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No. 1 in »Technical Antiques« worldwide

The 2019 Auction Dates»Photographica & Film«

16 March 201921 September 2019

(Closing date: 1 July ’19)

»Office Antiques«»Science & Technology«»Fine Toys & Automata«

18 May 2019(Closing date: 1 March ’19)

»Office Antiques«Exclusive

12 October 2019(Closing date: 15 August ’19)

»Science & Technology«»Fine Toys & Automata«

9 November 2019(Closing date: 1 Sept. ’19)

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Preview 2019

The sale showcases an extensive single-owner European collection of 19th century cameras and images, playful paper optical toys, lenses and literature from the dawn of photography.

149th Specialty Auction

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Anschütz Schnellseher (Tachyscope), c. 1890

Estimate: € 3.000 – 5.000 / $ 3,450 – 5,750

English Wet-Plate Sliding Box Stereo Camera, c. 1860Estimate: € 5.000 – 6.000 /

$ 5,750 – 6,900

“Le Daguerreotype” Lens by Giroux, 1839

Estimate: € 8.000 – 11.000 / $ 9,200 – 12,650

Rare Daguerrian manual: “Historique et déscription des

procédés du Daguerreotype et du Diorama”, 1839

Estimate: € 6.000 – 7.000 / 6,900 – 8,050

S.O.L. Sigriste (6.5 × 9 cm) Camera, c. 1899

Estimate: € 8.000 – 9.000 / $ 9,200 – 10,350

Bi-Unial Magic Lantern by W. Watson & Son, c. 1865Estimate: € 800 – 1.200 / $ 920 – 1,380

Stereo – Daguerreotype Portrait of two Children, c. 1851

Estimate: € 2.500 – 4.000 / $ 2,900 – 4,600

Kinematador Nr. 788 by

Ernst Plank, c. 1900

Estimate: € 1.500 – 2.000 /

$ 1,650 – 2,300Daguerreotype (whole plate) by

“Charles Christofle, Paris”, c. 1843Estimate: € 3.000 – 5.000 /

$ 3,450 – 5,750

Whole-Plate Daguerreotype by Philippe-Fortune-Durand, 1840

Estimate: € 15.000 – 20.000 / $ 17,250 – 23,000

Nikon SP with Nikkor-N 1.1/5 cm

Estimate: € 9.000 – 10.000 / $ 10,350 – 11,500

Early Ermanox 1:2 4,5 × 6 cm, c. 1925

Estimate: € 1.500 – 1.800 / $ 1,650 – 2,070

Leica Compur (Mod. B), 1930Estimate: € 6.000 – 7.000 /

$ 6,900 – 8,050

Leica IIIf MidlandEstimate: € 8.000 – 10.000 /

$ 9,200 – 11,500

Wet-Plate Sliding Box Camera with Darlot Lens, c. 1866Estimate: € 3.000 – 4.000 / $ 3,450 – 4,600

C.P. Stirn’s Concealed Vest Camera No. 1, 1886

Estimate: € 2.000 – 2.500 / $ 2,300 – 2,900

“Gemmy” Pistol-Shaped Camera, c. 1950

Estimate: € 12.000 – 15.000 / $ 13,800 – 17,250

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150th Specialty Auction»Science & Technology« · »Mechanical Music« · »Fine Toys«

18 May 2019Consignment deadline: 15 March 2019

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A collector’s cabinet of technical treasures from the fields of science, office-antiques, communication and audio-visual entertainment, early entries in the auction include

superb Swiss musical boxes, fine toys, automata and precision timepieces.

Continued

Rare early Steiff rod-jointed Teddy Bear,

c. 1903 –early 1904Estimate:

€ 12.000 – 18.000 / $ 13,800 – 20,700

Automaton Portrait of J.F. Kennedy by Christian BaillyEstimate: € 20.000 – 25.000 /

$ 23,000 – 28,750

Automaton Banjo Player by Vichy, c. 1900

Estimate: € 5.000 – 8.000 / $ 5,750 – 9,200

Contemporary Musical Automaton Portrait “Putin Ecrivain” by

Christian BaillyEstimate: € 20.000 – 25.000 /

$ 23,000 – 28,000

Rock Ola Tempo I Jukebox, 1959Estimate: € 7.000 – 9.000 / $ 8,000 – 10,300

Singing Bird Box by Leschot, c.1870Estimate: € 5.000 – 6.000 / $ 5,750 – 6,900

Compass Camera by Le Coultre et Cie, Switzerland, c. 1938

Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.500 / $ 2,900 – 4,000

Leica M4-M Black Paint with New York Motor, 1969Estimate: € 7.000 – 9.000 /

$ 8,050 – 10,350

Wet-Plate Sliding Box Camera by Negretti & Zambra, c. 1860

Estimate: € 3.000 – 4.000 / $ 4,450 – 4,600

Summilux-M 1.4/35 mm Aspherical LensEstimate: € 10.000 – 13.000 / $ 11,500 – 15,000

Metal ‘Photosphere’ Camera (9 × 12 cm), c. 1888

Estimate: € 1.500 – 2.000 / $ 1,725 – 2,300

John Gruen “Still Life”, 1980Estimate: € 600 – 1.000 /

$ 690 – 1,150Nicola Perscheid “Portrait”, c. 1915Estimate: € 500 – 700 / $ 575 – 800

Calotype of “Lacock Abbey” by William Henry Fox Talbot, c. 1835Estimate: € 10.000 – 15.000 / $ 11,500 – 17,250

W. Bauer “New York”, 1984Estimate: € 400 – 600 / $ 460 – 690

Goerz “Anschütz” Box Camera, c. 1890

Estimate: € 4.000 – 5.000 / $ 4,600 – 5,750

Regina Style 33 Automatic Disc

Changing Musical Box for 12 Discs, c. 1900

Estimate: € 18.000 – 22.000 /

$ 20,700 – 25,300

Symphonion Musical Hall Clock, 1899Estimate: € 5.000 – 7.000 / $ 5,750 – 8,000

Graphic Typewriter, 1895Estimate: € 2.500 – 4.000 /

$ 2,900 – 4,000

Sir Cecil Beaton “Fashion Study”, 1930Estimate: € 500 – 700 /

$ 575 – 800

Will McBridge “Girl with broken glass”, 1963Estimate: € 1.000 – 1.500 / $ 1,150 – 1,725

Review 2018

Two of the most prized pieces proved to be the largest and the smallest items in our November auction: an exquisite enameled gold musical pendant and a magnificent Symphonion Eroica hall clock.

