Automata

An extraordinary collection of automata brought extraordinary prices at a Theriault’s auction in Las Vegas. The “Lady Magician with Three Surprises” did a vanishing act for $96,800, and the “Acrobat Clown with Two Chairs” leaped to a double-estimate $72,600. In all, the 138 automata from the Christian Bailly collection sold for $2 million. Bailly has […]