10-27-200210-27-2002
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2173
October 27, 2002 10:00 AMCalender
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Mandoline Organoclide Changeable Musical Box By B. A. Bremond

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$30,550$26,000
Auction: Sale #2173 - 2173Location: BoltonDate / Time: October 27, 2002 10:00AM

Description:

Mandoline Organoclide Changeable Musical Box By B. A. Bremond, No. 17142, with nine 16 x 2 3/4-inch cylinders playing five airs each, folding winder, speed control, tune indicator, engraved instruction plaque and tune card, in bird's-eye maple case with ebony banding and ormolu handles, on latter matching console with glazed doors and cylinder rack, wd. 41 in.
An article from The Christian Science Monitor dated September 27, 1947, by then owner William Pennington Baker, describing this box accompanies the lot.
See Color Plate .
Estimate $15,000-20,000

Keywords

The Christian Science Monitor, William Pennington, William Pennington Baker