The Milhous Collection
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Located near West Palm Beach, Florida, Bob and Paul Milhous have assembled one of the world's most admired and extraordinary private collections, encompassing everything from valuable mechanical musical instruments to rare and important automobiles to a wide variety of Americana and collectibles. RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby's, is delighted to present this world-class collection at auction. It is one of the world's most notable assemblies of fair and dance organs, orchestrions and theatre organs.
Bob and Paul's history and involvement in collecting is equally as fascinating as the collection itself. Having been in business together since 1967, they originally entered the printing industry and have since enjoyed a long career in a wide variety of enterprises.
Paul started out collecting pianos when he bought a player piano in 1959. This lead to the purchase of a reproducing piano (one that recreates how the artist originally played a piece of music) and an American Nickelodeon. While Paul was collecting musical instruments, Bob developed his interest in unique and desirable motor cars. His first purchase was a 1934 Packard Eight Convertible Victoria which had been commissioned by the lead actress in Tugboat Annie (1933), Marie Dressler. Bob showed the car throughout the United States at all major concours events, winning awards at every appearance including a Pebble Beach Best of Show in 1976. Building on this success, he began to grow the collection which now includes everything from high-horsepower Brass Era cars to rare coachbuilt classics. There are a pair of Fleetwood-designed Cadillac Sixteens, French coachbuilt cars, an Oldsmobile Limited and a 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost to mention a few. Additionally, the collection also includes historically important Indianapolis racing cars like their beautiful 1949 Howard Hughes-designed and -built Indy car.
The brothers decided to combine their individual collections in the mid-1970s. After outgrowing four other locations, they built their current 39,500 sq. ft. building in Boca Raton, Florida in the mid-1990s. A focal point of the collection is the Weber Maesto orchestrion-an exceptionally large instrument replete with endless pipes, pianos and drums, all playing in concert. They acquired this exotic instrument 15 years ago after purchasing an entire private collection from Linz, Germany. Only six were ever made, four of which are in museums, leaving only two in private ownership. Such instruments are extremely difficult to acquire and are rarely, if ever, available on the market. The Weber Maesto produces an incredible quality of music and truly is the ultimate addition for any world-class music collection. Alongside the extraordinary selection of organs and orchestrions, the Milhous Collection includes a variety of music boxes.
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| Colt Single Action Army Revolver | $4,600 | ||
| Colt .44 Caliber Single Action Army Revolver 'Frontier Six Shooter' | $9,775 | ||
| Colt Model 1884 Single Action Army Revolver | $5,175 | ||
| Colt .22 Caliber Single Action Flat Top Revolver with Shoulder Stock | $4,600 | ||
| Colt Dragoon Third Model Revolver | $27,600 | ||
| Pair of Colt Model 1855 Side Hammer Pocket Revolvers | $2,875 | ||
| Colt Army Model 1860 .44 Caliber Revolver | $2,013 | ||
| Colt Model 1860 .44 Caliber Single Action Army Revolver | $3,450 | ||
| Three Continuation Colt Revolvers | $4,600 | ||
| Colt Single Action Army Revolver | $3,450 | ||
| 1899 Colt .41 Caliber Single Action Army Revolver | $5,175 | ||
| Colt .32 Caliber Single Action Army Revolver | $2,588 | ||
