Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
Fine Porter 'Baroque' Marquetry-Case Music Box & SIX 15.5" Discs
- Price realized
- $2,318
- Pre-sale estimate
- $1,500 – $2,500
- Hammer price
- $1,900
- Category
- Musical Instruments & Equipment
- Sold
- June 22, 2025
- Sale
- SPECIAL 9AM START-DAY 3- JUNE 2025 ANTIQUES & ESTATES AUCTION
Lot description
Exceptional Porter "Baroque" disc music box, late 20th c., having matched veneer bombe case with inlaid musical instruments, flowers, and sheet music motifs, scrolling foliate trim, hinged top revealing burlwood lid interior inscribed "Porter," two combs with seventy-six teeth in each comb, removable manual winding crank lever, accompanied by (six) 15.5" discs, including "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies," "The Music Box Dancer," "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "The Entertainer," "The Sound of Music," and "Lara's Theme," rising on squared feet, observed operating, on and off switch possibly in need of adjustment, overall: approx 11.5"h, 24"w, 21.75"d
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.