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AEDDrinking Monkey Automaton.
Lot 13
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By Potter & Potter Auctions
Jul 21, 2019
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2019-07-21 21:30:00
2019-07-21 21:30:00
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Bidsquare : Automata: Life & Other Illusions
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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. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Drinking Monkey Automaton. Circa 1900. Seated monkey figure holds a bottle in one hand and a cup in the other. When the mechanism is activated, he raises the bottle above the cup, pours a drink, and then raises the cup to his lips to drink. Real fur-covered body, leather face, wooden hands, and glass eyes. Internal clockwork mechanism. Height 12?. With a custom-made acrylic vitrine. Hands worn; good working condition. An earlier and scarcer version of this perennially-popular version of the drinking animal than those in the preceding lots. Versions of this automaton were fixtures in storefront windows for generations. This example is in choice, well-preserved condition.
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