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Four-Overture Musical Box by Bremond
Lot: 29Sold for: $10,575$9,000Four-Overture Musical Box by Bremond, No. 7461, with flat-topped winding lever, in rosewood case with mitered edges, red interior, two-piece inner lid with fretwork grille, front with stringing and more ...
Four-Overture Musical Box by Lecoultre
Lot: 30Sold for: $15,275$13,000Four-Overture Musical Box by Lecoultre, No. 3816, with flat-topped winding lever, brass bedplate and instant stop, in walnut case with red interior and rosewood lid with inlaid central motif of more ...
Key-Wind Musical Box by Nicole Freres
Lot: 31Sold for: $1,763$1,500Key-Wind Musical Box by Nicole Freres, No. 26639, playing Alma Polka, Scenes That Are Brightest, Twere Vain To Tell Thee All I Feel and New York Bells, Gamme No. 1059, with hinged endflap, instant more ...
Lever-Wind Musical Box by Nicole Freres
Lot: 32Sold for: $764$650Lever-Wind Musical Box by Nicole Freres, No. 44988, playing six airs, Gamme No. 1072, with brass bedplate and control panel, in grained case with red interior and rosewood inlaid lid with floral more ...
Walnut Musical Hall Chair
Lot: 33Sold for: $1,410$1,200Walnut Musical Hall Chair, with three-air cylinder movement, lyre-form back with carved wreath, boxwood-inlaid ebony panels depicting chamois, and cabriole legs with floral carving in relief, ht. 37 more ...
Picolo Cithare Musical Box
Lot: 34Sold for: $2,115$1,800Picolo Cithare Musical Box, No. 81038, playing ten dance and operatic airs, Gamme No. 509, the nickel-plated movement with two-piece comb, three-quarter length zither attachment and combined more ...
Orchestral Musical Box by Paillard
Lot: 35Sold for: $9,988$8,500Orchestral Musical Box by Paillard, No. 4821, playing twelve popular and operatic airs accompanied by central twenty-two key organ, optional drum, six engine-turned bells and castanets, with massive more ...
Cylinder Musical Box by Paillard
Lot: 36Sold for: $1,528$1,300Cylinder Musical Box by Paillard, No. 79989, playing twelve airs, with nickel-plated movement, zither attachment, tune indicator and combined tune selector and safety check, in rosewood case with more ...
Mandoline Expressive Zither Musical Box by Paillard
Lot: 37Sold for: $5,875$5,000Mandoline Expressive Zither Musical Box by Paillard, No. 4471, with large-diameter cylinder playing eight popular and operatic airs, mandoline teeth in groups of up to six, massive double-spring more ...
Harpe Harmonique Musical Box
Lot: 38Sold for: $1,645$1,400Harpe Harmonique Musical Box, No. 135122, playing twelve airs, with floriate-cast zither attachment and grained case with rosewood lid and (later) inlaid cartouche, wd. 25 in., cylinder 15 in., (two more ...
Rare Part-Hidden Bell Musical Box by Lecoultre & Brechet
Lot: 39Sold for: $6,463$5,500Rare Part-Hidden Bell Musical Box by Lecoultre & Brechet, No. 24842, playing eight airs accompanied by three bells with six hammers mounted vertically at the treble end of the comb, with flat-topped more ...
Key-Wind Musical Box by Reymond Nicole
Lot: 40Sold for: $1,528$1,300Key-Wind Musical Box by Reymond Nicole, No. 170, playing six popular and dance airs, the comb stamped Reymond Nicole, with short square tips (some replaced),instant stop and contemporary more ...
Key-Wind Two-Per-Turn Musical Box by Nicole Freres
Lot: 41UnsoldKey-Wind Two-Per-Turn Musical Box by Nicole Freres, No. 33775, playing twelve dance and operatic airs including the Railroad Overture, (Gamme No. 1285),with instant stop, hinged endflap and more ...
Forte Piano Musical Box by Bremond
Lot: 42Sold for: $2,350$2,000Forte Piano Musical Box by Bremond, No. 11717 on the flat-topped winding lever, playing six popular and operatic airs, in boxwood-strung grained case with red interior and handwritten tune-sheet, more ...
Early Key-Wind Musical Box by L'Epee
Lot: 43Sold for: $1,116$950Early Key-Wind Musical Box by L'Epee, No. 19273, playing six airs including Mose in Egitto, Aria, (Gamme No. 2966),with smooth bedplate, instant stop and tune-sheet with label of Felix Baudoin, more ...
