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FS: Sharmanka
By Barrel Organ

Hello!  Stockholms Auktionsverk, the oldest auction house in the world,
have a Nechada barrel organ (sharmanka) on the Russian auction in
Sweden, the 9th of December.  See  http://www.auktionsverket.se/

Lars
Sweden

 [ Information at http://www.auktionsverket.se/ryskinlamninge.htm and
 [ http://www.auktionsverket.se/dbkatalog2e/kat_oversikt.asp?at=R&d=2005-12-09&kat=Works_of_Art&anr=203
 [ The auction house will post prices following the auction.
 [
 [   Lot No. 204:  A hand-cranked 26-key barrel organ by Nechada,
 [   Odessa, circa 1915, No. 191, plays 8 tunes, 14 visible pipes
 [   in front, case with marquetry and oil painted decorations,
 [   height 55,48 x 32 cm; minor damages and needs of restorations.
 [   Estimate: SEK 100,000 - 120,000 (EUR 10,500 - 12,600)
 [
 [ Pictures of a very similar 26-key Nechada organ, plus an
 [ enjoyable history of the sharmanka in Russia, are presented
 [ at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/nechada.html  -- Robbie


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