RARE SWISS AUTOMATON POCKET WATCH, ATTR.TO PIERRE-SIMO...Swiss double open-face The (Dutch) Kitchen automaton pocket watch attributed to Pierre-Simon Gounouilhou (France/Switzerland, 1779-1847). 18K gold surround...
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CLOWN WITH VANISHING HEAD AUTOMATON.PARIS, PIERRE MAYE...Clown with Vanishing Head Automaton. Paris, Pierre Mayer, ca. 2006. Handmade wooden automaton with exposed works. A clown holds a fan in front of his...
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SIEGFRIED & ROY AUTOMATON. PARIS, PIERREMAYER, CA. 200...Siegfried & Roy Automaton. Paris, Pierre Mayer, ca. 2002. Handmade wooden automaton with exposed works. The famous Las Vegas magicians perform the Metamorphosis...
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VALERIE COSTUME CHANGE AUTOMATON. PARIS:PIERRE MAYER, ...Valerie Costume Change Automaton. Paris: Pierre Mayer, ca. 2004. Handmade wooden automaton with exposed works. When the crank is turned, the magician lowers...
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LAETITIA PRINCESS OF THE AIR AUTOMATON.PARIS, PIERRE M...Laetitia Princess of the Air Automaton. Paris, Pierre Mayer, ca. 2012. A small wooden figure levitates in front of a mirror, and her hands and arms extend...
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SELF-LEVITATION AUTOMATON. PARIS: PIERREMAYER, CA. 200...Self-Levitation Automaton. Paris: Pierre Mayer, ca. 2000s. Wooden and metal mechanical hand-cranked automaton in which a man with a cigar levitates with no...
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THE AUTO-QUARIUM AUTOMATON.The Auto-QuariumAutomaton. American, ca. 1990s. Electric aquarium automaton featuring wooden fish swimming in laps, a crab lunging with its claws, and a school of fish circling a reef plant....
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EVOLUTIONARY BLUNDERS VAMPIRE BAT AUTOMATON.EvolutionaryBlunders Vampire Bat Automaton. England: Neil Hardy, ca. 2000s. Wooden automaton depicting a bat which opens and closes its wings as the crank is turned. 9” tall. Working...
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THE CHICKEN COOP AUTOMATON.The ChickenCoop Automaton. England: Neil Hardy, ca. 2000s. Wooden automaton depicting a “secret” chicken coop, in which a group of scientifically-minded chickens hold a race to find...
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THE EARLY BIRD NEARLY CATCHES IT AUTOMATON.TheEarly Bird Nearly Catches It Automaton. England: Neil Hardy, ca. 2000s. Wooden automaton depicting a group of birds on the top platform, one with its nose extended below for...
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THE ECONOMIC CYCLE AUTOMATON.The EconomicCycle Automaton. N.p., ca. 2000s. Electrical automaton, accompanied by a plastic title placard (“The Economic Cycle”), depicting a bicyclist and a circus clown, each with...
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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST AUTOMATON.Survivalof the Fittest Automaton. England: Neil Hardy, 2004. Electrical automaton with rotating informational displays on four different animals (whale, cheetah, alligator, and gorilla)...
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WOLVERINE ZILOTONE MUSICAL AUTOMATONCIRCUS TOYS.Wolverine Zilotone Musical Automaton Circus Toys. Two 1930s American pressed steel and tin automaton toys, accompanied by eight original music discs, comprising:...
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THE TURK CHESS-PLAYER AUTOMATON.TheTurk Chess-Player Automaton. Paris: Pierre Mayer, ca. 2010s. Hand-painted wooden automaton with exposed works. Modeled after Von Kempelen’s famous eighteenth century chess-player...
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CLOWN WITH VANISHING HEAD AUTOMATON.ClownWith Vanishing Head Automaton. Paris: Pierre Mayer, ca. 2006. Hand-painted wooden automaton with exposed works. Depicting a clown holding a fan in front of his face; as the...
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GEISHA GIRL AUTOMATON.Geisha Girl Automaton.Paris: Pierre Mayer, ca. 2002. Handmade wooden automaton with exposed works. The Geisha raises the cup to show a ball underneath. As the crank is turned, the cup descends,...
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SELF-LEVITATION AUTOMATON.Self-LevitationAutomaton. Paris: Pierre Mayer, ca. 2000s. Wooden and metal mechanical hand-cranked automaton with exposed works, depicting a man with a cigar who levitates from his stool...
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ANTIQUE BOY MAGICIAN AUTOMATON.AntiqueBoy Magician Automaton. French, late nineteenth century. Incomplete and non-functional automaton figure, originally depicting a Hindu boy magician at a table, vanishing and...
