RM Auctions - Milhous Collection - Saturday 2012-02-25 Auction - 189 Price Results - RM | Sotheby's in FL - Page 5
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RM Auctions - Milhous Collection - Saturday

Located near West Palm Beach, Florida, Bob and Paul Milhous have assembled one of the world's most admired and extraordinary private collections, encompassing everything from valuable mechanical musical instruments to rare and important automobiles to a wide variety of Americana and collectibles. RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby's, is delighted to present this world-class collection at auction. It is one of the world's most notable assemblies of fair and dance organs, orchestrions and theatre organs.
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Frati Trumpet Monkey Grind Organ: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEFrati & Co. (Berlin, Germany) A nicely presented example, this 38-key instrument has all its original parts. It is presented in well-preserved condition with a handsome veneer
0743: Frati Trumpet Monkey Grind OrganEst. $10,000-$20,000
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1925 Mason & Hamlin Style BB 6' 11" Grand Piano: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEMason & Hamlin division of American Piano Co. (East Rochester, New York)Includes Ampico and digital player mechanisms. Mason & Hamlin is renowned as one of America's finest
0744: 1925 Mason & Hamlin Style BB 6' 11" Grand PianoEst. $25,000-$50,000
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Lösche Flute and Violin Solo Piano: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEPaul Lösche (Leipzig, Germany)Paul Lösche was a successful rival to Hugo Popper, Philipps and Ludwig Hupfeld during the golden age of the orchestrion. This is one of
0745: Lösche Flute and Violin Solo PianoEst. $20,000-$30,000
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1917 Seeburg Style L Orchestra: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEJ.P. Seeburg Piano Co. (Chicago, Illinois)Made in 1917, this beautiful Seeburg L Orchestra is one of only four examples known to exist. It is musically the same as the
0746: 1917 Seeburg Style L OrchestraEst. $50,000-$75,000
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1924 Popper Welt-Piano X Orchestrion: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEPopper & Co. (Leipzig, Germany)Popper & Co., of Leipzig, produced many different styles of fine-quality orchestrions, both with and without keyboards. This "Welt-Piano X
0747: 1924 Popper Welt-Piano X OrchestrionEst. $75,000-$100,000
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Cremona Style K Orchestrion: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEMarquette Piano Co. (Chicago, Illinois)The Cremona Style K is one of a few American orchestrions with four art glass panels, two hanging lamps of the arts and crafts style and
0748: Cremona Style K OrchestrionEst. $75,000-$150,000
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1912 Imhof & Mukle Valkyrie Orchestrion: Imhof & Mukle (Vöhrenbach, Germany)The Valkyrie is one of the larger models made by Imhof & Mukle, and it plays with force and brilliance typical of large Imhof & Mukle instruments of this
0749: 1912 Imhof & Mukle Valkyrie OrchestrionEst. $600,000-$800,000
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1912 Weber Violano: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEGebr. Weber (Waldkirch, Germany)This rare Weber Salon Piano with Violin, also billed as the Weber Violano, contains an expression piano and violin pipes housed in a swell box
0750: 1912 Weber ViolanoEst. $150,000-$225,000
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1926 Mills Single Violano-Virtuoso: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEMills Novelty Co. (Chicago, Illinois)The Mills Violano-Virtuoso, combining a piano with a real violin in a lovely Oak cabinet, was introduced around 1910 and in 1915 began to
0751: 1926 Mills Single Violano-VirtuosoEst. $50,000-$75,000
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1915 American Fotoplayer, Style 45: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEAmerican Photo Player Company (Berkeley and Van Nuys, California)Photoplayers were elaborate sound effects machines made for accompanying silent movies in the 1910s and 1920s.
