,– · Annual Subscription: € 50,– · Overseas prices for USA, Japan, etc. (incl. airmail delivery): Single catalogue: € 37.– (approx. US-$ 52.–) · Annual Subscription: € 65,– (approx. US-$ 90.–). To avoid high bank charges, please send the total amount in Euro only cash, by Money order, Banker's draft, or your number, exp. date and CVV security code of one of the following credit cards (but only these!). Delivery against prepayment only! Total amount € ___________ I send enclosed by Cash (as registered letter) Money Order, Mastercard American Express Visa (264) (167) George Adams which fetched Euro 17.700 / US$ 24,300 in our May auction (Lot 118) and the imposing tellurium by Jan Fekl of Prague which brought Euro 8.600 / US$ 12,000 (Lot 167). Joint catalogue Annual subscription 2015 (2 catalogues) auction included a very rare chalk-disc “electromotograph” telephone receiver, patented (approx. US-$ 52.–) »Telecommunications« Single catalogue for 18 April 2015 Following another strong year of specialist auctions, we are looking forward to welcoming customers old and new to three exciting Spring sales and a surprising Autumn season. (277) by Thomas Edison in 1877, for Euro 29.500 / US$ 40,000 (Lot 42). In our November 2014 auction an 1862 pre-patent prototype ‘Michaela’ stenography machine fetched Euro 14.750 / US$ 18,500 (Lot 264) and an attractive example of the sought-after Fitch Type Writer of 1891 brought almost Euro 24.600 / US$ 30,700 (Lot 277). (review continues overleaf) Mechanical music instruments of the early 19th century also performed well, with a fine silver and micro-mosaic musical snuff box bringing Euro 17.200 / US$ 23,600 (Lot 467) and an 18-carat gold ‘sur-plateau’ snuff box by Jean-Georges Reymond Euro 25.000 / US$ 34,500 (Lot 507). The Auction Dates 2015 »Photographica & Film« 21 March 2015 26 September 2015 Exp. date: _____/_____ (Closing date: 1 July ’15) (Security Code) »Pencil Sharpener by Th. A. Henderson«, 1886 The only known example worldwide!! – U.S. Patent: Nov. 23, 1886 – A giant rarity! Name: __________________________________ City/Country:_____________________ Tel. no.: ______________________ »Telecommunications« (467) Street: ___________________________________________________Date/Signature: ________________________________ (42) (507) Albion-Type Letterpress Handpress by »F. Uytterelst, Brussels, Belgium«, c. 1840s Size: 223 cm / 88 in. high. The Specialists for »Technical Antiques« P. O. Box 50 11 19, 50971 Koeln, Germany Tel. +49/2236/38 43 40, Fax +49/2236/38 43 430, Otto-Hahn-Str. 10, 50997 Koeln (Godorf)/Cologne, Germany Business hours: Tues – Fri 9 am – 5 pm (closed Mondays!) Internet: www.Breker.com · e-mail: [email protected] PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT OUR INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: Bookbinding Press by »Ate Foucher, Paris«, c. 1890 Size: 221 cm / 87 in. high. The (very) first »MAC – Mechanical Analogue Computer«, 1958 World's 1st tape-operated computer for flight simulation. Only one other example is known, in the Science Museum, London! – Fantastic piece of early computer history. Shipping to our large Customer base in China, Korea and Russia U.S.A.: Lee Richmond, Tel. (703) 796 55 44 * Fax (703) 766 09 66 * [email protected] Australia & New Zealand: P. Bardenheier, (NZ), Tel./Fax (+64) (0)9 817 72 68 * [email protected] Japan: Murakami Taizou, Tel./Fax (06) 68 45 86 28 * [email protected] China: Jiang Feng, Tel. 138 620 620 75 * [email protected] Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore: Alex Shih-Chieh Lin, (HK), Tel. (+852) 94 90 41 13 * [email protected] England: Tel. (0)777 963 7317 * [email protected] France: Pierre J. Bickart, Tel. (01) 