Wild and wonderful vintage technology returns to Auction Team Breker Nov. 4

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KOELN, Germany — The vintage technology specialists at Auction Team Breker return with another wild and wonderful offering of mechanical, optical and audible marvels from days past with their Science & Technology / Mechanical Music / Photography & Film sale on Saturday, November 4. The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

Claude Chappe (1763-1805) was a French inventor who linked his country with the first visual, line-of-sight semaphore system, thereby creating the first telegraphic technology. Chappe even coined “telegraph” and “semaphore,” terms we use to this very day.  Breker’s sale includes Les Petits Télégraphes, a game of telecommunication based on Chappe’s nationwide semaphore system. It is estimated at €2,500-€3,000 ($2,650-$3,180).

The Reichstelegraphenverwaltung (Imperial Telegraph Administration) was an early telecom for Prussia and later Germany. This Butterstamp telephone dates to 1880 and was the first standard telephone model used by the RTV. Marked Siemens & Halske, Berlin and made of turned wood and brass, the phone is estimated at €4,000-€5,000 ($4,240-$5,300).

Two head-turning jukeboxes are included in the November 4 sale. From the king of jukes comes this Wurlitzer Model 780, known as a ‘wagon wheel,’ released on the eve of World War II in 1941. The auctioneer notes that only 2,800 wagon wheels were made, leading this example to have an estimate of €4,000-€5,000 ($4,240-$5,300).

Pierre Eich was a famed Belgian builder of orchestrions and other mechanical music devices in the early 20th century. In the postwar period, the firm released the Goliath, its take on the burgeoning jukebox movement spreading throughout Europe thanks to occupying GIs. This model uses a unique pneumatic system of control, similar to that found in a pipe organ. It is estimated at €10,000-€12,000 ($10,600-$12,720).
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Les Petits Télégraphes game, estimated at €2,500-€3,000 ($2,650-$3,180) at Auction Team Breker.
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1880s Butterstamp telephone for the RTV in Germany, estimated at €4,000-€5,000 ($4,240-$5,300) at Auction Team Breker.
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1941 Wurlitzer Model 780 ‘wagon wheel’ jukebox, estimated at €4,000-€5,000 ($4,240-$5,300) at Auction Team Breker.
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1948-1956 Goliath radio-discophone jukebox, estimated at €10,000-€12,000 ($10,600-$12,720) at Auction Team Breker.
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Circa-1960 German Bimbo Baby Monkey Band automaton, estimated at €1,800-€2,500 ($1,908-$2,650) at Auction Team Breker.
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Wurlitzer jukebox on stand tops charts at two-day Miller & Miller sale

American circa-1940-1941 Wurlitzer Model 71 tabletop jukebox on an original Wurlitzer model 810 stand, CA$14,750
American circa-1940-1941 Wurlitzer Model 71 tabletop jukebox on an original Wurlitzer model 810 stand, CA$14,750

American circa-1940-1941 Wurlitzer Model 71 tabletop jukebox on an original Wurlitzer model 810 stand, CA$14,750

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NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A Wurlitzer Model 71 tabletop jukebox on a stand, made in America circa 1940-1941, sold for $14,750 on the second of two days of online-only auctions held June 9 and June 10 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. The June 9 auction was dedicated entirely to toys and grossed $141,541 (Canadian); the June 10 sale featured petroliana, advertising and coin-ops and grossed $531,531 (Canadian). Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated by LiveAuctioneers. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.

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Ahlers & Ogletree to auction property of noted entertainment attorney, Jan. 12

Jean de Botton, ‘Les Quatre Cavaliers de l’Apocalypse,’ estimated at $3,000-$6,000
Jean de Botton, ‘Les Quatre Cavaliers de l’Apocalypse,’ estimated at $3,000-$6,000
Jean de Botton, ‘Les Quatre Cavaliers de l’Apocalypse,’ estimated at $3,000-$6,000

ATLANTA – Items from the Atlanta home of entertainment attorney Joel A. Katz, more than 550 lots in all, will come up for bid in an unreserved auction planned for Thursday, January 12 by Ahlers & Ogletree. New Year’s Signature Estates auctions will also be held live and online Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Toys, vintage advertising dominate Miller & Miller’s Sept. 11-12 sales

1869 French style Boneshaker bicycle, est. CA$3,000-$3,500
1869 French style Boneshaker bicycle, est. CA$3,000-$3,500
1869 French style Boneshaker bicycle, est. CA$3,000-$3,500

NEW HAMBURG, Canada – Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. will hold back-to-back auctions the weekend of September 11 -12. The Saturday, September 11 event will be a Toys & Nostalgia sale, featuring the Bryan Beatty collection. The Sunday, September 12 sale will be an Advertising & Historic Objects auction, featuring the Scott Vanner breweriana collection. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. All estimates quoted are in Canadian dollars.

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Preston Opportunities plans amusement-filled Labor Day weekend sale

Wurlitzer 950 vintage jukebox, est. $19,000-$46,000
Wurlitzer 950 vintage jukebox, est. $19,000-$46,000
Wurlitzer 950 vintage jukebox, est. $19,000-$46,000

MACON, Ga. – Preston Opportunities, founded by Preston Evans, will auction goods from the estate of Kim Hammergren over Labor Day weekend, with absentee and Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers on Saturday, September 4.

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Clocks set the pace at Miller & Miller’s March 20 auction

French Paul O’Dobey monastery wire tower clock, 1899, CA$11,800. Image courtesy Miller & Miller
French Paul O’Dobey monastery wire tower clock, 1899, $11,800. Image courtesy Miller & Miller

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – In Miller & Miller’s online-only Music Machines, Clocks & Canadiana auction, held March 20, four of the top five lots as clocks in a sale that grossed $418,065 Canadian ($331,625 US). All prices to follow are in Canadian dollars and include buyer’s premium. Online bidding was provided by LiveAuctioneersContinue reading