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Entertainment Equipment — Philips Auctions Australia
Auction House:
| Philips Auctions Australia | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 79 |
| Lots with images: | 79 |
| Prices available: | 79 |
Category:
Entertainment Equipment
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Steinway baby grand piano, model M, with a mahogany case, square tapering legs and brass castors | *** |  |
| *** | A mahogany Bechstein grand piano with stool, 1922, serial number 119679, a fully restored A1 model 182 cm, piano with 85 keys having a lustrous mahogany case and tapering faceted legs, with original paper label, stencilled serial number and trademark… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine 'J.H. Heller of Bern' Orchestral burr walnut music box, circa 1870s, serial number 2294, a magnificent table top music box playing thirty six airs, with six 16 inch cylinders, five in original timber boxes, and comprising a crank winding mechanism,… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Swiss Paillard & Co cylinder table top music box, circa 1880s, 'Sole agent' retailer Jabez Carnegie & Sons, Melbourne, the ebonised and burr walnut music box in immaculate condition and full working order, with six tuned bells surmounted with… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine walnut upright disk 'Polyphon' with fifteen Disks, circa 1900, Polyphon Musikwerke, Leipzig Germany, housed in glazed case with carved crest details, finials and pilasters, mark, of 'Polyphon' to the cornice, having a coin operated mechanism with… | *** |  |
| *** | A British musical automaton of sailors dancing the Hornpipe, circa 1880, the glazed and gilt frame diorama displaying two painted metal sailors with articulated knees and hips, who dance to a music-box version of the hornpipe, with painted exotic harbour… | *** |  |
| *** | A Georgian automatic music box church organ, 1805-1822 period, manufactured by Southwell & white, London and Liverpool, the crank operated music box organ in a mahogany case on stand decorated with faux organ pipes and having six stops producing different… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine antique table music box with an inlaid walnut case, 19th century, a crank and cylinder operated music box, playing twelve airs and having six, ornate bells with enamel bee and butterfly strikers, play list to the lid. Provenance: retailed through… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine antique Swiss cylinder musical box, b.A. Bremond, Geneva, numbered 18080, late 19th century, playing eight mandolin airs with bells, the burr walnut and parcel-ebonized case banded in kingwood and boxwood with a hinged top enclosing a conforming… | *** |  |
| *** | A violin labelled P. Michele Storini 320 Fecit Anno 1926, P. Michele Storini (trade name of Charles Collin Mezin 1870-1934) with even-grained spruce top and two-piece flamed maple back, light brown varnish, fitted with new pegs, Despiau bridge, new sound… | *** |  |
| *** | A Bluthner Baby Grand Piano and Duet Stool, marked to the interior 'Julius Bluthner, Leipzig', and further stamped 30623, encased in a superb, highly figured burr walnut body. On tapered and fluted legs with brass castors, together with a duet stool with… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique European violin with label of Carcassi, 19th century, with internal label of Carcassi, anno 1759, Firenze, but after, a full size instrument, well maintained and in good playing order, in a traditional hard shell case. Length 59.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A walnut-cased 'Regina' music box, C.J. Heppe & Son, Philadelphia, serial no 34550, circa 1900, the movement in an ivorine-inlaid case of classical sarcophagus form (with sixteen discs). Height 34 cm. Width 55.5 cm. Depth 49.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Bechstein semi concert model C grand piano, Carl Bechstein, Berlin (1853-), Serial number 136217, supplied 1930The grand piano in a rosewood case, with full iron cast frame, ivory keyboard, hammerheads, raised on six square tapered legs to original… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine inlaid Swiss cylinder 8 airs music box with gilded bells, unmarked, model n. 127, serial 51026, late 19th century, the single 6.5 inches cylinder table music box in an ebonised case with inlaid floral top, mechanically operated with a side crank, 4… | *** |  |
| *** | Yamaha baby grand piano with a mahogany body and square tapering legs, serial number '411480' | *** |  |
| *** | A baby grand piano, George Rogers & Sons, London, number 36934, mid-20th century, in a polished mahogany case on tapering square-section legs, with sale paperwork dated 1953 from Allan's, Melbourne. Height 99 cm. Width 147 cm. Depth 155 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An important Pleyel double manual revival harpsichord, 1905, France, serial number #22F823, with a marquetry case and lyre post with six pedals, provenance: formerly the property of Polish harpsichord virtuoso Wanda Landowska 1905-1907 and played by her… | *** |  |
