Dear MMD, For those of you who attended the sale in Knowle, mechanical
music in the UK has not finished yet for this year. The forthcoming
fine sale of mechanical music, to be held on Tuesday, 20th November,
contains a very select array of the very finest pieces, which have been
consigned from all over the world. This 56-lot sale contains these
highlights:
A Bond casade gramophone; A 22-note Keith Prowse barrel piano; fine
veri-gold and enamel erotic musical snuff box; fine gold and enamel
musical snuff box by Piguet; fine gold and enamel musical vinaigrette;
two gold musical fob seals; two Nicole Freres Grand-Format musical
boxes; two Piano-Forte Nicole Freres musical boxes; a 4-air overture
musical box by Nicole Freres; A Louis XVI taste clock garniture with
8-air F. Nicole musical movement and singing bird accompaniment;
A fusee singing bird box by Brugier and, for those who like a bit of
fairground fun, there's the Drunkard's Dream working model by Bollands.
This sale will be held at Knightsbridge and although the catalogue is
still to make it to the printers, the free on-line catalogue will be
available from around the 30th October. All catalogues have to be
bought, so if you wish to subscribe to the catalogue, please do so via
the web site at www.bonhams.com or buy on the day of the view.
Please contact me regarding this sale, or should you wish to enquire
about the next one in March 2008, I can be reached on 0044 8700 273 633
or e-mail <laurence.fisher@bonhams.com> I look forward to seeing you
at this exciting sale.
Best regards,
Laurence Fisher - Bonhams
http://www.bonhams.com/
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