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Auction Team Breker Technical Antiques Preview

September 16 & 17, November 5

KOLN, GERMANY – When the Model T rolled off the production line Travel and topography are the subjects of a selection of antique scientific
to its very first customer on October 1, 1908, Henry Ford could confidently instruments that includes a 17th century equinoctial ring dial by Jakobus
claim to be putting the world on wheels. The vehicle was revolutionary in Knittel of Prague, engraved with the latitudes of twenty European cities.
many ways, not just for its design features—a steering wheel located on the Combining timekeeping and navigation is a curious late 18th century
left, removable cylinder head for easy access, and body constructed in light- Nuremberg “pocket” terrestrial globe on a walnut base with inset scales,
weight alloy vanadium steel—but also for being the first mass-produced, compass, and sundial. From the mid-19th century comes an elegant pair of
affordable automobile. 13-inch celestial and terrestrial globes by Delamarche of Paris.
Just five years later, in 1913, Ford introduced an integrated moving The earliest piece in the sale is also the smallest, an exquisite gold
assembly line to his Highland Park plant, another first in automobile man- pendant hiding a tiny musical movement with a pinned “barillet” and just
ufacturing. Streamlined production eventually cut chassis assembly time six notes on a tuned steel comb. As the century progressed, automatic
from 12 1/2 to just 1 1/2 hours, allowing Ford Motor Company to offer musical instruments and their repertoire grew gradually larger and louder.
its successful new product for a starting price of $260. A deluxe musical box by François Conchon of Geneva provided the latest
Auction Team Breker’s autumn excursion into the realms of antique in home entertainment from the 1880s, with harp-piccolo sound effects
technology celebrates the appeal of the world's most recognizable car and and a selection of twenty-four tunes on four interchangeable cylinders.
demonstrates that, for all its longevity, the Model T was anything but In his Menlo Park, New Jersey laboratory, Thomas Edison revolution-
standard. On offer is a comprehensive collection of seven classic Model Ts ized recorded sound
as well as hard-to-find parts and memorabilia. Included are rare classics for the home with a
such as the 1909 Tourabout (white), the 1912 Town Car (burgundy), the range of affordable
1913 Runabout (dark-green), a 1914 panel truck with advertising boards, mass-produced
and a 1917 chemical fire truck (red). cylinder phono-
Another technical milestone in the auction is a coveted example of the graphs, from
decorative and functional Sholes and Glidden “Type Writer” of 1874 by the popular
Remington & Sons of Ilion, New York. Just as Henry Ford steered a new “Home” and
market for middle-class motorists, Remington helped draft women into the “Fireside” to
workplace. Not only could the company draw on commercial experience the deluxe
with the sewing machine, but it also established business schools to train “Opera”
young women in typing. Though not the first commercially produced writ- models.
ing machine, the Sholes and Glidden can rightly lay claim to being one of
the most successful as well as the most egalitarian of its time.

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