| *** | A Gramophone, housed in a columnar cabinet of veneered mahogany with satinwood stringing, with hinged circular top revealing the gramophone over a single door opening to a fret worked grill over a further door with an inlaid classical medallion to the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Berkeley mahogany cased baby grand piano, numbered K105452, together with a hardwood piano stool, height 102 cm, length 140 cm, width 139 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique music box, early 20th century, with stamp for L J Williams specialist in antique clocks and music boxes, Sydney, number 4564, in a rosewood case with cross banding and marquetry embellishment to the lid featuring musical instruments and sheet… | *** |  |
| *** | A violin and bow in case, circa 1937, the interior label reads; 'Allin Kampfee Geigenlaumeister in Markneukirchen Fecit Anno 1937. Copie Antonius Stradivari.' set up with dominant strings together with a rehaired bow and a case | *** |  |
| *** | Erard baby grand piano with a rosewood case and a fretwork sheet holder, stamped to the interior '12536' and marked to the front, 'Patent Erard London' | *** |  |
| *** | A Symphonion Schutz-Marke disc music box with six discs, circa 1900, Germany, maker's stamps to discs, the walnut casket inlaid with bird and foliage motifs to the lid, with decorative three-quarter pillars to the edges and cast bronze handles, the… | *** |  |
| *** | An vintage singing bird automaton, 20th century, probably German made, a small silvered 'Alpacca' box with engraved details, with key winder and a pop up oval lid enclosing a brightly coloured moving bird that emits realistic bird song operated by tiny… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique French monkey violinist automaton, circa 1870s, marked made in France M & C to musical mechanism, housed in a large glass dome above an ebonised base, featuring the well, attired seated monkey with his violin within a naturalistic rockwork and… | *** |  |
| *** | A baby grand piano, circa 1875, German by Hofmann, the walnut veneer case on three octagonal legs and harp shaped pedal and magnificent fretworked music rest. Serial No. 1005. Height 93 cm. Width 145 cm. Depth 136 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Baby grand piano, by Gors and Kallmann, Berlin, with a burr walnut case and large, tapering baluster legs | *** |  |
| *** | A burr walnut-cased upright grand piano, Richard Lipp and Sohn, Stuttgart (serial number 13159), 1880s, the finely-veneered and decorated case mounted with a pair of swinging candle arms and carrying handle to the sides. Height 150 cm. Width 153 cm. Depth… | *** |  |
| *** | A boudoir grand piano, circa late nineteenth century, Collard and Collard, the rosewood veneer case on three octagonal tapering legs | *** |  |
| *** | An unlabelled Mittenwald violin with a carved head, circa 1900 with plain maple back, spruce top, golden yellow varnish, with new ebony pegs, ebony tailpiece and chin rest, Despiau bridge, new sound post and Obligato strings. Instrument only. Provenance:… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edison standard phonograph model C, Serial no. S35181, early 20th century in original oak dome topped case, with original gold decals, the bedplate with gold lining, with key and horn. Height 30 cm, length 33.5 cm, width 24 cm, horn length 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A German 'Singing Bird' in a gilded cage, mid 20th century, in the style of Karl Griesbaum two songbirds in red and yellow perched amidst foliage on velvet, with an ornate lobed base with relief ornamentation upon a textured ground and studded with red… | *** |  |
| *** | A mahogany 'Musette' crank organ music box, with rolls, circa 1870/80s, an American made hand cranked music roll player, housed within a table top box with a hinged top and fall front case decorated with gilt stencilling, the cranking mechanism and… | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage French violin with a wooden case, mid 20th century, bearing label for maker, H. Emile Blondelet, the red toned violin without bridge, tuners or working strings and housed in a timber style case, length 61 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A German Polyphon single-comb musical box with ten discs, circa 1900, the 11-inch tabletop Polyphon in walnut case, the hinged lid with floral inlaid panel opening to a picture inset under the lid and interior mechanism with lever-wind, single steel comb,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edison 'Gem' cylinder phonograph, Serial n. G186030, early 20th century, in original oak dome topped case, with original gold decals to case and phonograph face, complete with key and horn with brass flared end. Height 20.5 cm, length 24 cm, width 19… | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss musical birdcage automaton, modern, Reuge music, Saint-Croix, of typical form, the silvered domed circular cage containing two birds, one on a perch, on a plinth base decorated with a pierced cast metal frieze of foliage, putti, and birds, winder… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edison 'Red Gem' model D phonograph, model D, Serial n. 355746, circa 1908 in original oak dome topped case, with original gold decals, convertible reproducer, adjustable gearing to play 2-4 min cylinders, key, and eight-panel maroon horn in two… | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss domed musical automata, circa 1880s, a moulded and painted diorama of a mountain scene with a moving train with, carriages and a moving sailing ship in high seas to the fore beneath a part, painted and clear glass dome, the train, sailing ship and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Nicole Freres of Geneva rosewood cased music box, 19th century, with retailer's label for Keith, Prowse & Co, Cheapside, in working order, with a floral inlaid panel and stringing to the lid and playing ten airs, with play list under the lid, having a… | *** |  |