43 33 86 71 * [email protected] Russia: Polyguide Ltd. Moscow, Tel. (925) 740 66 03, Tel./Fax (985) 999 93 55 * [email protected] 18 April 2015 »Office Antiques« »Science & Technology« »Fine Toys & Automata« 30 May 2015 (Closing date: 15 March ’15) (476) An historic private collection of musical boxes and self-playing instruments showcased museum-quality pieces like the magnificent musical escritoire for Euro 30.300 / US$ 41,500 (Lot 435) and a rare chocolate-dispensing “Bôite à Musique de Gare” for Euro 27.800 / US$ 38,000 (Lot 476). Landmarks of communication in last May’s 7 November 2015 (Closing date: 1 Sept. ’15) 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. (435) Catalogue order form: please see overleaf! The interest in tin toy motorcycles, already on the rise in 2013, continued throughout our 2014 auctions, with vehicles by Nuremberg makers Wilhelm Krauss and Johann Distler proving especially popular. Large motorcycle by Wilhelm Krauss, c. 1915, sold for Euro 14.750 / US$ 18,500 in November 2014 (Lot 740). »Radio Bloc« – French Receiver by Brunet & Cie, Paris, c. 1922 Extremely rare! Roullet et Decamps’ “Paon Marchant” bringing Euro 11.000 / US$ 15,000 (Lot 567 / May 2014). (740) Contemporary automata attracted international interest, even making news headlines when a controversial mechanical portrait of Russian president Vladimir Putin by Christian Bailly sold for almost Euro 37.000 / US$ 46,500 in November 2014 (Lot 549). Antique automata fared well too, with lifelike clockwork animals such as Our two specialist Photographica auctions presented freshto-the-market examples of historic antique cameras, classic cameras, rare lenses and accessories. The »photokina« auction in September achieved a 92 % sold rate, with rare stereoscopic viewers, cameras and ‘wood and brass’ cameras in particular surpassing their pre-sale estimates and reserves quite significantly. »Märklin No. 5215« Tin Toy Limousine, c. 1919 28 cm / 11 in. long, with original finish! 133rd Specialty Auction Very Rare French Compound Radio by »L. Charne«, c. 1920 »Telecommunications« 18 April 2015 134th Specialty Auction Tropical Reflex Camera Presented by the Carl Zeiss firm to Guido Mengel, the first director of ICA A.G. (Lot 543). Reserve: Euro 5.000 / US$ 6,500. Result: Euro 19.700 / US$ 25,500 Automaton »Monkey Baker« by Phalibois, Paris, c. 1870 In original costume. World's 1st Fax Machine: »The Fultograph«, c. 1925 »Science & Technology« »Mechanical Music & Automata« »Rare Toys« 30 May 2015 (339) Vérascope F40 Prototype by Jules Richard, Paris, circa 1955 (Lot 339). Reserve: Euro 900 / US$ 1,200. Result: Euro 12.300 / US$ 16,000. (567) (549) (543) 2015 Preview In addition to our two regular sales of Photographica and Film on 21 March 2015 and Office Antiques, Technology, Mechanical Music and Toys on 30 May 2015, we will also be hosting an exceptional auction of Telecommunications on 18 April 2015, which will include the world’s first mechanical television set as invented by John Logie-Baird in 1929! The 132nd »Belliéni Stéréo Folding Camera«, 1892 Pre-Leica: »Tourist Multiple«, c. 1913 »Kern Small Stereo«, c. 1930 Specialty Auction »Photographica & Film« Rare »Puppet-Theatre« Automaton by Gustave Vichy, Paris, c. 1890 With »Eden-Bébé« bisque head and original costume! Boutique Fantasque Codebreakers The four-rotor »Enigma Mod. K« ciphering machine is one of the iconic images of the 2nd world war. In fact, it was developed by Berlin engineer Dr. Arthur Scherbius more than 15 years before the outbreak of WWII and considered so complex that it could produce over 22 billion code combinations without a single repetition. Enigma machines have been in the news again