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Auction in Chartres, Sunday May 17th 2015
By Robbie Rhodes

The traditional auction of mechanical music and automata will take
place in Chartres (1 hour from Paris, France) on Sunday, May 17th,
2015.  Circa 86 lots are for sale, including

- 24-note Ariston with many discs

- Bremont, cartel-like "Mandolin Harp Forté"
  with 5 interchangeable cylinders

- 49-key Limonaire, to be restored

- A rare Sirion musical box, plays 36 cm discs, each disc contains
  two different airs selected by moving the pivot of the disc
  parallel to the axis of the star wheels.

- Boite de gare "station box" coin-op, 8 tunes

- Symphonion table box 45 cm with 8 discs

- Harmonia table musical box, 41 cm projection-less discs (20 included)

- Orgue de salon, 22 keys, 5 registers, to restore

- Mignon organette, with 5 rollers, to restore

The catalog, in French, is available at

http://www.ivoire-france.com/chartres/automates-musique-mecanique-phonographes-machines-sous-art-f-4330.html 

Robbie Rhodes, MMD


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