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Antiques Event

Auction Team Breker 31 May 2008

Presented by Auction Team Breker

Takes place on 5/31/2008

At Auction Team Breker, 50971 Koeln/Germany


Worlds No. 1 Specialty Auctions: Science & Technology Office Antiques Toys & Tin Toys

Worlds leading Specialty Auctions of Technical Antiques offer a wide variety of important collectors items in superb museum quality, like Part II of the legendary American Remington Typewriter Museum, high-carat Calculators, excellent early Telegraphs & Telephones. Top class Mechanical Music Instruments of all kind. Scientific Instruments Rare Model Trains and much, much more! For more information and large colour photographs of some of the upcoming Highlights please see our website at: www.Breker.com/ New Highlights Fully illustrated bi-lingual (Engl./German) COLOUR Catalogue: 6 28. (Realized price list on Internet and in next catalogue). Overseas (USA, Japan, etc.): 6 37. (approx. US$ 54.) incl. airmail. Annual subscription for spring and autumn sales (2 catalogues): 6 50. * Overseas: 6 65. (approx. US$ 95.) incl. airmail. Delivery against prepayment only (Bank draft, cash or by Credit Card with CVV and expiry date: Mastercard / Visa / AmEx) Consignments are welcome at any time!Come closer to the dramatically increasing markets in Eastern Europe & the Arabian Countries! If you live in the U.S. or in Canada, please use our own easy & free of charge (!) container shipping for entire collections from our U.S. storage location (Long Island, NY) directly to Germany.

The Specialists for Technical Antiques P. O. Box 50 1119, 50971 Koeln/Germany Tel.: +49 / 2236 / 38 43 40 Fax: +49 / 2236 / 38 43 430 Otto-Hahn-Str. 10, 50997 Koeln (Godorf)/Germany e-mail: Auction@Breker.comBusiness Hours: Tue Fri 9 am 5 pm

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT OUR INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: U.S.A.: Jane Herz, Fax (941) 925-0487 * auction01122@aol.comJapan: Murakami Taizo, Tel./Fax (06) 6845-8628 France: Pierre J. Bickart, Tel. (01) 43 33 86 71 * AuctionTeamKoln@aol.comAustralia & New Zealand: Dieter Bardenheier, NZ, Tel./Fax -/64/(09) 817-7268 Russia: Russian Antique Inc., Tel. 095-956-9484

Sholes & Glidden, 1873

Brooks, 1885

Early Bi-Polar Electric Fan by ThomasA. Edison, 1898

American Water-Powered Fan by Fardwell, Baltimore, c. 1896

American Hot-Air Fan The Lake Breeze/ Strong, Chicago, c. 1900

The Fitch Type Writer, 1891

7 Original Posters andArtworks by Sascha Maurer, CT,Assistant of Famous Lucien Bernhard, New York, c. 1952 Provenance: The Maurer Family Archive (The last available posters!!)

International No. 2 (Full Keyboard), 1893

The Entire Outfit of the Edison Mimeograph: Electric Pen (1875), Typewriter (1894) + Duplicator (1870) Sensational collectors item!

Scottish Slug Iron, c. 1880

Original Calculator Poster Addo, c. 1935 Extremely rare!

European All-Brass Slug Iron, 1879 (dated)

Fairground Electro-Shock Machine Hercules, c. 1928 Live size prototype: 1.74 m (70 in.)! Works perfect!

One-Arm-Bandit, 1950 Original (!) 1st model with luminous eyes.

Gasparini 52, c. 1900 French Fairground organ with 500 m cardboard notes for 50 melodies! Superb playing condition!

Large Ramsden-type Electrical Machine by Ducretet, Paris, c. 1900 (38 in. wide)

Classical Scottish Slug Iron with Trivet, c. 1880

Very large Ruhmkorff-Type Induction Coil (33 in. wide)

Early set of Large Brass Parabolic Reflectors for the Physics of Sound, c. 1870

Curta Type I, 1948 Rare miniature stepdrum calculator outfit!

Arithmometer Tim/Unitas, 1907 Very rare!

Early Brass Microscope by M. Baader, Munich/Germany, c. 1852 (!)

Worlds 1st Patented Copying Press by Legendary Inventor James Watt (1st Model!!), 1780

Scarce Skeleton Telephone by Deckert & Homolka,Vienna, c. 1905

Coil Spring Polyphon Musical Box, 1902 Rare! Excellently playing!

Arithmomtre de L. Payen, Paris, 1880s Classic collectors item!

Early Wall Telephone by Siemens & Halske, c. 1890 (!) Superb collectors item!

Kuba de Luxe Radio/TV Combination, 1962 Worlds most famous Design-TV set!

Very Large Toy Cooking Stove, c. 1910 Probably by Mrklin!! 16 1 /2 in. wide.

Folding-Top Disc Musical Box Polyphon Style 52, c. 1900 ( 24 1 /2 in. discs)

Wall Telephone J. Berliner,Vienna, c. 1905

Graphophone Mod. BS, c. 1898 Rare coin-op phonograph in top condition!

Piano-Melodico-Orchestrion, c. 1890

Coin-op Stereo-Viewer Caille-O-Scope, c. 1904

Swiss Orchestral Musical Box Ami Rivenc

A Major Collection of Live Steam Engines: Road Roller LObeissante 1 : 8 Scale Model (29 1 /2 in. long!)

Dolls General Store by Gottschalk Superbly decorated!!

French Coin-op Gambling Machine Josephine Baker

Tin Toy Central Station Leipzig by Mrklin (I Gauge)

Ragtime Banjo Juke Box Coin-op automatic playing!

Amusement Park Display Cabinet of Finely Crafted Wax-Heads, c. 1920

Hot-Air Orchestrion by Hupfeld Superbly rare museum piece!!

Sensational Tin Toy: Benjamin Franklins Lightning Rod House, c. 1890 Fantastic exploding house by thunderstrike! Works perfect!

Ahrens Bag Puncher, 1922 Excellent condition!

Juke Box Wurlitzer Mod. 1100, 1948 Excellently playing!

Pianola Orchestrion Beverly, Chicago, c. 1920

Large Collection of Pre-WWII Model Trains by Mrklin, c. 1936 (0 gauge)

Polyphon 105 U, c. 1900 Original gallery with mounted clock. 159-tone double comb (complete!). For 62.5 cm (24 2 /3 in.) discs! A superb collectors item!

Polyphon No. 104, c. 1900 For 19 5 /8 in. discs. Excellently playing!

Swiss Musical Box Billon-Haller, c. 1890 With 10 (!) interchangeable brass cylinders!

Deluxe Phonograph Edison Opera, 1911 Superbly playing!

Regina Changer Mod. 33 Largest model for 12 discs ( 69 cm / 27 in.). Exceptionally well playing!

Polyphon Mod. 100 Savoyard Excellent coin-operated musical automata with Terracotta figure. For 39,8 cm (15 2 /3 in.) discs. Perfectly playing with moveable arm!! The eye-catcher in any collection!

The Non-Plus-Ultra: Polyphon: Salon-Uhr No. 62, c. 1900.With Original Lenzkirch clock! Absolutely perfect!

Airship Travel, c. 1910 Extremely rare German Zeppelin board game.