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Day 2: Fine Art & Decorative Works

Sat, May 16, 2015 09:00AM EDT - Mon, May 18, 2015 09:00AM EDT
Lot 546

Twelve-Song Columbia Mandoline

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Cylinder Music Box in Walnut Case American, late 19th century, twelve inch cylinder, retains original lithographic label with twelve songs including "Racquet," "Liberty Bell", "Two Little Girls in Blue", "Mary Queen", "Blue Danube", "Washington Post March", "Rock-a-Bye Baby", "Babies on Our Block", "Dixieland", "A Country Wedding", "Robin Hood", "Happy Thought", steel cased works stamped "USA/PATENT/SEPT 25th/1894", in a rectangular paneled walnut case, with carved foliate panel on front, raised on bracket feet, key wind, 8-1/2 x 28-1/4 x 12-1/4 in., in good working order at time of examination, split to inset panel on hinged top, losses to label and tears to top corner, small dent to front right side, minor losses to surface of feet. Provenance: Private Estate, North Carolina

Condition

in good working order at time of examination, split to inset panel on hinged top, losses to label and tears to top corner, small dent to front right side, minor losses to surface of feet