Dear MMDs,  Auction Team Breker's Spring sale of Mechanical Music,
Science, Technology and Antique Toys takes place on 18 May in Cologne,
 Germany.  On offer are over 200 lots of mechanical music, including
gramophones, pneumatic instruments, cylinder and disc musical boxes,
singing birds and automata.

Highlights include an automaton book-playing organ by Franz Oerhlein
(Lot 457), a fine silver-gilt and enamel singing bird box by Charles
Bruguier (Lot 475), a Polyphon Style 2 Automatic Disc-Changer (Lot 490)
and a superb Nicole Frères grand format variations musical box playing
a single air by Mendelssohn (Lot 513).

The preview takes place on Friday 17 May from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. and
from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. on sale day.  Additional appointments can be
arranged with the auctioneer.

Auction Team Breker offers traditional bidding in the room as well
as commission and telephone bids and live bidding across a range of
platforms.  The online catalogue is available at
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/140486_150th-science-and-tech-mech-music-toys/ 

Videos of many of the instruments can be viewed on YouTube at
https://www.youtube.com/user/auctionteambreker 

Uwe and Astrid Breker are pleased to help with all enquiries about the 
sale by telephone and e-mail [below].  Auction information, highlights
and news available at http://www.breker.com/ 

Best wishes,

Uwe Breker - Auction Team Breker
Cologne, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 2236 38 43 40
email: auction@breker.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [   Lot 457: Automaton Book-Playing Organ by Franz Oehrlein, Mainz, c. 1983.
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/19/05/05/190505_064737_457_copyright_2019_by_Auction_Team_Breker_Cologne_Germany.jpg 
 [   Lot 475: Silver-gilt singing bird box by Charles Bruguier, c. 1840.
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/19/05/05/190505_064737_475_copyright_2019_by_Auction_Team_Breker_Cologne_Germany.jpg 
 [   Lot 490: Polyphon Style 2 Automatic Disc-Changing Musical Box, c. 1900
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/19/05/05/190505_064737_490_copyright_2019_by_Auction_Team_Breker_Cologne_Germany.jpg 
 [   Lot 513: Five-Revolution Grand Format Variations Musical Box by Nicole Frères, c. 1862
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/19/05/05/190505_064737_513_copyright_2019_main_by_Auction_Team_Breker_Cologne_Germany.jpg