with the release of the 2015 thriller “The Imitation Game” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as British mathematician Alan Turing … although it was actually Polish cryptologist Marian Rejewski who played a far greater role in cracking the Enigma code. The »Baird Televisor«, 1929 World’s very 1st television set! Designed by John Logie Baird, London. Original condition! French Airmans Spark Transmitter with Morse Key, c. 1915 The 19th century is considered by many to be the ‘Golden Age’ of automata. This fantastical piece by Roullet et Decamps of Paris represents a winged clown teasing a papier-mâché moon with a beetle on a string. The personification of the moon, a popular theme in French culture, inspired illusionist and film-maker Georges Méliès to produce “Le Voyage dans la Lune” in 1902. Large Induction Coil with Herz Sparc Gap The “Clown sur Pleine Lune” by Roullet et Decamps, Paris joins a very special collection of fine mechanical toys and automata being offered at auction this Spring. Visit www.youtube.com/auctionteambreker for a performance of music and motion. English Wootophone Radio, 1924 Spectacular Automaton »Gymnast« by Vichy-Triboulet, c. 1910 Mark III Short Wave Tuner, 1916 Fritz Lang Movie (Pathé 9,5 mm): »The Nibelungen Saga (UFA, 1924)« 21 March 2015 »Stuart« Working Beam Steam Engine Size: 58 x 26 x 46 cm / 23 x 10 ½ x 18 ¼ in. Working well! »Kennedy Type 220« Receiver and Type 525 Amplifier, c. 1922 Paddle Wheel Steamer Engine with Moving Wheel Blades Size: 36 x 26,5 x 17 cm / 14 x 10 ½ x 6 ½ in. Working well! Coin-Activated Orchestral Musical Box with Ragtime Repertoire by Mermod Frères, c. 1900 Radio »Radione« by Nikolaus Eltz, Vienna, Austria, c. 1925 »Cinématographe Lumière« , 1895 Sensational Milestone!! Prototype: »Verascope F 40«, c. 1950 Rare and early Microscope by C. Kellner’s Nachf.: Fr. Bethle, Wetzlar, c. 1859 The Name’s Bond... James Bond The 1964 film “Goldfinger” marked Sean Connery’s third appearance as British MI6 agent James Bond and has been described as “the peak of the series”. This pair of Bausch & Lomb binoculars, consigned by the family of the film’s art director Michael White, played its own very iconic role in the Prototype: 35mm Reporter Camera by E. Suter, c. 1920 Extremely rare: »Rothschloss«, 1930 »Hanken (Police)« by Riken, c. 1952 scene where Bond prevents Auric Goldfinger from winning a rigged game of gin rummy by distracting his assistant Jill Masterton on the hotel balcony. “Goldfinger” was also significant for introducing the ingenious gadgets and technology which feature in all the later films, leading a Times critic to write: “All the devices are infinitely sophisticated, and so is the film”. Original Ferdinand Braun’s »Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)«, c. 1900 The only known example worldwide!! The forefather of all television tubes. De Forest-Type Radio »Audion Detector with Amplifier 14 T« With original tubes! See also: "Radiomuseum.org" Telefunken Experimental Colour-Television Set, 1967 Prototype ex laboratory of TV-pioneer Prof. Walter Bruch. Pal-System. – A giant rarity! »S.G. Brown Type Q« Loudspeaker, 1924 An extensive collection of rare tubes of all kinds Radio »Isaria Type N3«, 1924 American Airplane Radio Transceiver »SCR 68«, 1918 …and many more! American Quenched Spark Transmitter, 1910 Coin-Operated »Regina Hexaphone« Phonograph, c. 1915 Excellent and complete working condition! Interchangeable Musical Escritoire by Bremond, c. 1875 Disc Musical Box »Symphonion Eroica No. 38B«, c. 1895 »Regina Style 33« Automatic Disc-Changing Musical Box for 12 Discs Excellent original condition! With 45 discs – Extremely rare in this superb condition.