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Congreave Rolling Ball Clock
Lot: 604Sold for: $1,599$1,300Congreave Rolling Ball Clock, probably London, 20th century, silvered Roman numeral dial, blued steel trefoil hands, silvered name boss engraved Sir William Congreave/London/Inventor, four pillar more ...
English Gothic-style Skeleton Clock
Lot: 605Sold for: $738$600English Gothic-style Skeleton Clock, last quarter 19th century, with eight-day time-only fusee movement, 5 1/2-in. silvered Roman numeral dial, brass pendulum, ebonized oval wooden base and glass more ...
English Quarter-striking Skeleton Clock
Lot: 606Sold for: $3,321$2,700English Quarter-striking Skeleton Clock, last quarter 19th century, pierced 7 1/2-in. silvered Roman numeral chapter ring, skeletonized plates, eight-day chain fusee time and quarter striking more ...
"Masonic" Fusee Skeleton Clock
Lot: 607Sold for: $2,091$1,700"Masonic" Fusee Skeleton Clock, England, last quarter of the 19th century, the brass skeletonized plates of a set of compasses, square and "G" contain the eight-day, time and "passing" strike, fusee more ...
Oak Arts & Crafts Tall Clock
Lot: 608Sold for: $738$600Oak Arts & Crafts Tall Clock, Germany, c. 1920, the flat-top case with glazed door opening to the 12-in. composite brass dial with Arabic numerals, cast brass spandrels and pierced steel hands, more ...
A. Millar Mahogany Tall Clock
Lot: 609Sold for: $2,952$2,400A. Millar Mahogany Tall Clock, Edinburgh, c. 1830, the dome top over the painted iron Roman numeral dial signed A. Millar Edinburgh flanked by fluted flat columns, the waist door with banded inlay more ...
Belgian Tall Clock by Andre Sauveur
Lot: 610Sold for: $2,460$2,000Belgian Tall Clock by Andre Sauveur, Herstal, c. 1790, carved oak case topped by a domed bonnet with glazed door over the composite brass dial, pewter name boss in the arch marked Andre Sauveur a more ...
Louis XV-style Bombe French Tall Clock
Lot: 611Sold for: $4,613$3,750Louis XV-style Bombe French Tall Clock, c. 1890, cast brass bezel with convex glass over the 10-in. brass dial with enameled Roman numeral shields, an angel tops the ormolu-mounted mahogany veneered more ...
French Marble and Gilt Statuary Clock
Lot: 612Sold for: $431$350French Marble and Gilt Statuary Clock, c. 1870, a young girl playing a hurdy-gurdy leans against the clock topped with grapes and short pipes, 3-in porcelain Roman numeral dial with illegible maker more ...
French Lyre-form Mantel Clock
Lot: 613Sold for: $2,460$2,000French Lyre-form Mantel Clock, c. 1870, glass lyre form and pedestal with gilt base and ormolu, engine turned bezel and dial surround over the 4-in. porcelain Arabic numeral dial, pierced gilt more ...
Triple Dial Belgian Slate Shelf Clock
Lot: 614Sold for: $1,599$1,300Triple Dial Belgian Slate Shelf Clock, France, c. 1880, with a 6-in. porcelain Roman numeral dial over glazed pendulum aperture which is flanked by a 5-in. calendar dial with month, day of the more ...
Miniature French Triple Dial Desk Clock
Lot: 615Sold for: $492$400Miniature French Triple Dial Desk Clock, c. 1890, all dials with brass bezels and beveled glass, clock with 2-in. Roman numeral dial over the Fahrenheit thermometer and aneroid barometer dials, more ...
Working Model of a Two-cylinder Horizontal Steam Engine
Lot: 616Sold for: $2,091$1,700Working Model of a Two-cylinder Horizontal Steam Engine, with copper boiler, dual 3 1/2-in. spoked wheels, "manometer" pressure gauge, double cylinder horizontal mill engine with 5/8-in. bore and more ...
