Music Box Auction Report
By Bill Burns
Here's a brief report on the William H. Bunch auction on 25 October in Concordville, PA.
This guy is SLOW! He talks fast, but sells slow. It took him 4 hours to sell 300 non-musical lots, then another THREE hours to sell 80 lots of clocks and music boxes (he played every music box before selling it!). Al Meekins was helping with the demonstrations, and most of the East Coast dealers were present.
The auction started at 4pm and finished after 11pm - I had a 2.5 hour drive home after that.
I'll pick out the highlights of the music boxes (plus a couple of phonographs). All prices include 10% buyer's premium, and there are NO misplaced decimal points!
Swiss interchangeable cylinder box, 11 6-tune cylinders. $9900
10" Monopol disc box, as is, no discs. $495
Dutch musical tall case clock, 12 tunes. $10450
Twenty Regina 15.5" discs. $440
11 5/8" Symphonion disc box, 20 discs. $3300
19" cylinder Swiss box, 4 combs, organ movement, 9 bells. $9075
15.5" Regina double comb disc box, carved case, 10 discs. $5500
17.25" Stella double comb disc box, refinished case, 10 discs. $5500
20.5" Regina double comb disc box, cupola top tabletop case. $10450
15.5" Regina single comb disc box, mahogany. $4400
Mills single Violano Virtuoso (player piano + player violin). $25300
27.5" Symphonion double comb upright disc box, 12 bells. $23100
15.5" Regina double comb short bedplate disc box, coin-op. $4125
11" Polyphon double comb disc box, 10 discs. $5225
Capital size A cuff music box, 6 cuffs. $2750
17.5" cylinder Swiss box, 3 interchangeable cylinders, bells, drums, dancing dolls, electric. $11000
15.5" Reginal bow front upright 12-disc changer, art glass front. $25500
20.5" Regina upright 12-disc changer, mahogany. $22000
13.5" Symphonion double comb disc box, coin-op, unrestored. $2200
15.5" Reginaphone double comb floor standing disc box with phonograph attachment, plain mahogany case. $7700
Victor Victrola IX phonograph. $550
Edison C-19 phonograph. $770
12 Edison cylinders. $66
58 Edison double sided thick records. $495
Victor V phonograph with (repro) large witch's hat horn. $2030
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works band organ, made c. 1917 with 9 25-minute music rolls. $13750
Lomonaire Freres French band organ, made c. 1914 with 54 books of music and tall storage cabinet. $26400
Some interesting boxes, mostly with decent sound, but prices were above average retail. I did NOT buy anything!
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Bill Burns
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