Auction Team Breker 138th Specialty Auction Science &  Technology, Automata & Fine Toys
21 May 2016

Mechanical Seven-Planet Table
Orrery, probably by Newton & Co., late 18th century
Estimate: € 20,000 – 30,000 / US$ 22,000 – 33,000
The Specialists in »Technical Antiques«
P. O. Box 50 11 19, 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.com · Business Hours: Tue – Fri 9 am – 5 pm
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT OUR INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES:
U.S.A.: Andrew Truman, Tel. (207) 485 8343 * AndrewAuctionTeamBreker@gmail.com · Australia & New Zealand: P. Bardenheier, (NZ), Tel./Fax (+64) (0)9 817 72 68 * dbarden@orcon.net.nz
Japan: Murakami Taizou, Tel./Fax (06) 68 45 86 28 * murakami@ops.dti.ne.jp · China: Jiang Feng, Tel. 138 620 620 75 * jiangfengde@gmail.com
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore: Alex Shih-Chieh Lin, (HK), Tel. (+852) 94 90 41 13 * alexsclin@gmail.com
England: Tel. (0)777 963 7317 * AuctionTeamBrekerUK@outlook.de · France: Pierre J. Bickart, Tel. (01) 43 33 86 71 * AuctionTeamKoln@aol.com
Russia: Polyguide Ltd. Moscow, Tel. (925) 740 66 03, Tel./Fax (985) 999 93 55 * ml.mediaservice@gmail.com
For more information and large colour photographs of some more of the upcoming Highlights
please visit our website at: www.Breker.com / New Highlights starting in April
Fully illustrated bilingual (Engl.-German) COLOUR Catalogue available against prepayment only:
Euro 28.– (Europe) or Euro 37.– (approx. US$ 40.– / Overseas)
(Bank draft, cash or by Credit Card with CVV and expiry date: MasterCard/Visa/AmEx)
Free consignment shipping to Germany – if delivered or sent to our location in
Garden City Park, NY 11040 (10 miles east of JFK Airport)
Free shipping for any major consignment from the U.K.! You just pack – we do the rest!
Consignments are welcome at any time!
Conjurer Musical Automaton by Louis Renou, c. 1900 In fine original costume
Estimate: € 6,000 – 8,000 / US$ 6,500 – 8,600
»The Writing Ball« by Malling-Hansen, c. 1870 World’s 1st typewriter produced in series. – A giant rarity and a milestone in communication history!
Estimate: € 70,000 – 90,000 / US$ 80,000 – 100,000
»Gasopyrion« – Döbereiner’s Lighter in Stobwasser Case, c. 1830
World’s 1st self-sparking lighter invented 1822 by Joh. Wolfg.
Döbereiner, a student friend of famous German poet J.W. Goethe.
Estimate: € 8,000 – 15,000 / US$ 8,600 – 16,200
Very rare Brass Ciphering Disc, early 20th Century With six alphabetical rings and two numerical scales. Large format: 24 inches square / 61 x 61 cm –
Estimate: € 3,000 – 5,000 / US$ 3,500 – 5,500
»Machine d’Arithmétique«, 1652 Excellent replica of world’s first mechanical calculator produced in series by Blaise Pascal, Paris.
Estimate: € 7,000 – 12,000 / US$ 7,700 – 13,000
Self-winding Stock Ticker Model 35A, No. 9683, by Edison Inc., c. 1929
Estimate: € 3,500 – 5,500 / US$ 4,000 – 6,000
Three-Rotor Enigma Cipher Machine, c. 1940
By Chiffriermaschinenengesellschaft, Heimsoeth und Rinke, Berlin.
Estimate: € 20,000 – 40,000 / US$ 22,000 – 44,000
Early 19th Century Battery of 4 Leyden Jars
Estimate: € 1,500 – 2,500 / US$ 1,700 – 2,800
Rare Lochmann Disc Orchestrion, c. 1900
Estimate: € 12,000 – 18,000 / US$ 13,000 – 19,500
»Symphonion Style 120S«, Automatic Disc Changer c. 1900
Estimate: € 30,000 – 50,000 / US$ 33,000 – 55,000
»The Ethiopian Harpest« French musical automaton by Gustave Vichy c. 1880
Estimate: € 12,000 – 18,000 / US$ 13,500 – 20,000
»The Ethiopian Flutist«, c. 1880 Musical Automaton by Gustave Vichy, Paris.
Estimate: € 12,000 – 18,000 / US$ 13,500 – 20,000
Equinoctial Compass Sundial by Andreas Vogler, with engraved bone base, late 18th century
Estimate: € 2,000 – 3,000 / US$ 2,200 – 3,200
Impressive Gas and Petrol Motor, c. 1903 Stored since 1914 and discovered in the basement of a Viennese town house in 2006. – Superb working condition! – Size: 66 in. (168 cm) ht.
Estimate: € 15,000 –20,000 / US$ 16,500 – 22,000
Hagelin C-446A »MX 3003« Cipher Machine, 1946
In unopened original packaging. X-ray photographs of contents available.
Estimate: e 2,500 – 4,000 / US$ 2,800 – 4,500
French Steamhammer Clock by Guilmet & Japy Frères, c. 1890
Estimate: € 2,500 – 5,000 / US$ 2,700 – 5,400