"Hoyt Life Picture" Automaton
Lot: 617Sold for: $1,230$1,000"Hoyt Life Picture" Automaton, c. 1900, the chromolithographed paper portrait depicting a black farmer in checked shirt and hat, with articulated eyes, eyelids, head and upper lip, the double-spring more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Cabin" Bank
Lot: 618Sold for: $584$475Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Cabin" Bank, J. & E. Stevens, c. 1885, the yellow- and red-painted building with a figure standing in the doorway, a coin is laid on the edge of the roof and the brush more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Lion and Two Monkeys" Bank
Lot: 619Sold for: $1,169$950Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Lion and Two Monkeys" Bank, Kyser & Rex, c. 1883, place a coin in the front monkey's hand which is connected to the rear monkey, and by pressing the branch-form lever more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Stump Speaker" Bank
Lot: 620Sold for: $677$550Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Stump Speaker" Bank, Shepard Hardware Co., c. 1886, place a coin in the figure's right hand and press the release button at the rear of the stage which in turns more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Magician Bank" Bank
Lot: 621Sold for: $1,353$1,100Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Magician Bank" Bank, J. & E. Stevens, c. 1901, a coin placed on the table and the lever pressed at the side of the stairs will lower the magician's hat, covering and more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Novelty Bank" Bank
Lot: 622Sold for: $800$650Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Novelty Bank" Bank, J. & E. Stevens, c. 1873, the red-, white-, and blue-painted building with hinged door opening to reveal a figure holding a tray for a coin, when more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical Boy and Girl "Organ Bank" Bank
Lot: 623Sold for: $677$550Painted Cast Iron Mechanical Boy and Girl "Organ Bank" Bank, Kyser & Rex, c. 1882, with the boy and girl flanking the articulated monkey holding a paddle for the coin, when the crank is turned the more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Trick Pony" Bank
Lot: 624Sold for: $492$400Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Trick Pony" Bank, Shepard Hardware Co., c. 1885, by placing a coin in the mouth of the articulated head of the pony, and pulling a lever at the back of the bank to more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Always Did Spise a Mule" Bank
Lot: 625Sold for: $554$450Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Always Did Spise a Mule" Bank, J. & E. Stevens, c. 1879, with a hinged seated boy and mule, when coin is placed under the boy the lever near the rear of the mule is more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Trick Dog" Bank
Lot: 626Sold for: $246$200Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Trick Dog" Bank, Hubley Manufacturing Co., type II, c. 1930, place a coin in the dog's mouth, then press the lever which activates the dog to jump through the clown's more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Hall's Excelsior Bank" Bank
Lot: 627UnsoldPainted Cast Iron Mechanical "Hall's Excelsior Bank" Bank, J. & E. Stevens, c. 1869, the red- and gray-painted building with a hinged dome opening to reveal a figure and a coin slot, ht. 5 1/4 in. more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical Dog and Cat "Organ Bank" Bank
Lot: 628Sold for: $554$450Painted Cast Iron Mechanical Dog and Cat "Organ Bank" Bank, Kyser & Rex, c. 1882, the dog and cat flanking an articulated monkey holding a paddle for the coin, when the crank is turned the coin more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Two Frogs" Bank
Lot: 629Sold for: $1,169$950Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Two Frogs" Bank, J. & E. Stevens, c. 1882, place a coin on the stomach of the upside down frog, then press the lever at the rear of the larger frog, in turn it more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Clown on Globe" Bank
Lot: 630Sold for: $1,353$1,100Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Clown on Globe" Bank, J. & E. Stevens, c. 1900, the globe gets wound on an interior spring mechanism, then released by a lever on the rear of base which in turns spins more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Tammany" Bank
Lot: 631Sold for: $246$200Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Tammany" Bank, J. & E. Stevens, c. 1873, a coin placed in the right hand of the figure, and the head depressed triggers the hand to drop the coin into the slot of the more ...
Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Eagle and Eaglets" Bank
Lot: 632Sold for: $461$375Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Eagle and Eaglets" Bank, J. & E. Stevens, c. 1883, place a coin in the beak of the articulated eagle, then press the snake-form lever at the rear of the bank to make more ...
Two Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Black" Figural Banks
Lot: 633Sold for: $492$400Two Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Black" Figural Banks, a "Jolly Nigger Bank" and a "Dinah" bank, when you place a coin in their right hands, and press the lever located on their left shoulders, more ...