Sold2020Musical Automaton Mozart at Harpsichord by Jean andMusical Automaton Mozart at Harpsichord by Jean and Anne Farkas, c. 1960s Parun, France. With bisque head, blue glass eyes, mohair periwig, sitting at painted harpsichord on giltwood base with drawer-See 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
Sold2018Turkish Smoker Automaton by Jean and Anne Farkas, c.Turkish Smoker Automaton by Jean and Anne Farkas, c. 1980 Parun, France. With bisque head, open mouth and blue glass eyes, sitting cross-legged on velvet-covered base containing two-air cylinder moveSee 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
Sold2020LAMBERT SPANISH MANDOLIN PLAYER AUTOMATON1398. LAMBERT SPANISH MANDOLIN PLAYER AUTOMATON | Charming musical automaton on a velvet covered base, depicting a mandolin player with a bisque head inscribed "Depose Tete Jumeau", glass hazel eyes,See Sold Price
Sold2020LEOPOLD LAMBERT MUSICAL AUTOMATON CYMBAL PLAYER1403. LEOPOLD LAMBERT MUSICAL AUTOMATON CYMBAL PLAYER | Standing figure dressed as "Polichinelle," has bisque open mouth, head incised "S&H 1300-6," wearing original mohair curly wig and having bisqueSee Sold Price
Sold2021Lg Exceptional Jean-Pierre Camus Musical AutomatonLarge, Exceptional Jean-Pierre Camus, Musical Automaton. ‘Acrobats’ Clockwork Mechanism with Music Box, acrobats moulded & carved by hand. All figures are dressed in period costumes. Reuge ? markeSee Sold Price
Sold2021Jean-Pierre Camus Musical Automaton Theatrical PuppetJean-Pierre Camus Musical Automaton Theatrical Puppet Opera With seven costumed figures, including the puppet master, winding key signed REUGE MUSIC; affixed brass tag plate signed Camus. Height overaSee Sold Price
Sold2019Large Vichy Banjo Player Automaton.A Black gentleman of distinction standing on a base strumming his banjo all while a musical tune plyas.his instrument. The actions include him strumming, his lower jaw openind & closing, his eyes lidsSee Sold Price
Sold2017Automaton – Magician Cones & DiceA lovely French automaton believed to be from Jean Farkas (1917-2014). With his wife Anne, who was a seamstress and created the costumes, they created and repaired automata. In 1974 they moved from PaSee Sold Price
Sold2024Schutz-Marke Symphonion Musical Automaton.Schutz-Marke Symphonion Musical Automaton. Burl walnut case, disc music player. Retailed by C.J. Heppe and Son, Phila. Accompanied with (13) 13-1/2" metal discs. Case measures 12-1/4"h. x 20-1/2"w. xSee 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
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
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
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
Sold2021Gustave Vichy Banjo Player AutomatonGustave Vichy (French, 1839-1904) Banjo Player Automaton circa 1895 signed with metal tag papier-mâché figure with glass eyes 19 x 16 x 10 inchesSee 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
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
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