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15 Reference Works and Catalogs on Mechanical Music, Singing Birds and Automata

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1950's W Germany Singing Bird Automaton Music Box: 1950's West Germany, Singing bird automaton music box. Working condition, works are balky (need cleaned) and bird doesn't sing, chip to enamel scene on lid. Measures 4.75" x 3.33" x 2".

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Vintage German Karl Griesbaum Automaton Birdcage Music Box: Vintage German Karl Griesbaum Automaton Birdcage Music Box, Marked KG - Made in Germany - KEN - D, Having a Mechanical Singing Bird Automaton with Black Tail on Leafy Perch in a Detailed Brass Cage Ha

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Vintage Singing Bird In Cage Automaton Music Box: Vintage singing bird in cage automaton music box. The singing works but the automaton is not working. Has wind-up movement. Measures approximately 11" tall with a 5.75" bottom diameter.

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French Singing Bird in Cage Automaton Music Box,: earlier example, needs cleaning and feather work!, working.

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Antique French Automaton Mechanical Song Bird: Antique French mechanical automaton, having two taxidermy singing birds in music box cage 20.5"h x 11"d Provenance: The living estates of long-time collectors Dale & Beverly Rollins (San Antonio, Texa

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Griesbaum Singing Bird Automaton Music Box: Continental .900 Silver Singing Bird Automaton Music Box , c. 1900, attr. Karl Griesbaum, Schwarzwald, Germany, marked "900", decorated with classical trophees, sliding button activates lid and singin

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A Reuge singing bird automaton music box: 20th Century, Switzerland Marked: Reuge Music / Sainte-Croix / Made in Switzerland The rectangular-form bird-box with blue and white enamel panels on brass case decorated with figural roundels of co

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Antique Singing Bird Automaton Music Box: Antique German circa 1920's wind-up song bird music box attributed to Karl Griesbaum, gilt brass case with filigree style decoration, includes bird shaped key, 4"W, 2.5"D, 1.75"H

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Silver Gilt Singing Bird Music Box: German antique silver singing bird automaton music box, comes with a key. 4 1/2" W x 3" D x 2" H

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Griesbaum Music Box with Bird Automaton: German Karl Griesbaum music box with a singing bird automaton. The sides and top of the brass box are elaborately decorated with scrolling filigree. The bird is naturalistically rendered in yellow and

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Karl Griesbaum Singing Bird Automaton, Brass Cage: Karl Griesbaum German "Singing Bird" automaton / music box, with single red feathered bird on perch housed within brass cage, three marking underside: KG hallmark with bird, "Made in Germany," and "Ke

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15 Reference Works and Catalogs on Mechanical Music, Singing Birds and Automata

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15 Reference Works and Catalogs on Mechanical Music, Singing Birds and Automata
Books, catalogs and auction catalogs, including three-volume catalog of the Palace Collections of Egypt, Sotheby's & Co., New Bond Street, March 1954, one cover detached; auction catalogs for "When the Circus Came to Town" (Theriault’s), the mechanical music collection of Graham Whitehead (Christie’s South Kensington) and the automata collection of Jacques Courtois (Galerie de Chartres); "Collection de Montres et Automates Maurice et Edouard M. Sandoz", Fascicule III; photocopy (text only) of Peter G. Schuhknecht "Mechanische Singvögel"; Roy Mosoriak, 1943, "The Curious History of Music Boxes"; and other publications. - Useful references for research.

15 Nachschlagewerke und Kataloge über mechanische Musik, Singvogeldosen und Automaten
Bücher, Broschüren und Auktionskataloge, darunter ein dreibändiger Katalog der ägyptischen Palast-Sammlungen, Sotheby's & Co, New Bond Street, März 1954, ein Einband abgetrennt; Auktionskataloge für "When the Circus Came to Town" (Theriault's), die mechanische Musiksammlung von Graham Whitehead (Christie's South Kensington) und die Automatensammlung von Jacques Courtois (Galerie de Chartres); "Collection de Montres et Automates Maurice et Edouard M. Sandoz", Fascicule III; Photokopie (nur Text) von Peter G. Schuhknecht "Mechanische Singvögel"; Roy Mosoriak, 1943, "The Curious History of Music Boxes"; und andere Veröffentlichungen. - Nützliche Unterlagen für Recherchen.

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15 Reference Works and Catalogs on Mechanical Music, Singing Birds and Automata

Name: 15 Reference Works and Catalogs on Mechanical Music, Singing Birds and Automata
SKU: 172495265
Price: 80 EUR
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