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SATYR HEAD AUTOMATON.Satyr Head Automaton.Findhorn: Michael Start, The House of Automata, 2011. Lifelike figure composed of papier-mache, plywood, and metal, having glass eyes and wind-up spring-driven clockwork motor,...
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SAM ZELL AUTOMATON, "QUANTITATIVE EASING",2012Sam Zell automaton,"Quantitative Easing", 2012, numbered 205 of 675, seated Ben Bernake (chairman Board of Governors, Federal Reserve, 2006-2014), his propeller to hat...
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SAM ZELL AUTOMATON, "GET OVER IT", 2002SamZell automaton,"Get Over It", 2002, numbered 353 of 675, not operating, a man turns a gear wheel causing a large wheel to turn and rotate the affixed hour glass filkled with...
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SAN ZELL AUTOMATON, "VIEW FROM ABOVE",2015Sam Zell automaton "View From Above", 2015, numbered 253 of 675, depicting a train engine about to enter a tunnel, below is a train station with figures that enter an...
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SAM ZELL AUTOMATON, "TENDER CREDIBILITY",2011Sam Zell automaton "Tender Credibility", 2011, numbered 152 of 675, a mountain mine surrounded by a rail track with dump cars, several entrances and exits, a lower mining...
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SAM ZELL AUTOMATON, "CONSENUS", 2019SamZell automaton, "Consenus", 2013, numbered 199 of 675, the face acting as a pin ball machine and depicting the White House with Republican, Democrat a raised fist and Tea...
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SAM ZELL AUTOMATON, "HOW LOW CAN YOUGO", 2014Sam Zell automaton "How Low Can You Go", 2014, numbered 256 of 675, a pointed arch with a screen displaying the value of the U.S. dollar against other world currencies...
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SAM ZELL AUTOMATON, "THE WHOLE WORLDIN OUR HANDS"Sam Zell automaton"The Whole Wold in Our Hands", 1998, numbered 603 of 675, operates, the world globe held in two hands above a running train and a man in a...
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SAM ZELL AUTOMATON, "THINK IT OVER"SamZell automaton "Think It Over", his recorded voice gives financial commentary followed by the song "Stop in the Name of Love" by the Supremes, periodically the seated man...
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A REUGE SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON MUSICBOXA Reuge singing bird automaton music box, 20th Century, Switzerland Marked: Reuge Music / Sainte-Croix / Made in Switzerland The rectangular-form bird-box with blue...
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A GERMAN SILVER SINGING BIRD AUTOMATONMUSIC BOXA German silver singing bird automaton music box, Fourth-quarter 19th Century Marked to base with unidentified bird mark The rectangular-form bird-box with silver...
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SWISS GILT METAL SINGING BIRD-IN-CAGEAUTOMATON AND A FLORAL COLORED MARQUETRY ROSEWOOD 11-INCH CYLINDER MUSIC BOX CIRCA 1900Swiss Gilt Metal Singing Bird-in-Cage Automaton and a Floral Colored Marquetry Rosewood...
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AUTOMATON ENAMEL AND GILT MUSICAL BIRDBOX, GERMAN, EARLY 20TH C., CASE BY EMIL BRENK, MOVEMENT LIKELY BY KARL GRIESBAUM, CASE BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED ON ALL SIDES WITH CLASSICAL MOTIFS INCLUDING CIRCULAR VIGNETTES...
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DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY AUTOMATONCLOCKFine Dutch Rococo Burl Walnut and Marquetry Automaton Tallcase Clock , early 18th c., silvered chapter ring signed "J.M. WEYGEL, AMSTELDAM", surmounted by a figure of...
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GERMAN CLOCKWORK COIN OPERATED BIRDIN CAGE AUTOMATON. 20"H X 9 1/2"W X 9 1/2"WGerman clockwork coin operated bird in cage automaton. Two birds in cage, one is an automaton which is animated and chirps by clockwork...
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GERMAN CLOCKWORK BIRD BOX WITH CAGEAUTOMATON, GILT AND BLUE ENAMELED CHASED BOX CA. EARLY 20TH CENTURY. 6"H X 4 1/2"W X 3"DGerman clockwork bird box with cage automaton, gilt and blue enameled chased box ca....
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A FRENCH SINGING BIRD IN CAGE AUTOMATON,20TH CENTURY, STAMPED 'MADE IN FRANCE, 5438301', 10 A French singing bird in cage automaton, 20th century, stamped 'MADE IN FRANCE, 5438301', 10.75"h (excluding ring). Provenance:...
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ATTRIBUTED BONTEMS LARGE SINGING BIRDAUTOMATON CLOCK: Composite and metal tree featuring 7 automaton birds and one stationary bird with chirping noise unmarked attributed to noted automaton maker Bontems Paris....
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