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
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
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
Sold2022FRENCH MUSICAL CLOWN AUTOMATON.1900, FRANCE: French automata of a clown attributed to Roullet & Decamps. Period dress, composite construction with glass eyes. Music box playing one tune, motion includes head turning and both arms pSee Sold Price
Sold2017MUSICAL AUTOMATON CLOWN BY VICHY CIRCA 1900In working condition, legs, arms and head move. Wearing what appears to be original clothes and hair, and having glass eyes. Condition note, re-painted eyebrows, paint loss to face and head, some cracSee Sold Price
Sold202219th Century Musical Automaton with Clowns19th Century Musical Automaton with Clowns Wood, cloth dolls with bisque heads. 12 x 11 1/2 x 7 in.See Sold Price
Sold2021GERMAM MUSICAL CLOWNS & DOG CRANK AUTOMATONVery charming Musical Clowns Playing Instruments with Monkey Riding A Dog Crank Automaton. All original and in wonderful condition. Spin the cranks and music plays, clown move and monkey rides the dogSee Sold Price
Sold2023German Musical Clown and Donkey Mechanical Automaton. Germa...German Musical Clown and Donkey Mechanical Automaton. Germany: Zinner & Sohne, ca. 1880s. Hand-cranked automaton depicting a clown, with hand-painted bisque face and glass eyes and a fleece-covered doSee Sold Price
Sold2023BOY & SINGING GOOSE MUSICAL AUTOMATON132. BOY & SINGING GOOSE MUSICAL AUTOMATON | France, depicts a clown suited French bisque head boy who moves arm and head about like conductor while attempting to conduct a standing goose by music staSee Sold Price
Sold2022Musical Butterfly Catcher Clown Doll Automaton. German, ca....Musical Butterfly Catcher Clown Doll Automaton. German, ca. early 20th century. Key-wind mechanical automaton, depicting a child in clown or harlequin costume, with bisque head, fixed glass eyes, handSee 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
Sold2015Charming Musical Crank Automaton.German music box. There is a whimsical clown seated on wooden bench, with baton in one hand a music sheet in the other, directing a seated wool-covered sheep wearing glasses and collar, with a music sSee Sold Price
Sold2024Musical "Zilotone" Toy by Wolverine Supply & Mfg. Co.Musical "Zilotone" Toy by Wolverine Supply & Mfg. Co. Pittsburgh, PA, with lithographed tin automaton figure of a clown playing the xylophone and clockwork disc mechanism causing him to rotate on hisSee Sold Price
Sold2022Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, C. 1870Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, C. 1870 Approximate Dimensions : 48cm*40cmSee Sold Price
Sold201638" Vichy Acrobatic Clown AutomatonA most elaborate automation involving ten various movements. The clown figure standing upon a wooden carpet draped box performs acrobatic feats that in reality would be virtually impossible. These earSee 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
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
May 22Curated AuctionsA VERY RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY 'WHISTLER' MUSICAL AUTOMATON FIGURE BY HENRY PHALIBOIS£8,500
May 22Curated AuctionsA FINE AND RARE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON NECESSAIRE C. 1860£2,800
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JG AutographsMarcel Marceau - French Mime: "Bip the Clown" - Autographed Famous Sardi’s Restaurant PostcardUS$20
JG AutographsMarcel Marceau - French Actor & Mime: "Bip the Clown" - Autographed First Day Postal Cover, 1988US$20
Jun 05Lion Heart AutographsRare & Desirable Heifetz Musical Quote from Brahms “Violin Concerto”US$600
Jun 05Lion Heart AutographsExtremely Rare Signed Photo of 12-Year-Old Heifetz Holding His ViolinUS$1,000
Jun 05Lion Heart AutographsLarge Saint-Saëns Inscribed SP Referencing His Cello Concerto in A MinorUS$250
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