Bonhams, in Knightsbridge, will hold an auction of fine mechanical
music items on November 20, 2007. You are invited to preview this sale
Sunday, November 18, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Monday, November 19, 9:00
a.m.-7:00 p.m., and on the morning of the sale from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
This sale captures the magic of fine musical gold automata, two fine
grand-format boxes, two piano-forte musical boxes, three good inter-
changeable boxes, and many other sought-after and popular examples.
The singing bird box selection spans fourteen lots, including a superb
Jaquet-Droz box from ca. 1795, an enamel-cased timepiece alarm by
Marguerat, and a fusee-driven tortoise shell box signed by J. Brugier.
The auction will start at twelve noon sharp. A free online catalogue
for this sale (sale number 15238) can be found on the Bonhams website:
http://www.bonhams.com. If you prefer to order a paper catalogue,
please telephone 01666 502 200 or to subscribe, e-mail
subscriptions@bonhams.com.geentroep (deleting .geentroep)
I hope you will enjoy this sale, the first I have conducted under the
Bonhams banner.
Laurence Fisher
Specialist Head, Mechanical Music
Bonhams 1793, London
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