Mechanical music is not the only subject to benefit from an upcoming generation of collectors in East Asia and Eastern Europe. Telegraphy and telecommunications are also

enjoying a renaissance of interest with young collectors attuned to our unique blend of tra-ditional auctions and online bidding via three international platforms based in Europe, China

and the United States.

The mechanical arts included a fine selection of cylinder musical boxes and the ever whimsical 19th century automata as well as technical apparatus from the scholarly realms of science and mathe matics.

In 2018 Auction Team Breker offered over 4000 lots across the spectrum of antique technology and historic photographica.

The highlight of our Autumn auction was the lifetime mechanical music collection of author and historian, Luuk Goldhoorn, whose focus on the earliest and the finest musical snuff boxes and objets de vertu struck a chord with buyers across the world.

Gold and enamel musical harp pendant, probably Bessière & Schneider, c. 1805Sold: 36.500 € / $ 41,600

Symphonion Eroica Style 38A triple-disc musical clock, c. 1895

Sold: 62.900 € / $ 71,700 – a new Euro-pean auction record for this model.

Silver-gilt and enamel singing bird box by Charles Bruguier, c. 1845

Sold: 32.740 € / $ 37,300

Hagelin C 446-A Cypher Machine, 1944Sold: 5.180 € / $ 5,900

Photophone Transmitter by Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter, c. 1882Sold: 5.000 € / $ 5,700

Curta Type I Demonstration Case, c. 1954

Sold: 7.550 € / $ 8,600

Grand Format Variations Musical Box by Nicole Frères, c. 1865

Sold: 26.350 € / $ 30,800 €

“Aubade à la Lune” Automaton by Gustave Vichy, c. 1890Sold: 20.150 € / $ 23,000

Review 2018 (continued)

Subminiature 'spy' cameras were on view for the sharp-sighted.

The world of 35 mm photography was also clearly in focus with a range of stunning mono-chrome classics from Germany and Japan.

Optical illusion proved the unwatched pheno menon at Breker’s Photographica auction in September 2018, with the Molteni skeleton projection making a ghostly appearance and strong prices paid for pre-cinema devices, rare optical toys and deluxe mahogany cameras.

Lancaster “Gentleman’s Watch Camera”, c. 1886Sold: 18.900 € / $ 23,250

Mamiya Pistol Camera, circa 1954Sold: 11.300 € / $ 17,000

Brass monocular microscope by Plössl, Vienna, c. 1852Sold: 14.250 € / $ 16,245

Leica M3 “Bundeseigentum” OutfitSold: 26.450 € / $ 30,680

Anamorphoses Set, circa 1850Sold: 2.500 € / $ 2,900

“The Molteni Skeleton Illusion”Sold: 22.670 € / $ 30,900

Nikon Fisheye-Nikkor 2,8 / 6 cm lens, circa 1977

Sold: 49.100 € / $ 56,950

152th Specialty Auction»Office Antiques«

12 October 2019Consignment deadline: 15 August 2019

A special, single-owner sale presenting a world-class collection of technical landmarks, from early calculating machines and

telecommunications to an original Sholes & Glidden typewriter of 1873.

150th Specialty Auction»Science & Technology« · »Mechanical Music« · »Fine Toys«

18 May 2019

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Station-type Musical Theater,

c. 1890Estimate:

€ 12.000 – 18.000 / $ 13,800 – 20,700

“Girl on the Telephone” Musical Automaton by

Renou, c. 1900Estimate: € 6.000 – 8.000 /

$ 6,900 – 9,2000

German Navy Deck Watch by Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, 1941Estimate: € 6.000 – 7.000 / $ 6,900 – 8,000

Brooks, 1887Exceptional rare U.S. typewriter by

legendary Byron A. Brooks Estimate: € 4.000 – 6.000 / $ 4,500 – 7,000

Lifesized Leopard Automation by J.A.F., c. 1930Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.000 / $ 9,900 – 3,450

Edison Stock Ticker, c. 1920Estimate: € 3.500 – 5.000 /

$ 4,000 – 5,750

The Spalding Adding Machine, 1884Estimate: € 4.000 – 7.000 / $ 4,600 – 8,000

MITS Altair 8800 Computer, 1974Estimate: € 2.000 – 3.000 / $ 2,300 – 3,450

Saxonia (Rolltop) Calculator, 1910Estimate € 2.500 – 4.000 / $ 2,900 – 4,600

The Pocket Typewriter, 1897Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.500 /

2,900 – 4,000

Sholes & Glidden on original Stand, 1873

Estimate: € 15.000 – 22.000 / $ 17,250 – 25,300

Malling Hansen Writing Ball, 1867World’s very 1st mechanical typewriter. Serial No. 103 with great provenance.Estimate: € 70.000 – 90.000 / $ 80,000 – 100,000

Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephones

Estimate each: € 800 – 1.200 / $ 920 – 1,380

Orchestral Cylinder Musical Box, c. 1890

Estimate: € 8.000 – 12.000 /

$ 9,200 – 13,800

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