| *** | A good quality three quarter size double bass & accessories, 'Rufus', a single owner student instrument in near new condition, with associated bow, stand, soft shell carry case, and an electronic 'pick up' device for amplification, length 170 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Victorian walnut Polyphon box, late 19th century, Leipzig, the sarcophagus shaped walnut and burr walnut box with a stepped floral inlaid lid surrounded by foliate relief carving, the sides with panels and turned pilasters to each edge above a… | *** |  |
| *** | A late Victorian walnut music cabinet, scalloped top with brass gallery above a recessed bevelled mirror on a cabinet with glass door opening to a compartment for sheet music and a relief carved drawer for gramophone records all supported on four bracket… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edison Amberola 30 phonograph, Sm-110561, circa 1910s with diamond C reproducer, key, and hinged top oak case with original gold transfer and front grille. Height 33 cm, length 40 cm, width 31.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of 42 Edison phonograph cylinders, early 20th century, the hard black wax Edison cylinders, in a velvet lined fitted case with leather handle. Height 12.5 cm, length 45 cm, width 39 cm, (box) length 10.5 cm, (cylinders) | *** |  |
| *** | A cased antique Wheatstone concertina, London, late 19th century with hexagonal pierced rosewood ends, green leather fivefold bellows, 28 buttons to each end, in manufacturers burgundy plush-lined hide box with original label to hinged lid 'Wheatstone &… | *** |  |
| *** | A German 'Lucca' cylinder phonograph, Fritz Puppel (Rixdorf) 1905-7, then Carl Lindstrom a. G., circa 1900, the compact 'Lucca' phonograph with floating horn, aluminium reproducer, key, original case with gold decal and lid. Height 12.5 cm, length 23.5 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edison type 1 'Gem' cylinder phonograph, Serial n. G68131, early 20th century in original oak dome topped case, with original gold decals to case and phonograph face, with reproducer, later key and no horn. Height 20.5 cm, length 24 cm, width 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique table top rosewood cylinder music box, mid 19th century, unmarked but probably Swiss, the rosewood case with ebonised edges, box wood stringing and a central inlaid and coloured cartouche, the fully operational crank operated mechanism with… | *** |  |
| *** | An American Graphophone Co. Type B Graphophone, Serial n. 131333, early 20th century, the type B graphophone with original oak case with transfer banner and cover, with solid chrome reel, floating reproducer, key and witch hat horn. Height 15.5 cm, length… | *** |  |
| *** | An American Graphophone Co. Type at Graphophone, Serial n. 262070, early 20th century, the 'At' graphophone with solid chrome reel, floating reproducer, key, covered oak case with banner transfer. Height 27.5 cm, length 30 cm, width 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Edison cylinder Phonograph, model F, serial number 778968, circa 1905, the apparatus mounted atop an oak case with cover and carrying handle, with blue-painted ‘Morning Glory’ horn and supporting crane. Height 28 cm (case overall, closed, not including… | *** |  |
| *** | A Wurlitzer 'Total tone Deluxe' electric organ, in a polished wooden case with music stand to the top, with original matching stool. Height 125 cm. Width 121 cm. Depth 65 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Edison standard model D phonograph, no. 766536, early 20th century in original oak case and cover, original gold decals, with combination gearing to play 2-4 min cylinders, convertible reproducer, no horn. Height 29 cm, length 33 cm, width 23.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Songbird in a gilded cage automaton, post 1950, with trademark of Robert & Otto Eschle, a single red and black feathered bird emitting a realistic sonorous call, housed in a gilded cage with a cabochon jewelled base, with winding mechanism, to operate… | *** |  |
| *** | An American Graphophone Co. Type a Graphophone, Serial n. 68485, early 20th century with original oak case with transfer banner and cover, with reproducer, no horn. Height 27 cm, length 29 cm, width 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A rosewood and mahogany-cased music box, 19th century, Swiss, rectangular with floral marquetry in coloured woods within cartouche to lid, brass mechanics, hand winder and original list of play tunes documented under lid, (not operational and some wear).… | *** |  |
