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3 November 2010 | starting at 13:00 GMT
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An important silver standing singing bird automaton, circa 1880, movement most probably Bontems,An important silver standing singing bird automaton, circa 1880, movement most probably Bontems,. Sold for £24,000 inc. premium
A rare 26-inch Fortuna orchestral coin-operated upright disc musical box, circa 1900,A rare 26-inch Fortuna orchestral coin-operated upright disc musical box, circa 1900,. Sold for £11,400 inc. premium
A Powell & Lealand No. 1 compound monocular microscope, English, dated 1872,A Powell & Lealand No. 1 compound monocular microscope, English, dated 1872,. Sold for £6,600 inc. premium
A rare Elias Allen ivory and silver pocket horizontal sundial, English, circa 1630,A rare Elias Allen ivory and silver pocket horizontal sundial, English, circa 1630,. Sold for £5,520 inc. premium
Sir Joseph Swan - an early patent model electric light bulb, with socket assembly, circa 1881, with carton,Sir Joseph Swan - an early patent model electric light bulb, with socket assembly, circa 1881, with carton,. Sold for £1,680 inc. premium

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A fine chamber barrel organ-on-stand, by James Butler, early 19th century, in the gothic taste,
A fine twenty-key barrel organ, with quadruple monkey automaton, circa 1850,
A rare electric 'Peter Pan Oats' double monkey automaton, by Fife Engineering Ltd., circa 1947, one of a handful made for wholesalers,
An electric double monkey card-player automaton, by Fife Engineering Ltd., circa 1950,
'The Lion Tamer' - hand operated automaton by Frank Nelson, circa 1980,
An unusual electric 'Negro Drummer' automaton, in the style of Lambert, circa 1940,
A rare 'Negro Banjo-Player' musical automaton, by G. Vichy, circa 1885,
A 'Jolly Jack' Laughing Sailor coin-operated automaton, late 20th Century, based on the 1950's Bolland pattern,
A rare Bryans 'Retreeva' machine, circa 1946,
A good Bryans 'Payramid' machine, circa 1960,
A fine HMV 202 cabinet grand gramophone, circa 1929,
A Rock-Ola Jukebox, Model 473, 'The Discotique', circa 1978,
Clement Grant Dixon (1916-2003) - The amateur television pioneer: experimental equipment and literature,
A rare first production television wristwatch, by Seiko, 1983,
A Motorola catalin radio, model 50XC, 1940s
A DeWald catalin radio, type A501 'The Lyre', 1938
A rare 200-series telephone and wall bracket in ivory bakelite, impressed mark S-38 GPO No. 164 234,
An unused near-mint 200-series red bakelite telephone, impressed mark 164 56,
A near-mint 200-series green bakelite telephone, impressed mark 164 57,
An important silver standing singing bird automaton, circa 1880, movement most probably Bontems,
A fine and early singing bird box, by Charles Bruguier, circa 1825,
A good and very early tortoiseshell singing bird box, by Charles Bruguier, circa 1819,
A rare Meissen and micro-mosaic clad gilt metal singing bird box, German, circa 1910,
A silver filigree and stone-encrusted book-form singing bird box, by K. Griesbaum, first quarter 20th Century,
A silver singing bird box, by K. Griesbaum, Model 14B, circa 1930,
A gold and enamel musical fob seal, Swiss, circa 1825,
A gold musical fob seal, circa 1830,
A gold musical fob seal, circa 1830,
A grand piano-form musical neccessaire, retailed by Descamps, circa 1830,
A tortoiseshell musical snuffbox, circa 1835,
An early key-wind musical clock base, circa 1820,
An early musical clock base, circa 1825,
A good key-wind 'Tradesman's' hymn musical box, by Nicole Frerés, circa 1859,
A fine part hooked-tooth key-wind musical box playing three overtures, circa 1830,
An early key-wind musical box, most probably by Lecoultre, circa 1826,
An early key-wind musical box, by Henriot, circa 1850,
A rare key-wind hidden drum et piccolo musical box movement, by Berens Blumberg & Cie, circa 1855,
An early key-wind musical box, by Réymond Nicole, circa 1830, formally exposed control type, presently in later case,
A key-wind two-per-turn musical box, by Nicole Frerés, circa 1861,
A keywind musical box playing four airs, by Langdorf, circa 1859,
A key-wind musical box playing eight airs, by Lecoultre Frerés for Berens Blumberg & Cie., circa 1847,
A rare 'Concerto, Bells et tris Combes de Zither' interchangeable cylinder musical box, by François Conchon, circa 1888,
A Overture-Mandoline musical box, by François Conchon, circa 1877,
A 'Bells-en-Vue' musical box, playing twelve airs, circa 1885,
A musical box playing four airs, by Samuel Troll, circa 1868,
A rare 'Climax Interchangeable Sublime-Harmonie' musical box, Size No. 2, circa 1880,
An interchangeable two-per-turn musical box, by J. Billon-Haller, circa 1895,
A piano-forte musical box, by Nicole Frerés, circa 1872,
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