Description: Title: Magnificent Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata Collections, Provenance: Mark Yaffe Collection plus other anonymous owners Auction House: Bonham's New York Sale, Date: 1855

 

Up for auction is a old antique lot of 2 full size violins for restoration. The lightly figured 2 pc curly maple back violin on the left measures 14 by 8 inches. The violin is lined and has 4 corner b

 

Beautiful, 115 years old Bohemian violin by Josef Čermák. The original(!) label inside the violin reads (see the lower part of the picture 6): Zhotovil JOSEF ČERMÁK, houslař. Č. 130. Hora Kutná

 

I have spent hours upon hours researching this to find out its travels and if it was used in the spanish american war . it appears that roger and andres vidal were assembling a band of sorts in 1857-1

 

. This is a lovely old 4/4 violin . . The label inside reads: M. G. S. KELLERMANN Rufinsrumentenmacher Zerbst ( Anhalt ) 1906 This is a full sized violin. It measures: 590 x 358 x 161 x 110 x 202 mm.

 

This is a beautiful vintage Hohner Philadelphia Grand Prix 1926 edition accordion in very good condition. The outer red and black wood casing has some light scratching and the nickel-plated buttons an

 

EXCELLENT CIVIL WAR ERA 16" DRUM STICK - THIS WAS PURCHASED IN THE 1960'S AT THE FORT DEFIANCE MUSEUM IN GETTYSBURG WHICH WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE MEADE HEADQUATERS BUILDING - MUSEUM SPECIALIZED IN SE

 

This is an unusual guitar. Only of its kind that I have seen. Head stock is labeled "tonk special." It is made of all birch wood. From my research, this brand was made in Chicago in the early 1900s. T

 

VINTAGE ANTIQUE VIOLIN IT MEASURES 29 1/8" LONG. IT HAS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A MOTHER OF PEARL INLAY. THE KNOB TURNS. WE BOUGHT THIS OUT OF AN ESTATE IN BUFFALO NY. THE CONDITION SEEMS VERY GOOD FOR IT'S A

 

UP FOR AUCTION IS THIS ANTIQUE BILHORN BRO'S "THE CHAMPION" FOLD UP PORTABLE BELLOWS ORGAN. CONSIDERING THIS ITEMS AGE AND THE WAY IT WAS USED ON THE ROAD ALL THE TIME, I WOULD SAY IT IS IN PRETTY GOO