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THBAntique Boy Magician Automaton.
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About Auction
LiveDec 16, 2017 - Dec 17, 2017
Potter & Potter Auctions potterauctions@gmail.com
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- Lot Description
Antique Boy Magician Automaton. French, late nineteenth century. Incomplete and non-functional automaton figure, originally depicting a Hindu boy magician at a table, vanishing and producing a ball. Parts of head, forearms, legs, and body preserved, exposed mechanism at rear. Collection of Michael Woolf (Wellington, New Zealand), sold with his file of reference photos of similar automata, and clippings from the Wellington Evening Post on his unfulfilled quest to restore this rare piece.
Clarification - Dec. 6, 2017: The base of this automaton is modern and contains no clockwork or other parts.
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