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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
3035MMarlborough
October 27, 2017 10:00 AMCalender

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  • 16th Century Casket Lock and Key

    16th Century Casket Lock and Key

    Lot: 451
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    16th Century Casket Lock and Key, Continental, hammered steel scrolled-edge plate, key with round bow, and complicated bit, lg. 7 1/2 in. Provenance: Edward S. Jones collection, Los Angeles. more ...

  • 16th Century Renaissance-style Lock

    16th Century Renaissance-style Lock

    Lot: 452
    Sold for: $984$800

    16th Century Renaissance-style Lock, Continental, engraved and scrolled brass face mounted to the shaped iron housing with four latches, lg. 9 3/4 in. Provenance: Edward S. Jones collection, Los more ...

  • 17th Century Lock and Key

    17th Century Lock and Key

    Lot: 453
    Sold for: $492$400

    17th Century Lock and Key, rectangular case with three circular, chamfered-edge mounting brackets, double square throws, the key with a simple oval bow, and fleur-de-lis-shaped faceted shank with a more ...

  • 17th Century Lock and Key

    17th Century Lock and Key

    Lot: 454
    Sold for: $738$600

    17th Century Lock and Key, Continental, half-mortise steel lock with brass-mounted escutcheon plate, key with a pierced bow surmounting a crown-form collar, lock lg. 4 1/2 in. Provenance: Edward more ...

  • French 16th Century Steel Masterpiece or Compagnon Lock

    French 16th Century Steel Masterpiece or Compagnon Lock

    Lot: 455
    Sold for: $923$750

    French 16th Century Steel Masterpiece or Compagnon Lock, multiple stepped geometric and finely scrolled pierced decoration surrounding the key arbor above the three latch throws, reverse with an more ...

  • Six 16th to 19th Century Locks

    Six 16th to 19th Century Locks

    Lot: 456
    Sold for: $123$100

    Six 16th to 19th Century Locks, Continental, two engraved brass and steel slide locks, large Chinese slide lock, a triangular steel padlock, and two brass slide locks, lg. 4 to 8 in. Provenance: more ...

  • Four Bamana Ancestor Door Locks

    Four Bamana Ancestor Door Locks

    Lot: 457
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    Four Bamana Ancestor Door Locks, Mali, abstract shaped lizards or figures carved of toro wood, some with wrought iron pins or nails, and shaped keys with iron flashing, ht. 15 to 17 in. more ...

  • Six Miscellaneous Locks

    Six Miscellaneous Locks

    Lot: 458
    Sold for: $92$75

    Six Miscellaneous Locks, 19th/20th century, mortise door lock, two mounted chest steel locks, scrolled-shaped half mortise brass latch, engraved tear-shaped chest latch, and a brass figural more ...

  • Four 19th Century Padlocks

    Four 19th Century Padlocks

    Lot: 459
    Sold for: $369$300

    Four 19th Century Padlocks, a polished steel lock with red highlighted engraved dots, and key, brass three-barrel rotating combination lock, buckle-form lock, and a Japanese slide lock. more ...

  • Two Casket Latches

    Two Casket Latches

    Lot: 460
    Sold for: $246$200

    Two Casket Latches, Continental, one with a figure below the pierced fleur-de-lis decorated lintel, the other with a multiple decorated clasp of flowers, spiral columns, and pierced cage decoration, more ...

  • Collection of 19th and 20th Century Keys

    Collection of 19th and 20th Century Keys

    Lot: 461
    Sold for: $246$200

    Collection of 19th and 20th Century Keys, some with pierced brass bows, oval-shaped steel bows, round shanks, and various stepped bit configurations. Provenance: Edward S. Jones collection, Los more ...

  • Two 19th Century Steel and Iron Locks

    Two 19th Century Steel and Iron Locks

    Lot: 462
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    Two 19th Century Steel and Iron Locks, Continental, a Banbury lock with typed description on the back, and a Lever lock marked "Styria Schloss K.K. Patent," both mounted to wood blocks, lg. of wood more ...

  • Miscellaneous Locks and Lock Parts

    Miscellaneous Locks and Lock Parts

    Lot: 463
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    Miscellaneous Locks and Lock Parts, Continental, two 16th century casket locks, 17th century iron chest hardware, half mortise locks, snipe hinges, and assorted latches. Provenance: Edward S. more ...

  • Eleven Various Steel and Iron Keys

    Eleven Various Steel and Iron Keys

    Lot: 464
    Sold for: $123$100

    Eleven Various Steel and Iron Keys, 18th/19th century, a wooden key mold with a complicated bit, door and chest keys with oval bows, round shanks, and various shaped bits, lg. 3 1/2 to 7 1/2 in. more ...

  • Four Bamana Ancestor Figural Door Locks

    Four Bamana Ancestor Figural Door Locks

    Lot: 465
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    Four Bamana Ancestor Figural Door Locks, Mali, abstract figural carved toro wood examples with wrought iron pins or nails, and shaped keys with iron flashing, ht. 15 to 20 in. Provenance: Edward more ...

