As noted a couple of days ago, a mechanical music auction was held
last Saturday in Sydney Australia.  I didn't cross the Tasman Sea,
but a friend from here did.  Here are some prices.

The Aussie $ buys about 64 cents US (and the Kiwi $ buys about
53 cents US)...

 [ I think these values are the Australian dollar.  -- Robbie ]

Opening the sale, about 30 lots of musical steins,
  cigarette boxes etc. sold for  $20 - $200 each.
A Tanzbar made  $650.
Coin-op bird in cage  $1400.
Mechanical musical cat picture  $600.
Another birdcage  $750.
Musical Xmas tree stand with original artificial tree  $1600.
Marotte  $700.
Model church with bell-ringing figures, coin-op  $3500.
8-tune cylinder music box, 112 teeth,  $1100.
Siam Sue phono toy  $250.
Metrostyle pushup piano player  $200.
Wood case Mutoscope with reel  $1200.
Aeolian-Vocalion phono  $400.
Triola Zither, 13 rolls,  $1300.
Faventia barrel piano w/cart  $1100.
Puck phono  $600.
Edison Bijou coin-op phono  $5300.
Klingsor phono  $1000.
Maroon Gem  $1050.
Fireside  $650.
Black Gem  $500.
Fireside, cygnet horn,  $1050.
Home phono  $800.
Everard twin spoolbox player piano not sold at  $1500.
24" Polyphon  $11250.
Piano Melodica  $4500.
Hupfeld Animatic w/orchestra cabinet  $2000.
Horn disc phono  $500.
Amberola  $950.
Pathe cylinder phono  $1500.
Repro. Berliner Trade Mark phono, w/dog  $1450.
19 5/8" Polyphon w/orig. pediment, disc box, 13 discs  $12000.
8 1/8" Polyphon  $800.
Britannia "Smoking Cabinet" disc box, 7 11 3/4" discs  $2000.
15 1/2" fat cylinder box  $5000.
Table model Polyphon w/6 saucer bells  $2300.
Upright cylinder box in tall case  $6750.
15 1/2" table Polyphon  $2600.
Gramophone Style 3  $2500.
Table Zonophone  $700.
Polyphon Style 33A w/10 discs passed at  $2800.
Kady Nickelodeon, M rolls,  $18000.
Black Gem  $550.
Standard phono  $500.
Bing Pigmy Phone  $225.
Orchestral organette  $400.
American Brand Style l organette  $500.
Edison Standard  $600.
Triumph  $2500.
Black Gem  $400.
Diamond Disc  $275.
Diamond Disc London table model  $250.
Duophone  $300.
Barrel piano  $1000.
Genuine hurdy-gurdy  $1800.
Mortier 95-key cafe orchestrion passed at  $55000.
92-key Decap Jazz Organ  $22000.
Double Mills Violano passed at  $70000.
Decap Jazz Organ with Piano accordion, drums, sax & pipes
  ( in need of restoration)  $1500.
  (I kid you not -- and I was the buyer!)

Those are all the items I have prices for.

Some interesting bargains!  I'm staggered at my luck although
I haven't seen the Decap yet: watch the Digest for future calls
for help!  

I have found that this organ was in England until about 16 years
ago, in the Bath area, and it bears the name "Slanny's Organ."
Has anyone any further information?

Best wishes

Michael Woolf
New Zealand