For Sale by Auction in Eastbourne on 19th October 2024

The following boxes were to be auctioned in Eastbourne on Saturday 19th October 2024. Some did not sell.
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Large Voix Celeste musical box by Mermod Fréres

Unrestored
​Lot no 128

Auctioneer's description
​Serial No. 5495, playing eight traditional and folk airs, large single-spring motor, centrifuge twin-fin governor, the 12-note organ section flanked by twin combs of single and double-sections, on large reeded cast gilt bedplate, fretted ebonised soundboard under dustlid, lacking tunesheet, in imposing beech-veneered case with the slight-domed lid and front bearing petit brass and mother-of-pearl cartouche on plain ground, sides with triple boxwood stringing - 22in. (56cm) wide, the cylinder 8 3/8in. ( 8.5cm)
​Estimate £300-£500 Unsold - Offers accepted

A Bells-in-View musical box by Paillard

Unrestored
​Lot no 134

Auctioneer's description
​​Serial No. *1147, playing a programme of eight dance and traditional airs, single- spring motor and single-section comb, the three plain polished tuned bells with central moth striker flanked by butterfly strikers, each with polychrome enamel wings and flower
crowns, non-select action from extreme bass teeth, non ebonised interior, lacking tunesheet, in good grained case with the front of rosewood veneer, matching lid with oval-framed floral inlay in stained woods, double strung borders - 19in. (48cm) wide, the cylinder 6 1/8in. (15.5cm)
​Estimate £300-£400 - Sold

6/41 Ami Rivenc - Serial no. 42765 circa 1893

Restored 2021
Lot no 123

Auctioneer's description
A good small musical box playing six popular airs, by Ami Rivenc,
Ser. No. 42765, including Carnival Of Venice and Cavalleria Rusticana, as listed on the teal bordered tunesheet, single-spring motor and single-section comb, AR lion stamped governor, ebonised interior, in burr ash veneered case with moulded ebonised edge - 13.3/Bin. (34cm), the cylinder 4.1/2in (11,5cm)
​Estimate £200-£250 - Sold

6/57 by unknown maker - circa 1880

Fully restored 2022
Lot no 120

Auctioneer's description
Ser. No. 639, with hte programme including the much-loved Grandfather's Clock, single-spring motor and single-section comb on cast reeded gilt bedplate, ebonised interior under dustlid, loose original tunesheet present but good scanned and
printed copy fitted to lid, in rouge grained case with incised line decoration, with lid key - 13.3/4in. (35cm) wide, the cylinder 6in. (15cm)
​Estimate £140-£180 - Sold

8/25 by unknown maker - Most likely to be by Paillard Vaucher et Fils

Unrestored
​Lot no 138

Auctioneer' description
Serial No. 6092, popular air programme playing with notable brightness,
Spring motor and single-section comb on reeded cast gilt bedplate, tune indicator, set within later superbly made oak case to the period specifications, pine soundboard. - 12in (30.5cm) wide, the cylinder 3.9 / 16in (9cm)
Estimate £100-£150 ​Unsold - Offers accepted

8/38 Mermod Freres - circa 1895

Unrestored
​Lot no 124

Auctioneers description
An American-market crank-wind musical box, by Mermod Frères,
Serial No. 81065, with narrow-gauge single-spring motor, start/stop with patent plaque up to 1888, universal M.F. change/repeat and tune selector/indicator dial on reeded cast gilt bedplate under dustlid, colour Putti orchestra tunesheet, in noir rosewood
case with right-hand side wind, triple strung inlaid lid - 16in. (41cm) wide, the cylinder 5.5/Bin. (14cm)
Estimate £150-£200​ ​Unsold - Offers accepted

8/41 Bells in Sight

Unrestored
​Lot no 134

Auctioneers description
​Serial No. *1147, playing a programme of eight dance and traditional airs, single- spring motor and single-section comb, the three plain polished tuned bells with central moth striker flanked by butterfly strikers, each with polychrome enamel wings and flower
crowns, non-select action from extreme bass teeth, in ebonised interior lacking tunesheet in good grained case with the front of rosewood veneer, matching lid with oval-framed floral inlay in stained woods, double strung borders - 19in. (48cm) wide, the cylinder 6.1/8in. (15.5cm)
​Estimate £300-£400​ ​Unsold - Offers accepted

12/72 Cartel by unknown maker

Partly restored by The Music Box Restorer September 2023.
​Lot no 133 - SOLD

Auctioneers description
A musical box playing twelve sacred airs and Christmas carols,
Serial No. unknown, airs identified include Jesus Christ is Risen Today, All Hail the Power of Jesus and Joy To The World. Single-spring motor and single-section comb on cast gilt bedplate in ebonised interior under dustlid, lacking tunesheet, later ebonised finished case with the rosewood veneered lid bearing large stained fruitwood floral swag, quadruple boxwood stringing, with lid key - 24in (6.1cm), the cylinder 15.3/Bin. (39cm)
Estimate: £350-£450​ - Sold

2/50 JGM & Co Tabatiére

Circa 1880 Snuff Box (Tabatiére) movement in brass. 2 airs, 50 notes
​JGM & Co (Swiss) stamped into bedplate
​Not in original box
​For sale by auction
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45 note Polyphon with 1 x 9 9/16" disc

Unrestored
​Lot no 150

Auctioneers description
Serial No. 19547, with single comb, on part-reeded titled gilt cast bedplate, grained soundboards, Methven, Simpson od Co., Dundee retailer's plaque below Putti-in-garden monochrome lithograph inside the lid, crank-wind and start/stop pull to front in beech case with stained ivorine inlay to lid, with one disc - 12in. (30.5) wide. ​
​Estimate: £120-£150​ ​Unsold - Offers accepted

40 note Polyphon including 11 x 8 1/4" discs

Unrestored
Lot no 154

Auctioneers description
Serial No. 158523, with single comb, on part-reeded titled gilt cast bedplate, start/stop lever beside oak soundboard (front board lacking), Putti playing music at twilight colour lithograph inside the lid, in beech case with incised snowdrop to centre, crank-wind to front, with eleven discs - 10.1/2in. (27cm) wide.
​Estimate: £100-£150​ ​Unsold - Offers accepted