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Christies Auction
By Brian Chesters

Hi all,

I thought you may like to hear of a few things in the forthcomming sale of mechanical music in London.

On the Phonograph front there is an amazing Edison diamond disc player in a French Gothic cabinet 88 inches wide and 77 inches high. A very rare item indeed, the estimate is 10 to 15,000 pounds.

There is another typical diamond disc player at 3 to 400 pounds. There are about 100 lote of gramophones and phonographs in the sale.

There are two chamber barrel organs and six singing bird boxes. On the musical box front there are 110 lote including the bits and pieces from the late George Worswick.

Including a 13 in. disc playing Symphonion hall clock at 6 to 8,000, a four overture Nicole at 3 to 4,000, a Paillard sublime harmony tremolo box at 3 to 4000 and many others. I have decided to attend this sale, Its about time I went.

All the best from England.
Brian Chesters

Check out the musical boxes at HTTP://www.litter-boss.co.uk/antique

(Message sent Wed 20 Nov 1996, 11:28:59 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

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