Auction Team Breker 150th Specialty Auction
»Science & Technology«
»Mechanical Music«
»Fine Toys«
18 May 2019
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“Writing Ball” by Rasmus Malling-Hansen, 1867 No. 103. With family provenance
Estimate: 70,000 – 90,000 € /
$ 79,000 – 100,000
Helmet Diver Equipment by Draegerwerk, Lübeck, c. 1940 Complete outfit. Exceptionally rare collector’s item and exhibition piece!
Estimate: € 8.000 – 15.000 /
$ 9,000 – 16,500
Rocket Wind Tunnel Test Model, c. 1980 Fiberglass and steel, length 123 in. (316 cm). In heavy-duty NASA steel transport case, length 129 in. (325 cm) – An extraordinary rare test model, used in the “CIAM” Moscow/Russia. Constructed in a joint effort with the American “NASA”!! – A sensationally artifact for any space history collection.
Estimate: 20.000 – 40.000 € /
$ 23,000 – 46,000
Early »Graphic« Index Typewriter, Berlin, c. 1895
Estimate: 2.500 – 4.000 € / $ 2,800 – 4,600
Regina Style 33 Automatic Disc- Changing Musical Box, c. 1900
Estimate: 22.000 – 25.000 € /
$ 24,800 – 28,250
Polyphon No. 2 Automatic Disc-Changing Musical Box, c. 1900 Estimate: 20.000 – 25.000 € /
$ 22,600 – 28,250
Rare Five-Revolution Grand Format Variations Musical Box by Nicole Frères, c. 1862
Estimate: 15.000 – 20.000 € / $ 16,950 – 22,800
“Girl on the Telephone” Musical Automaton by Renou, c. 1900
Estimate: 6.000 – 8.000 € /
$ 6,800 – 9,000
Schmid’s Patent Water Engine, 1873 Albert Schmid, Zürich
Estimate: 20.000 – 30.000 € /
$ 22,000 – 33,900
Rare Arabian Astrolabe, late 18th century
Estimate: 15.000 – 25.000 € /
$ 17,000 – 28,250
Nuremberg Compound Monocular Microscope, c. 1820
Estimate: 1.500 – 2.000 € / $ 1,700 – 2,250
Western Television “Visionette”, No. 148, Western Television Corp., Chicago, 1929
Estimate: 8.000 – 10.000 € /
$ 9,000 – 11,300
Contemporary Musical Automaton Portrait “Putin Ecrivain” by Christian Bailly
Estimate: € 20.000 – 25.000 /
$ 23,000 – 28,000
Isotow GTD-350 Helicopter Engine, 1963 – 1990
Estimate: 3.000 – 5.000 € /
$ 3,400 – 5,700
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