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Jack Donovan Music Box Collection At Auction
By Brian Chesters

I have just been looking at the catalog for the Jack Donovan collection
which is to be sold on the 5th July in London.  Jack was a dealer in
musical boxes in the Portobello Road, London.  (See the film "Notting
Hill", starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts.)

He built up a large collection of mainly automata but also music boxes.
He is reputed to have had more than 50 Grand format Overture boxes when
he died; this may or may not be the truth.  In the sale are some nice
items, chiefly :-

 * a Double disc player by Adler Fortuna playing two 26 inch discs side
by side.  Estimate is up to 60,000 USD.

 * a Symphonion Eroica three disc clock, estimate up to 37,000 USD.

 * A Polyphon hall clock playing 15 inch discs (22,000 USD)

 * A Regina 27 inch Changer, and a 15 inch Bowfront changer (both rare
in the UK)

 * Two large orchestral Interchangeable boxes,  and a four cylinder
revolver box by Paillard.

These should attract a lot of attention from collectors and dealers
alike.

Brian Chesters


(Message sent Sat 23 Jun 2001, 10:24:57 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Auction, Box, Collection, Donovan, Jack, Music

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