Sold2022A twentieth century Smoking Turk automaton attributed to Jean FarkasJean Farkas, France, a Smoking Turk automaton, the turbanned figure with composition head and arms, seated on a large cushion with a sword at his waist and hookah at his right, his head turning, his rSee Sold Price
Sold2015[Mathematics and Puzzles] A Group of Miscellaneous[Mathematics and Puzzles] A Group of Miscellaneous Books on Mathematical Magic, Puzzles, Ingenuity, Paradoxes and More. Approximately three shelves, including The Turk, Chess Automaton (2000); ScienceSee Sold Price
Sold201819th C. CHINESE ENAMELED JEWELED BRONZE AUTOMATON CLOCKThe Item Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwi8EavDDJ0 Monumental French Automaton Musical Jeweled Bracket Clock made for the Chinese market. Circa 1880s. Highly decorated in 24kt gold plateSee Sold Price
Sold2017Chinese Automaton Musical Jeweled Bracket ClockMonumental Chinese Autamaton Musical Jeweled Bracket Clock Highly decorated in 24kt gold plate has white porcelain dial with black painted Roman numerals a sweep second hand and colorful jeweled bezelSee Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Chinese gilt bronze clock music automatonA highly important Chinese gilt bronze fusee movement and bell music automation (33.75"H). automation play hourly and depict 8 immortal rotating around the crown. the lower part with rotating foreigneSee Sold Price
Sold2022ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AUDIO-ANIMATRONIC AUTOMATON: "JO JO IVORY AND THE PADDLE WHEELERS".1979, USA: Walt Disney patented the terminology "audio-animatronic" in 1967, where prerecorded audio was synchronized with the movement of robotics to produce a very life-like effect in his attractionSee Sold Price
Sold2022Rare Swiss Automaton Pocket Watch, Attr. to Pierre-Simon GounouilhouSwiss double open-face The (Dutch) Kitchen automaton pocket watch attributed to Pierre-Simon Gounouilhou (France/Switzerland, 1779-1847). 18K gold surround and stem, enamels, brass, and steel with bacSee Sold Price
Sold2023FRERES ROCHAT , SWISS AUTOMATON SINGING BIRD BOXLES FRERES ROCHAT SINGING BIRD BOX ca. 1830 ; FRERES ROCHAT SWISS FUSEE AUTOMATON BIRD BOX WITH DOUBLE HAND PAINTED ENAMEL VIEWS OF LAKE GENEVA & MONT BLANC WITH MULTI COLORED PLUME BIRD SET IN TORTOISee Sold Price
Sold20171907 BOWLING AUTOMATON w/ 3 BISQUE FIGURESWonderful and important Bowling Automaton with 3 Bisque Figures. Patented in 1907 by Otto Eichenberger of Switzerland with the assistance of Leon Brock of New York, this intricate and large automatonSee 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
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
Sold2022FIDELIO MUSIC AUTOMATON "STATION BOX" NO. 60.1900, GERMANY: Fidellio music boxes incorporated Swiss movements and were made by Fidelio Musikwerke of Berlin Germany. Coin operation puts into motion a 28cm (11") cylinder playing six ayers (tunes)See Sold Price
Sold2023AMERICAN BRONZE AUTOMATON CLOCK BAROMETERThe novelty clock retailed by Camerden & Forseter, New York, American, 19th C. H. 43 cm (17 in.) Dimensions of base: W. 40.5 cm (15 7/8 in.) D. 19.5 cm (7 3/4 in.)See 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
Sold2022Dutch Walnut and Marquetry Automaton ClockFine 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 Atlas holding the world, flanked bSee 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
Sold2024Vintage Window Tapper Automaton Page Turner*NO SHIPPING! - PICKUP OR THIRD PARTY TRANSPORT ONLY* Completely restored top to bottom! Originally produced in Chicago circa 1930s. Window tappers were meant to get shoppers attention as they walkedSee 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
Sold2023AUTOMATON SINGING BIRD MUSIC BOXMechanical tortoiseshell singing bird music box. Top has enamel / hand painted European landscape scene with flowers on underside. Feathered bird pops out of finely detailed gold gilt oval compartmentSee Sold Price
Sold2023EXCEEDINGLY RARE PHALIBOIS AUTOMATON WITH THREE FRENCH BISQUE DOLLS BY BRU. 29” x 21”.EXCEEDINGLY RARE PHALIBOIS AUTOMATON WITH THREE FRENCH BISQUE DOLLS BY BRU. 29” x 21”. Arranged upon an ebonized wooden oval base under a glass dome with painted scenic background and applSee Sold Price
Featured5 days LeftAuction Team BrekerRare Ormolu Singing Bird Automaton Clock by Blaise Bontems, c. 1885€5,600
15 hrs LeftHudson Valley Auctioneers LLC Beacon NYAutomaton birds in gilt cage, red & yellow bird, comes with glass dome, movement works, but makes no$160(5 bids)