Set Reminder2019-07-21 21:30:002019-07-21 21:30:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Automata: Life & Other Illusions https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/automata-life-other-illusions-21996 This sale features the automaton collection of Michael Kam. Over 150 vintage and modern mechanical marvels will go on the block, including rare and unusual examples by Vichy, Lambert, Phalibois, and their contemporaries.
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Blooming Orange Tree Automaton. Paris: Pierre Mayer, ca. 2005. As the handle is cranked, the small tree grows white blossoms, then bears orange fruits. Finally, the orange at the top splits open to reveal a silk handkerchief pulled upward by two butterflies. Modeled after the famous automaton/magic trick of Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, the ?father of modern magic,? and with a cut-out three-quarter length portrait of the Frenchman mounted behind the automaton. 5 x 3 x 12?. Sold together with a contemporary flip book by Mayer showing the automaton in action. VIEW VIDEO