  • Masterpiece Key

    Masterpiece Key

    Lot: 466
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    Masterpiece Key, 5 1/4-in. steel key with delicately looped bow, faceted shank, and complicated stepped bit. Provenance: Edward S. Jones collection, Los Angeles. more ...

  • Four Venetian Steel Keys

    Four Venetian Steel Keys

    Lot: 467
    Sold for: $492$400

    Four Venetian Steel Keys, all with pierced bows, round shanks, and stepped bits, lg. 3 1/4 to 4 1/4 in. Provenance: Edward S. Jones collection, Los Angeles. more ...

  • 18th Century Cased Coin Balance

    18th Century Cased Coin Balance

    Lot: 468
    Sold for: $246$200

    18th Century Cased Coin Balance, Joh. Pet. Braselmann, with steel beam, copper pans, and green silk cord, in a fitted fruitwood case with engraved maker's label, brass hook and loop latch, and more ...

  • Four Folding Sovereign Balances or Coin Scales

    Four Folding Sovereign Balances or Coin Scales

    Lot: 469
    Sold for: $277$225

    Four Folding Sovereign Balances or Coin Scales, 19th century, England, three wood-cased scales, one made stamped on brass scale "Harrison," with interior label, two mahogany-cased scales by A. more ...

  • Five 19th Century Postal Scales

    Five 19th Century Postal Scales

    Lot: 470
    Sold for: $185$150

    Five 19th Century Postal Scales, Europe, four with quadrant scales, and cast iron painted bases with folding rear legs, ht. 5to 10 in. more ...

  • Oertling Portable Assay Balance

    Oertling Portable Assay Balance

    Lot: 471
    Sold for: $584$475

    Oertling Portable Assay Balance, London, 19th century, lacquered brass instrument with two arms each graduated 1-9, steel pointers on each end of the beam read off ivorine scales mounted on brass more ...

  • Four 19th Century English Yarn Scales

    Four 19th Century English Yarn Scales

    Lot: 472
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    Four 19th Century English Yarn Scales, two J. Casartelli & Sons lacquered brass instruments, one by J. Nesbitt, and a Brevete scale, all in their fitted, velvet-lined cases. Clocks, Watches & more ...

  • Fairbanks Postal Scale and Nine Other Scales

    Fairbanks Postal Scale and Nine Other Scales

    Lot: 473
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    Fairbanks Postal Scale and Nine Other Scales, 19th/20th century, Fairbanks with paint-decorated cast iron base, with red, green, and gilt decoration. Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments more ...

  • 19th Century Zoetrope Wheel of Life

    19th Century Zoetrope Wheel of Life

    Lot: 474
    Sold for: $615$500

    19th Century Zoetrope Wheel of Life, 11-in. dia. green-painted slotted iron cylinder rests on top of the turned mahogany base, with twenty-five paper reels, mostly of animals and acrobats, ht. 15 more ...

  • Roullet et Decamps Automaton Cat

    Roullet et Decamps Automaton Cat

    Lot: 475
    Sold for: $523$425

    Roullet et Decamps Automaton Cat, c. 1910, with white fur-covered body, green glass eyes, papier-mache paws holding a pair of wire-frame lorgnettes and a pink painted-paper fan, the open-spring more ...

  • Monkey on a Bicycle Automaton Musical Box

    Monkey on a Bicycle Automaton Musical Box

    Lot: 476
    Sold for: $1,107$900

    Monkey on a Bicycle Automaton Musical Box, Symphonion, Germany, grain-painted case with hand-colored lithograph card of dogs and cats playing instruments flanking the two passages in which the more ...

  • Small Four-tune Key-wind Cylinder Musical Box

    Small Four-tune Key-wind Cylinder Musical Box

    Lot: 477
    Sold for: $584$475

    Small Four-tune Key-wind Cylinder Musical Box, Switzerland, 5 1/2-in. cylinder playing four tunes, brass bedplate marked "5925," single comb, jeweled flywheel, walnut box, lg. 9 3/4 in. more ...

  • Unmarked Lever-wind Cylinder Musical Box

    Unmarked Lever-wind Cylinder Musical Box

    Lot: 478
    Sold for: $400$325

    Unmarked Lever-wind Cylinder Musical Box, Switzerland, brass bedplate marked "5016," 14-in. cylinder, single comb, start/stop, change/repeat levers, housed in a string-inlaid veneered case, lg. 22 more ...

  • Nicole Freres Key-wind Cylinder Musical Box

    Nicole Freres Key-wind Cylinder Musical Box

    Lot: 479
    Sold for: $861$700

    Nicole Freres Key-wind Cylinder Musical Box, no. 32348, playing four airs with tune sheet on underside of lid, brass bedplate marked "32348," 8-in. cylinder, single comb stamped "Nicole Freres," more ...

  • Lever-wind Cylinder Musical Box

    Lever-wind Cylinder Musical Box

    Lot: 480
    Sold for: $461$375

    Lever-wind Cylinder Musical Box, no. 1813, playing six airs, with tune sheet on underside of lid, iron bedplate, 13-in. cylinder, single comb with brass zither attachment, housed in a rosewood more ...

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