| *** | An American Graphophone Co. Type Q Graphophone, Serial n. 76520, early 20th century, the type Q graphophone with original oak case with transfer banner, enameled baseplate, floating reproducer, key, no horn. Height 16.5 cm, length 26.5 cm, width 17.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage cased violin, early 20th century, the violin made with fiddle back timber, with associated bow and a timber, case, with a range of accessories including resin, replacement bridge, strings, as found, length 60 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cylinder music box, circa 1870, the lever wind mechanism in a faux rosewood hinged lidded box opening to an ebonised interior and view of the comb and brass cylinder. Height 12.5 cm. Width 35.5 cm. Depth 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature Swiss French music box, 19th century, Reuge mechanism, with a Swiss mechanism in a French gilt bronze box, with cast decoration to the sides and profuse scroll work to the cover with applied jewels and a central enamel and foiled medallion of… | *** |  |
| *** | An HMV 'Studio Grand No 2' cabinet gramophone with records, circa 1922, the mahogany cased His Master's Voice gramophone cabinet with hinged cover above cupboards with storage shelves for records, raised on shaped legs with brass castors, with records and… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique five string banjo, John Grey & Sons, London, early 20th century, the brass rim and back cast with Eastern inspired decoration enamelled in red and black, with engraved mark to the armrest and metal label to the head, length 95 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A small Swiss carved wood music box by Thorens, circa 1940s, the linen fold carved box having a spray of flowers in low relief to the lid, playing two operatic tunes from La Traviata and the Tales of Hoffman, label of Thorens to the lid, height 8 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A German Ewc phonograph, Excelsiorwerke C ln, with 1900-1902 trademark transfer with single spring motor in rectangular nickeled housing, in black with red and gold lining, with key, wooden case, no horn. Height 18 cm, length 30.5 cm, width 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Concertina in a mahogany case, early 20th century, maker's mark for Lachenal & Co, concertina manufacturers, London, in working order, the hexagonal twenty button rosewood concertina, numbered 109367, with steel reeds, having ten bone buttons… | *** |  |
| *** | A French oak Phonograph and music cabinet, circa 1919, the top opening to reveal the Pathe 'Avec Coq' phonograph mechanism, a panelled door below opening to three shelves, the cabinet with cartouche of maker 'Cf' with cross of Lorraine, the whole… | *** |  |
| *** | An Aeolian Vocalion Graduola 'Style J' gramophone cabinet, circa 1915, the mahogany veneer case with hinged cover and sound box above cupboards with storage shelves for 78rpm records, raised on shaped legs with brass castors, with brass tone arms,… | *** |  |
| *** | An unmarked phonograph, early 20th century, possibly Path -Fr res or Ewc, the nickeled open work phonograph with single spring motor, with key, reproducer, in domed wooden case, no horn. Height 18 cm, length 32 cm, width 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two wooden music boxes including three Airs Swiss cylinder, early 20th century, comprising a Swiss cylinder comb mechanism rectangular mini music box no 50, mahogany cased with three tunes including Lauterbach Waltz, operated with push button to the front… | *** |  |
| *** | A French violin, late 19th century, the violin with fiddle back timber, unmarked, as found, length 60 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A copper and brass Bugle, later 20th century, probably an Indian replica bugle, stamped Besson & Co London and with the identification number H75983. Length 28 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An AWA Fisk Radiola Bakelite radio, circa 1939, the 'Big Brother' Empire state mantel radio with a large Art Deco black Bakelite case, back, and matching knobs. Height 35 cm, width 34 cm, depth 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss music box, late 19th century, a rosewood casket inlaid to the lid with foliage, initials and stringing, the interior with a comb and cylinder operated by an external key, height 13 cm, width 46.5 cm, depth 17.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A violin in case with two bows, late 19th / early 20th century. Probably French, the violin with fiddle back timber, in a black hard case lined with red velvet, with two bows and strings, as found, length 60 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage German Chord zither, mid 20th century the 'Jubeltone' child's zither with floral decorated wooden case, with 32 strings and tuning tool, in original cardboard box, with instructions in French and German, retailed by 'Au Diapason' in St Quentin,… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique German button accordion, Commander, early 20th century, the black polished wooden case with various white metal fittings, length 26 cm, width 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique South American weaver's weight, of petite trumpet form, the terracotta weight with a hole through the centre, decorated to the rim with a distinctive cross hatched diamond pattern with circles between concentric lines. Height 3 cm diameter 4 cm | *** |  |