As frequently happens at an auction of a collection such as this, there is one item that attracts the interest and attention of many of the attendees. That item at this auction was a Regina Style 36 (flat) automatic changer 15½-inch dish music box with a coin slot and gallery. After spirited bidding, it sold at $12,000.

Among the other music boxes there was a mahogany console Stella Model 268 disc music box with a double comb and 13 17¼-inch discs. There were a few broken teeth on end of one of the combs and the final selling price was $2,500. From Ste. Croix, Switzerland, there was a B.A.A 10-tune cylinder music box with a 6½-inch cylinder, a tune indicator, three bells, butterfly strikers, and tune card that reached a selling price of $1,100 and will now be making music in Arizona. A small six-tune cylinder music box with a tune indicator and no broken teeth sold for $400.

As might be expected the majority of the music machines were table-model or floor-model phonographs of some sort. Columbian, Edison, and Victor were the names seen most frequently with Berliner and Victrola models also commanding attention.

A Berliner disc phonograph with record screw, leather elbow, crank, and black flared bell horn found considerable interest and a final bid of $6,500. A second Berliner, this one a Berliner Trademark disc phonograph with reproducer, crank, an all brass horn, rest, a leather elbow, record screw, and a very good decal sold for $2,000.

Columbia phonographs included a Mignon mahogany floor-model disc phonograph with an interior covered needle box and reproducer that sold for $1,500; an AB McDonald cylinder phonograph with both mandrels, a nickel witch’s hat horn and a good finish that earned $2,100; and a Graphophone Type AT cylinder phonograph with a good aluminum witch’s hat horn that crossed the block for $500.

A Columbia Grand disc phonograph was in the shape of a grand piano with a carved case, cabriole legs, an interior drawer that contained an additional reproducer, pliers, a needle cutter, etc. and was accompanied by a full set of original Columbia record albums and sold for $1,500.

A Fern-O-Grand disc phonograph was also in a walnut case that was in the shape of a grand piano and sold for $1,700. There was another phonograph that was in the shape of a piano, this one in the shape of an upright-style piano, was made by Perfect. This one had a Brunswick motor and tone-arm and an Ultona reproducer for playing all types of records and earned a final bid of $700.

A Columbia Graphophone Model BC 20th century with a 6-inch mandrel, the correct large brass bell horn, and a floor crane earned $1,000; a Columbia Model AJ (first style) disc phonograph with a front-mount brass bell horn, a top crank, record screw, and leather elbow earned $1,300; and a Columbia table-model disc phonograph with a brass front-mount horn crossed the block for $1,000.

A Columbia Type BG mahogany cylinder phonograph with a 6-inch mandrel, a Lyre reproducer, and nice flowered searchlight horn sold for $1,100; and a Columbia BI Sterling disc phonograph with a dust ring, an analyzing reproducer and a nice nickel morning glory horn found a final bid of $900.

Edison phonographs included a Home Big Banner Model A cylinder phonograph with a repeater attachment, a C reproducer and a nice black morning glory horn with crane that sold for $1,100; and a Home cylinder phonograph with a C reproducer, a repeater, an adjustable crane and a nickel 11-panel morning glory horn that earned $1,000.

An Edison Model SM-A cylinder phonograph in a floor-model mahogany case sold for $5,500; an Edison Opera Type SM, Model A, mahogany cylinder phonograph with a mahogany cygnet horn earned $2,500; an Edison Standard Model DE cylinder phonograph with a green floral morning glory horn saw $750; and an Edison Standard Model VIII cylinder phonograph with a black cygnet horn found a final bid of $700.

Victor phonographs could not be overlooked as a Victor II humpback disc phonograph with an oak replica spear-tip horn which had been made in Michigan and with a Victrola No. 2 reproducer sold for $1,500; and a Victor MS disc phonograph with nice case, an Exhibition reproducer, a crank and with a fine antique oak wood nine-panel horn crossed the block for $2,500.

A Victor MS rigid-arm disc phonograph with a brass bell horn, the correct brass screw-on elbow, and a record screw earned $4,250; a Victor Schoolhouse VV-XXV disc phonograph with an oak horn, a crank, a reproducer, and lid earned a final bid of $2,400; and a Victor Schoolhouse VV-XXV disc phonograph with an oak wood horn sold for $1,600.

Sporting a mahogany wooden spear-tip horn, a Victor VI disc phonograph complete with its crank sold for $4,750; a Victor Type E disc phonograph with a brass bell horn saw $825; a Victor V disc phonograph with wooden horn made of spruce had a final bid of $1,600; and a Victor XVI oak-case floor-model phonograph with a gold Victor No. 2 reproducer and a set of record albums was declared sold at $1,700.

A Victrola VTLA L-door mahogany floor-model phonograph with a gold Victrola No. 2 reproducer and a complete set of record albums sold for $850; and a Victrola XVII mahogany disc phonograph with a gold Victrola No. 2 reproducer with a label in lid stating Clark Music Company, 416-420 South Salina Street, Syracuse, N.Y., finished at $600.

Made in Switzerland, a Symphonion Empire No. 2 table-model disc phonograph with a large blue rear-mount embossed horn sold for $2,800.

There were two Zon-O-Phone phonographs presented, one a Zon-O-Phone C disc table-model phonograph that sold for $550; and the second a Zon-O-Phone Home disc phonograph that earned $1,050.

A Siam Sue in her original box looked like a doll, but was a phonograph. It sold for $850.

Roller organs, a street organ, and a paper roller organ were among the other types of music machines found. A Grand roller organ that played 13¼-inch wood cobs found several interested attendees and sold for $3,100. A Concern wood cob roller organ with stenciling and one cob earned $450; and a Gem wood-cob roller organ crossed the block for $275.

From Barcelona, Spain, there was a Vicente Llinares Faventia street organ. This was a multi-tune unit and with its handles could be wheeled down the street. This interesting piece sold for $2,200.

From 1847 there was a musical Organette (McTammany-style) paper roll organ sold for $550.

Also finding favor with the attendees were the many, many music machine-related items. There were record brushes, record cabinets, a child’s Schoenhut piano, picture records, reproducers, and books. One of the interesting items was a large wood crate designed to hold a phonograph horn for shipping. This sold for $300.

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