# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CUChQ__hgjw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12828564-sothebyswatches-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-09-20T10:02:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

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🎩🪄 Asks the magician a question …  the answer will appear on the box as he flicks the wand! This October, we are honoured to offer in Hong Kong an ultra-rare Magician Question and Answer Music Automata box, one of only five known examples to exist! 

Swipe (with sound on!) to see details of this miraculous creation from the 1815. A drawer containing tablets is pull out from the right, each tablet bears a question, which is then inserted into the drawer above. The upper drawer is spring-activated, release by a pin-size pusher at the upper right corner. Once the question is inserted, the magician will eventually point to the aperture above the tree and reveals the answer to the question asked.

The present Magician’s box is the last to remain in private hands, sitting at the pinnacle of all five known examples in terms of the execution, decoration, complex mechanism and overall condition.

Hong Kong Important Watches Sale | 13 Oct
Estimates: HK$20m – 40m/ US$2.6m – 5.1m
Visit Sothebys.com for more updates on the sale
#SothebysWatches #MagicianBox #Musicalbox #Automata

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automata, musicalbox, sothebyswatches, magicianbox

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