Mechanical Music(#110519) 30/11/2021 2:00 PM GMT CLOSED Auction Information Advanced Search ▼ Items per page 122448 Advanced Search Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-48 of 172. View Lot 1 An Edison Home phonograph, 'suitcase' model, No. H2593, with Automatic reproducer No. 997, two Edisonia plaques, brass mandrel and 22-inch spun brass horn with crane Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£250StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£250StatusCLOSED Lot 2 An Edison Standard phonograph, Model A No. S144854, in mahogany case (lacking lid), with Combination gears, S twin-stylus reproducer, Hilton's patent speed indicator, shaving attachment, banner transfer and 23-inch brass horn with crane Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 3 An Edison Standard phonograph, early Model A No S10007, with Standard speaker (with recording and reproducing styli), Edison Bell plaque, rectangular lid and 'funnel' horn (lacking gear cover) Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£270StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£270StatusCLOSED Lot 4 An Edison Gem phonograph, Model A No. G2046, with Gem reproducer, branded lid and original 10-inch conical horn; and a framed copy of an Edison-Bell advertisement for this model (2) Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 5 An Edison Gem phonograph, Model B No. G148070, with Walshaw's Patent 4-minute attachment and turn-over stylus on C reproducer, with octagonal horn and crane; and a framed copy of an advertisement for the Variol attachment (2) Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£230StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£230StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 6 An Edison Standard phonograph, Model E No. 7902235, with N reproducer and rare 28-inch Standard horn in blue with flowers to the interior (horn neck restored, replica transfer on case, holes for Cygnet horn crane mount on rear of case) Estimate£500 - £800Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£500 - £800Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 7 An Edison Standard phonograph, Model F No. 779271, with S twin-stylus reproducer on horizontal carrier arm, No 10 Cygnet horn (horn with a few mild dents on some panels, small dinks on neck) Estimate£400 - £700Winning Bid£600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£400 - £700Winning Bid£600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 8 An Edison Amberola phonograph, model A-1, No. SM Type A No. 862, with L, M and Diamond A reproducers, in mahogany case with Edison cabinet key and cylinder drawers, on front castors (one rear foot missing, cabinet probably refinished, drawers without cylinder clips, knobs replaced) Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£3,400StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£3,400StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 9 An Edison Radio Phonograph Combination, Model C-2, No. JC 1520, in walnut cabinet with tapering reeded legs joined by curved X-stretchers, the doors enclosing control panel and speaker with four record albums -- 48 ½ in. high, with copies of service manuals and a transformer Estimate£800 - £1,200StatusUnsold View details Estimate£800 - £1,200StatusUnsold Lot 10 An Edison Disc Phonograph, Model B 19 No. 20250, with LP and Standard reproducers, gilt fittings and Chinoiserie lacquered case on a matching stand with record storage, on castors (grille cloth replaced, good working order) Estimate£300 - £500Winning Bid£1,200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£300 - £500Winning Bid£1,200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 11 A plaster bust of Thomas Edison, inscribed on the base With Colonel Gouraud's Compliments, marked to the rear Doulton, Lambeth and G. Tinworth, 1888 --23 in high; (George Tinworth (1843-1913) worked for Doultons from 1867 and was particularly associated with the firm's move from utilitarian stoneware articles into art pottery.) Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 12 A bronze bust of Thomas Edison, by Walter Russell, with WR impressed mark and signed Walter Russell Sculptor 1929 -- 22 in high (Walter Russell (1871-1963), an American artist who was also a musician, author and builder, turned to sculpture in the late 1920s; other portrait busts by him included Mark Twain, John Philip Sousa, George Gershwin and Charles Goodyear.) Estimate£1,500 - £2,000Winning Bid£1,400StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£1,500 - £2,000Winning Bid£1,400StatusCLOSED Lot 13 A Edison Home Kinetoscope, No 473, for 22-mm. film, the hand-cranked mechanism with patents to 1897, carbon-arc illuminant and black japanned steel case with Edison transfer - 16 ½ in wide (not tested, but appears complete) Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£340StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£340StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 14 Thomas Edison, death mask