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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Property From The Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE & Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  31 Mar 2015 ~ 6pm Session 1: Lots 1 - 162
  01 Apr 2015 ~ 6pm Session 2: Lots 163 - 461
• Lot #:
  417
• Lot Description:
  A French window display automaton, probably Roullet and Decamps, circa 1920
  depicting a drunkard, dressed in tails and top hat with a cane adjacent to an illuminated box, with white composition hands, an articulated face, blue glass eyes, supported on a rectangular wooden case containing the electrical mechanism. Upon activation the figures eyebrows, eyes and lips move, his head moves from side to side, he taps his right foot and points his cane to the rotating illuminated advertising box (2)
  60 cm high, 59 cm wide, 35 cm deep
• Estimate:
  A$3,500 - 4,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Precious Objects

This Sale has been held and this item is no longer available. Details are provided for information purposes only.