Mandoline Musical Box by Bremond
Lot: 44Sold for: $2,585$2,200Mandoline Musical Box by Bremond, No. 1496118, playing six operatic airs by Rossini, Bellini, Meyerbeer and others, with mandoline teeth arranged in groups of up to five, flat-topped winding lever, more ...
Fine Musical Snuff Box by F. Nicole
Lot: 45Sold for: $4,700$4,000Fine Musical Snuff Box by F. Nicole, with single-piece comb stamped F. Nicole, playing God Save the Queen and one other air, in tortoiseshell case with gilt and reverse painted lid of desert more ...
Musical Snuff Box
Lot: 46Sold for: $705$600Musical Snuff Box, No. 284, playing La Traviata Polka and Lovely Polka, the bedplate stamped LMG, in black composition case with tune-sheet, engine-turned base and lid depicting Paris, Palais more ...
Musical Snuff Box
Lot: 46ASold for: $206$175Musical Snuff Box, 20th century, with small single-air cylinder movement, in brass repousse case decorated with floral swags and embossed lid depicting a village dance in cobalt-blue and white more ...
Two-Air Manivelles
Lot: 47Sold for: $106$90Two-Air Manivelles, one in wood case with tune-sheet and lithograph on lid, (inoperative); the other in circular case with colored lithograph and tune-sheet. more ...
Musical Photograph Album
Lot: 49Sold for: $411$350Musical Photograph Album, with cylinder movement playing two short airs, in serpentine velvet-covered frame with lithographed cover dropping down to reveal a dressing-table mirror, ht. 15 1/2 in. more ...
Blackforest Musical Dish
Lot: 50Sold for: $71$60Blackforest Musical Dish, with carved lettering Interlaken, Switzerland around border of flowers and leaves in relief, tune-sheet and three-air Cuendet movement activated when lifted, diam. 11 in., more ...
Sublime Harmony Piccolo Musical Box
Lot: 51Sold for: $118$100Sublime Harmony Piccolo Musical Box, No. 92518, playing twelve airs, with zither attachment and ebonized case with inlaid pastoral scene on lid, wd. 27 1/2 in., cylinder 17 in., (lacking right-hand more ...
Lever-Wind Musical Box by Bremond
Lot: 53Sold for: $1,528$1,300Lever-Wind Musical Box by Bremond, No. 1489, playing twelve operatic airs, with flat-topped lever, two-piece comb, tune-sheet, case with red interior and rosewood inlaid lid with lyre motif in more ...
Grained Case for an Interchangeable Musical Box
Lot: 55Sold for: $59$50Grained Case for an Interchangeable Musical Box, on ebonized plinth with integral four-cylinder storage drawer, wd. 33 1/2 in., (to fit approx. 15-inch cylinders). more ...
Mandoline Overture Musical Box by Bremond
Lot: 56Sold for: $11,515$9,800Mandoline Overture Musical Box by Bremond, No. 18281, playing four airs, the governor-cock stamped BAB, with groups of mandoline teeth (up to four) at intervals throughout the comb, eight-step cam, more ...
Ideal Guitar Interchangeable Musical Box by Mermod Freres
Lot: 57Sold for: $2,585$2,200Ideal Guitar Interchangeable Musical Box by Mermod Freres, with four six-air nickel-plated cylinders, unusual shield-shaped combined change/repeat and tune selector with rotating disc, crank-wind more ...
A Hidden Bells "Expressive" Musical Box by Heller
Lot: 58Sold for: $2,585$2,200A Hidden Bells "Expressive" Musical Box by Heller, No. 2705, playing the overture from Stradella and seven other popular and operatic airs accompanied by six bells under the bedplate, with more ...
Rare Sublime Harmony Quator Longue-Marche Musical Box by Paillard
Lot: 59Sold for: $18,800$16,000Rare Sublime Harmony Quator Longue-Marche Musical Box by Paillard, with five cylinders playing six airs each, nickel-plated movement with massive double-springs driving 5 3/4-inch intermediate more ...
Orchestral Interchangeable Musical Box by Lecoultre et Fils
Lot: 60Sold for: $14,100$12,000Orchestral Interchangeable Musical Box by Lecoultre et Fils, with thirteen eight-air cylinders accompanied by central twenty-four note organ, six optional engine-turned bells, drum and castanet, more ...