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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