Auction Team Breker unveils science and technology curiosities, March 25

Circa-1880 trumpet barrel organ by Frati & Co. of Berlin, with 37 keys, estimated at $5,317-$9,570. Image courtesy of Auction Team Breker and LiveAuctioneers
Circa-1880 trumpet barrel organ by Frati & Co. of Berlin, with 37 keys, estimated at $5,317-$9,570. Image courtesy of Auction Team Breker and LiveAuctioneers
Circa-1880 trumpet barrel organ by Frati & Co. of Berlin, with 37 keys, estimated at $5,300-$9,500. Image courtesy of Auction Team Breker and LiveAuctioneers

COLOGNE, Germany – Auction Team Breker will open the collector’s cabinet once more on March 25 for its next Science & Technology, Mechanical Music, and Photography & Film sale. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Antique technology found new appreciation at Auction Team Breker sale

Sholes & Glidden Type Writer, No. A974, $24,020. Image courtesy of Auction Team Breker and LiveAuctioneers

 

Sholes & Glidden Type Writer, No. A974, $24,020
Sholes & Glidden Type Writer, No. A974, $24,020. Image courtesy of Auction Team Breker and LiveAuctioneers

COLOGNE, Germany – Auction Team Breker’s second outing into the world of antique and collectable technology this spring, which came in the form of a sale held on May 14, highlighted the extensive antique typewriter collection of retired San Jose teacher James “Jim” Rauen.

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Circa-1880 royal telephone rings up $89K at Auction Team Breker

Circa-1880 Ericsson wall telephone, believed to have been commissioned for King Oscar II, €77,000. Copyright Auction Team Breker
Circa-1880 Ericsson wall telephone, believed to have been commissioned for King Oscar II, €77,000. Copyright Auction Team Breker

Circa-1880 Ericsson wall telephone, believed to have been commissioned for King Oscar II’s summer palace in Oslo, €77,000. Copyright Auction Team Breker

KOLN, Germany – Auction Team Breker‘s November 6 sale, dubbed Science & Technology, Mechanical Music & Fairground was a clear success, led by a one-of-a-kind antique telephone.Continue reading