copy, cast from the original in 1994 -- 14 in high, mounted on an oak stand Estimate£800 - £1,200StatusUnsold View details Estimate£800 - £1,200StatusUnsold Lot 15 An Edison Bell Imp phonograph, No. B47894, with New Model reproducer, patents to 1907 and modern black and brass horn (slight damage to one corner of plinth moulding) Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 16 An Edison Bell Gem phonograph, No. 10495, with New Model reproducer, Edison Bell medallion and 10 x 12-inch aluminium horn (baseboard warped) Estimate£140 - £180Winning Bid£120StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£140 - £180Winning Bid£120StatusCLOSED Lot 17 An Edison Bell New Model Standard phonograph, with New Model reproducer (retaining screw broken), 5-spring motor and part of factory inspection ticket in case with earlier-style Edison Bell Standard transfer (lacking horn) Estimate£180 - £250Winning Bid£420StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£180 - £250Winning Bid£420StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 18 A rare Edison Bell Homestead phonograph, with two-speed gearing (marked 2 ½ and 5 [minute], No. H128, with Crystol 4-minute reproducer, Edison Standard Model A motor and modern witch's hat brass horn (possibly a prototype that never reached production, which would explain the use of an obsolete Edison motor) Estimate£300 - £500Winning Bid£340StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£300 - £500Winning Bid£340StatusCLOSED Lot 19 An Edison Bell Elf phonograph, No. A40005, with double-spring motor, New Model reproducer and whitemetal plaque engraved 'Edison Bell Prize Competition 1907 Awarded to J Schoffield, Walthamstow'; and a small red flower horn-- 10 in. diam (The Prize Competition was designed to find names for the new Edison Bell Phonographs, 'Elf', 'Imp', 'Era' and 'Don' being the winners, but a number of prizes, of phonographs and cylinders, were awarded.) Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 20 An Edison Bell Standard phonograph, No. S 7274, with New Model reproducer and Edison Bell medallion, with a small green flower horn Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED Lot 21 An Edison Bell Don phonograph, No. D43133, with New Model reproducer, 4-spring motor and modern 14-inch brass horn Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 22 An Edison Bell Era phonograph, No. C1004, with 4-spring motor and unusual reproducer (41mm diaphragm, machined top-plate and pierced fishtail), with modern brass horn Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 23 An Edison Bell Standard phonograph, No. S5378, with New Model reproducer and aluminium horn (no lid) Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED Lot 24 A Tip Top phonograph, of Edison Gem pattern, with wood-grain finish to the cast iron body and steel lid, now with 'B' type reproducer in an Edison Gem carrier arm, with a small aluminium horn Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 25 A 'Trade Mark' Gramophone, by The Gramophone Company Ltd, with Clark-Johnson soundbox, oak case and black horn, in a fitted baize-lined teak case with 11 Berliner records and nine other 7-inch records Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£2,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£2,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 26 A Monarch Gramophone, by The Gramophone Co. Ltd, in oak 'Cockleshell' case with oak horn, Gramophone Co. Exhibition soundbox and worm-drive double-spring motor (bottom board replaced) Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£2,600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£2,600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 27 Berliner 7-inch record, 2540 Fred Dixon, Captain of the Forty Thieves Estimate£25 - £40Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£25 - £40Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED Lot 28 A phonograph, of unknown make but very similar to an Edison Standard, No. 688, the top hinged at the front, with double-spring motor, replica reproducer and black horn from a radio speaker Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£250StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£250StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 29 An Edison Standard phonograph, No. S1136, with rectangular lid (no reproducer or horn); a bedplate, motor and part case; and a damaged Edison Bell Standard lid Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 30 An Edison portable phonograph, for needle-cut records, in blue case (motor defective, soundbox loose ) Estimate£20 - £50Winning Bid£80StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£20 - £50Winning Bid£80StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 31 Two brass phonograph horns, 24 and 30 in. long (the latter in good condition, the former with repaired seam); a replica Gem conical horn; and a folding tripod crane (4) Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£70StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£70StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 