0752: 1915 American Fotoplayer, Style 45Est. $125,000-$175,000
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1927 Nelson-Wiggen Style 6 Orchestra: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVENelson-Wiggen Piano Co. (Chicago, Illinois)Oscar Nelson and Peter Wiggen were factory superintendents of the J.P. Seeburg Piano Co. and held patents on nearly every Seeburg
0753: 1927 Nelson-Wiggen Style 6 OrchestraEst. $20,000-$40,000
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1916 Weber Grandezza Piano with Xylophone: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEGebr. Weber (Waldkirch, Germany)Containing a xylophone mounted behind a window near the top of the piano, the Grandezza in its day was one of the most popular relatively small
0754: 1916 Weber Grandezza Piano with XylophoneEst. $25,000-$40,000
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Cremona Style J Orchestrion: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEMarquette Piano Co. (Chicago, Illinois)The Cremona Style J is the largest orchestrion made by Chicago's Marquette Piano Co. The front features eight panels of predominantly
0755: Cremona Style J OrchestrionEst. $100,000-$125,000
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Arthur Prinsen 32-Key Crank Organ: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEArthur Prinsen (Antwerp, Belgium)A modern hand-cranked organ playing cardboard music books, this delightful instrument was built by Arthur Prinsen, son-in-law of the famed
0756: Arthur Prinsen 32-Key Crank OrganEst. $7,500-$10,000
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Regina 15.5-Inch Music Box: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEA lovely example playing from special 15.5-inch music discs, this music box is orchestrated with saucer bells. The coin mechanism has been removed. The painting on the case is
0758: Regina 15.5-Inch Music BoxEst. $4,000-$7,000
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Hofbauer 45-Key Crank Organ: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEOrgelbaumeister Hofbauer (Göttingen, Germany)The Hoffbauer Company was founded as a maker of fine quality organ pipes in Germany in 1923 and began making crank-operated
0759: Hofbauer 45-Key Crank OrganEst. $10,000-$15,000
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1926 Weber Maesto Orchestrion: Gebr. Weber (Waldkirch, Germany)The magnificent Weber Maesto is one of the most sophisticated orchestrions the world has ever known. Today, about seven are known to exist, including four permanently
0760: 1926 Weber Maesto OrchestrionEst. $900,000-$1,200,000
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1914 Seeburg Style J Orchestrion: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEJ.P. Seeburg Piano Co. (Chicago, Illinois)The Seeburg Style J orchestrion was introduced in 1913 and is considered to be one of the most beautiful and elegant American
0761: 1914 Seeburg Style J OrchestrionEst. $100,000-$175,000
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1924 Seeburg Style H Orchestrion: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEJ.P. Seeburg Piano Co. (Chicago, Illinois)Considered by most collectors to be the most ornate orchestrion made in America, the Seeburg Style H features ten art glass panels,
0762: 1924 Seeburg Style H OrchestrionEst. $100,000-$125,000
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1913 Hupfeld Pepita V Orchestrion w/ Moving Scene: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVELudwig Hupfeld AG (Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Germany)This is the only known original example of a Hupfeld Pepita Style V orchestrion. Although smaller than the Helios series, the
0763: 1913 Hupfeld Pepita V Orchestrion w/ Moving SceneEst. $125,000-$200,000
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1925 Hupfeld Sinfonie-Jazz Orchestrion Model 9: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVELudwig Hupfeld AG (Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Germany)The Sinfonie-Jazz was one of the last orchestrion models built by the Hupfeld firm. This example, tentatively designated as
0764: 1925 Hupfeld Sinfonie-Jazz Orchestrion Model 9Est. $50,000-$85,000
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Pierre Eich Super Violin Piano: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVEPierre Eich (Ghent, Belgium)This lovely instrument replicates violin music with a rank of violin pipes, which play in concert with the piano and mandolin attachment. The
0765: Pierre Eich Super Violin PianoEst. $15,000-$25,000
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1922 Hupfeld Helios Orchestra Piano Style I: OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVELudwig Hupfeld AG (Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Germany)Of the various orchestrions that delighted owners and listeners in the early 20th century, the Hupfeld Helios styles were
0766: 1922 Hupfeld Helios Orchestra Piano Style IEst. $80,000-$125,000
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