Sold2016Clown Magician Musical Automaton. Paris: LeopoldClown Magician Musical Automaton. Paris: Leopold Lambert, ca. 1900s. As the music box plays, the magician, sticking his tongue in and out and nodding his head, raises his wand, taps the side of the cuSee Sold Price
Sold2016Contemporary Musical Magician Automaton by Zdenka,Contemporary Musical Magician Automaton by Zdenka, Switzerland With bisque head, glass eyes and mohair wig, standing with wand and box behind a circular table, on velvet-covered base containing singleSee Sold Price
Sold2022Musical Turkish Magician Automaton. Switzerland, 20th centu...Musical Turkish Magician Automaton. Switzerland, 20th century. Key-wind mechanical automaton depicting a conjuror at a table, who changes and vanishes cards, blocks, and other baubles under two conesSee Sold Price
Sold2018Musical automaton of a Magician, moving headsMusical automaton of a Magician, when wound up his fan lifts his head appears once in the barrel and another time in a crate.Overall height 24 inches. Length 14 inches. Depth 11 inches.See Sold Price
Sold2023Roullet-Decamps Lady Magician AutomatonLate 19th/early 20th century; wind up musical automaton with lady magician having bisque porcelain head and arms, dressed in black lace, and silk outfit with conical hat, head and arms move, cone is lSee Sold Price
Sold2023ANTIQUE MAGICIAN MUSIC BOX AUTOMATONMusical Turkish Magician Automaton. Switzerland, 20th century. Key-wind mechanical automaton depicting a conjuror at a table, who changes and vanishes cards, blocks, and other baubles under two coneshSee Sold Price
Sold2018Eureka Trick And Novelty Co.#1107 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Illustrated Manual of Tricks, Novelties, Musical Instruments, Scientific Toys, Automatons, Smokers Goods, Etc., Etc., Etc. Orange & BlackSee Sold Price
Sold2022ABSOLUTELY STUNNING MULTIPLE ACTION AUTOMATON "SIDE SHOW".1910, AUSTRIAN: An amazing piece of early musical automata, referred to by collectors as "The Side Show". Multiple simultaneous movements including a magician, guitar player, dancing ballerina and traSee Sold Price
Sold2020The Monkey Magician under DomeMusical Monkey Conjuror Automaton. Paris: Jean Phalibois, ca. 1870s. Mechanical monkey automaton, the figure having a hand-painted paper-mache head, glass eyes, and wire glasses, dressed in wizard’sSee Sold Price
Sold2022Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, C. 1870Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, C. 1870 Approximate Dimensions : 48cm*40cmSee Sold Price
Sold2015"Saint Francis" Musical Automaton Clock, c. 1850Saint Francis Musical Automaton Clock, c. 1850 France, depicting a praying figure with carved and painted wood head, glass eyes, articulated jaw, torso with brass bedplate carrying multiple movementsSee Sold Price
Sold2016Peasant and Pig Musical Automaton by Vichy, c. 1900Peasant and Pig Musical Automaton by Vichy, c. 1900 Depicting a young man perched on the back of a rush-seated chair and resting a piglet on his knee as though it were a baby, with expressive plaster-See Sold Price
Sold2018A Georgian musical automaton bracket clock, John TaylorLate 18th/early 19th century Dial signed: John Taylor / London The ebonized bell top case with a glazed hinged door enclosing a face hand-painted with figures and mountainous landscapes, the brass diaSee Sold Price
Sold2020EXCEPTIONAL GUSTAV VICHY MUSICAL AUTOMATON "PAYSAN ETHighly desirable automaton, sometimes referred to by English-speaking people as "Paddy and the Pig". The peasant is elaborately dressed with teal silk waist jacket, yellow silk brocade vest, striped vSee Sold Price
Sold2016Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, c. 1870Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, c. 1870 France, with two-train movement stamped "Baullier & Fils, Paris, 701", striking hours and halves on bell, silk-thread suspension, 1 ½-inch (3,8 cm)See Sold Price
Sold2017Exceptional Large Chinese Musical Automaton Table ClockChinese export inlaid double fusee bracket clock, having a shell carved crest, above the mother of pearl marquetry decorated case having ornate foliate banding centering the automaton and Roman numeraSee Sold Price
Sold2017Musical Automaton Picture Clock of an Italian VillageMusical Automaton Picture Clock of an Italian Village by Xavier Tharin, c. 1870 Paris, hand-colored lithograph depicting a harbor scene with abbey, fountain, ships on three planes and a watchtower onSee Sold Price
Sold2020PHALIBOIS PERFORMING CLOWNS MUSICAL AUTOMATON1404. PHALIBOIS PERFORMING CLOWNS MUSICAL AUTOMATON | Colorful clowns under a glass dome with backdrop in pink satin with mirrors, one balancing a sword, bottle and dish, trying to balance all; one twSee Sold Price
Sold2022Gustave Vichy Banjo Player Musical AutomatonGustave Vichy(French, 1839-1904)Banjo Player Musical Automatoncirca 1895signed with metal tagpaper mache head and hands, brown glass eyes with articulated leather eyelids, wiry black hair, carton torsSee Sold Price
Sold2022Leopold Lambert & Jumeau "Chinoise Verseuse" Musical AutomatonLeopold Lambert (French, 1854-1935)Pierre-Francois Jumeau (French, 1811-1895)"Chinoise Verseuse" Musical Automatoncirca 1890bisque head and forearms, brown glass eyes, carton torso and legs, black mohSee Sold Price
Sold2022Clown Magician AutomatonMade by Leopold Lambert. French - 1890 - 27" T x 11 " W. This is another rare and desirable automation by Leopold Lambert of France. Here we have a young magician performing feats of magic, as he makeSee Sold Price
Sold2022SWISS MUSICAL AUTOMATON STATION BOX.This is a fantastic Swiss-made station box, with a 13" cylinder playing six tunes and with six dancers. All contained in a walnut constructed cabinet with inlaid pinstriping. CONDITION: Six dancers alSee Sold Price
Sold2017PERFORMING CLOWN MUSICAL AUTOMATONVery impressive early performing musical automaton, clown is situated on top of ladder, key hole and start-stop rod appears at rear of cloth covered base, when activated, music plays and clown performSee Sold Price
Sold2015All Original French Musical Automaton.14" figure on a 4" velvet covered box. With a flange neck bisque head stamped on back in red "Tete Jumeau Bte S.G.D.G.4" with closed mouth, blue glass eyes, and pierced earlobes. The standing figure hSee Sold Price
May 22Curated AuctionsA VERY RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY 'WHISTLER' MUSICAL AUTOMATON FIGURE BY HENRY PHALIBOIS£8,500
7 days LeftSchilb Antiquarian Rare Books1916 MAGIC 1ed Alexander Herrmann Wizards Manual Tricks Black Arts Mind ReadingUS$66(6 bids)
Featured5 days LeftAuction Team BrekerRare Ormolu Singing Bird Automaton Clock by Blaise Bontems, c. 1885€5,600
19 hrs LeftHudson Valley Auctioneers LLC Beacon NYAutomaton birds in gilt cage, red & yellow bird, comes with glass dome, movement works, but makes noUS$160(5 bids)
20 hrs LeftWinter Associates MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Selmer, C. G. Conn, Panzel-Mueller, three 20th C. woodwind instruments withUS$175(1 bid)
May 18Avra Art Auctions Mid-Century Latin American Cubist Serenade Musical Courting Scene, SignedUS$55(2 bids)