32 A phonograph horn, Edison 'Standard', with original black paint and transfer -- 30 in long (good condition, light scratches on exterior, light dents on six panels) Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 33 Edison Disc catalogues, Edison Diamond Disc Record Labels and Discography, compiled by Charles Gregory, 2003, in 4 volumes Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£20StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£20StatusCLOSED Lot 34 An Edison document, signed by Thomas and Charles Edison and others, conferring on Fred P. Kohnke, book-keeper, the authority to sign Company cheques, 1917, framed with a later photograph of Thomas Edison -- 25 x 19 ½ in overall Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSED Lot 35 Edison Standard Phonograph instructions, framed with an unpacking list and two pages from an early catalogue -- 28 ½ x16 in overall Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£10StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£10StatusCLOSED Lot 36 A gramophone pedestal cabinet, ebonised, with three drawers for cylinders and disc compartment below Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£20StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£20StatusCLOSED Lot 37 A Roladisc record cabinet, with 75 slots for 10-inch and 12-inch records respectively, trigger for ejecting individual records and walnut case of Art Nouveau design - 43 ½ in. high Estimate£40 - £70Winning Bid£70StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£40 - £70Winning Bid£70StatusCLOSED Lot 38 An HMV Automatic 1 gramophone, No. 863, with 5A soundbox and re-entrant tone-chamber, in walnut case with record carriage apparatus and receptacle for records played, internal light on deck, ivorine instruction plaque, control panel for continuous, repeat or ordinary play and remote pedestal control - 41 ¾ in. wide, 1928 (untested, known to have been working in recent years. Cabinet in good condition, with a few light scratches on lid, fading on LH edge of fret. Grille cloth intact, with 3 sma Estimate£1,000 - £2,000Winning Bid£2,600StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£1,000 - £2,000Winning Bid£2,600StatusCLOSED Lot 39 An Edison LP disc, 12-inch, 30003, Spalding and Benoist, Thais Meditation, Spring Song, Drink to me only and other pieces Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£60StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£60StatusCLOSED Lot 40 An Edison LP disc, 12-inch, 30004, American Symphony Orchestra, Casse-Noisette / Wagner overtures, in original cover Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£60StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£60StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 41 Two Edison LP discs, 12-inch, 30001 Dinner Music (Hotel Commodore Orchestra), good condition, original cover; and 30002 American Symphony Orchestra/Sodero's band (appears slightly worn, original cover) (2) Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 42 Wax Amberols, ten, by Florrie Forde (4), Vesta Tilley and George Formby (5) (10) Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£20StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£20StatusCLOSED Lot 43 Wax Amberols, fiteeen, by Arthur Osmond (5), Tom Wootwell, Gus Reed (2), Stanley Kirkby, Alf Willis, Jack Pleasants, Ella Retford, Jack Charman, Harry Fay and Ben Albert (15) Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£60StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£60StatusCLOSED Lot 44 Blue Amberols, 28,000 series by Constantino, de Cisneros, Rappold, Arral and others (25) Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 45 Blue Amberols, 28,000 series, nineteen by Agostinelli, Kurz, Giorgini, Slezak, Delna and others; and two other vocal Blue Amberols (21) Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 46 Wax phonograph cylinders, two and four-minute; 12 wax Amberols and one 2-minute cylinder by Billy Williams; three other Amberols; seven 2-minute Edison cylinders by Osmond (3), Percy Clifton (3) and Stella Mayhew; and Edison Bell 6542, Bluff (24) Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£70StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£70StatusCLOSED Lot 47 Blue Amberols, mainly 5,000 series; 36, by Fiddlin' Powers, D. Lindley, 'Frisco Jass Band, Sousa'a Band, E.V.Stoneman, Earl Oliver, I. Abrams, Vaughn de Leath, Ace Brigode, Georgia Melodians, M. Speciale and others (36) Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£650StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£650StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 48 Blue and Purple Amberols, 29,000 series; seven by Laurenti, Hempel (3), Middleton, Parlow and Spalding; and five 28,000 by Spalding, Vecsey, Parlow (2) and Gruppe (12) Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Items per page 122448 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next