| Colt .45 Caliber Single Action Army Revolver | $4,600 | ||
| Colt .38 Caliber Single Action Army Revolver | $2,990 | ||
| Colt .38/.40 Caliber Single Action Army Revolver | $1,610 | ||
| Colt Single Action Engraved Army Revolver | $17,825 | ||
| Colt Bisley .45 Caliber Single Action Army Revolver | $2,300 | ||
| Colt .38 Single Action Army Revolver | $4,025 | ||
| Colt Single Action .45 Caliber Army Revolver | $6,325 | ||
| Pair of Colt NRA SAA Revolvers with Ivory Handles | $9,775 | ||
| Colt Single Action Army Revolver | $3,163 | ||
| Colt .45 Caliber Single Action Arizona Territorial Centennial Revolver | $3,163 | ||
| Pair of Commemorative Colt Revolvers | $4,313 | ||
| Colt .45 Caliber Single Action Army Revolver | $3,450 | ||
| Pair of Colt .44 Caliber Single Action Army Special Revolvers | $6,325 | ||
| Colt .44 Caliber Single Action Gold Engraved Revolver | $6,900 | ||
| Pair of Colt Buntline Special Commemorative Revolvers | $11,500 | ||
| Winchester Model 1873 Third Model .22 Caliber Short Rifle 'Windsor Musket' | $1,035 | ||
| Winchester Model 1892 .44 Caliber Rifle | $4,025 | ||
| Winchester Model 1894 .30 Caliber Rifle | $3,163 | ||
| Winchester Model 1894 .30 Caliber Rifle | $2,588 | ||
| Winchester Model 1894 .32 Caliber Lever Action Rifle | $2,300 | ||
| Winchester Model 1894 .30 Caliber Rifle | $2,070 | ||
| Winchester Model 1894 .32 Caliber Rifle | $2,013 | ||
| Winchester .30 Caliber Lever Action Rifle | $1,725 | ||
| Winchester Model 1894 .30 Caliber Repeating Rifle | $2,185 | ||
| Kentucky Percussion Long Rifle | $2,875 | ||
| Kentucky Percussion Long Rifle | $5,175 | ||
| Custom Kentucky Flintlock Long Rifle | $3,450 | ||
| Remington Model 58 .44 Caliber Revolver | $3,163 | ||
| U.S. Springfield Model 1855 .58 Caliber Percussion Musket | $6,900 | ||
| Spencer Model 1867 Repeating Rifle | $2,300 | ||
| U.S. Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor Muzzle Load Rifle | $1,150 | ||
| Marlin Ballards Patent Rifle 1861 | $1,438 | ||
| Winchester Model 1894 .30 Caliber Repeating Rifle | $2,300 | ||
| Whitney Navy Model Percussion Revolver | $920 | ||
| Five Assorted Guns | $3,450 | ||
| Pair of U.S. Springfield Model 1898 Guns | $2,013 | ||
| Four Assorted Guns | $2,300 | ||
| Marlin Safety Model 1892 Lever Action Rifle | $1,725 | ||
| Russian Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Center Table | $13,800 | ||
| An Impressive Italian Rococo Revival Burl Walnut Center Table | $24,150 | ||
| George II Style Marble Top Mahogany Side Table | $5,750 | ||
| Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Brass-Inlaid Ebonized Center Table | $4,600 | ||
| Continental Rococo Revival Marble Inset Walnut Console Table | $6,900 | ||
| Good Portor Marble and Gilt Wrought Iron Low Table | $2,013 | ||
| Four Stylish Tub Chairs | $2,013 | ||
| Eight Edwardian Adamesque | $14,375 | ||
| Painted Satinwood Burgundy Leather Upholstered Bergeres | $11,500 | ||
| Pair of Elegant Button-Tufted Upholstered Settees | $1,150 | ||
| Victorian Style Button-Tufted Over-Stuffed Upholstered Settees | $4,025 | ||
| One of a Pair of Large Mahogany and Glass Display Cabinets | $14,375 | ||
| One of a Pair of Large Mahogany and Glass Display Cabinets | $14,375 | ||
| Unusual Stained Oak Veneer Display Cabinet | $8,050 | ||
| One of a Pair of Large Mahogany Display Cabinets | $17,250 | ||
| One of a Pair of Large Mahogany Display Cabinets | $17,250 | ||
| Fine Neoclassical Style Mahogany Display Cabinet | $10,350 | ||
| One of a Pair Of Fine Louis XIV Style Marbletop Carved Gilt Wood Vitrines | $8,050 | ||
| One of a Pair Of Fine Louis XIV Style Marbletop Carved Gilt Wood Vitrines | $6,900 | ||
| Colonial Revival Bow-Front Oak Vitrine | $2,013 | ||
| French Marble Top Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Demi-Lune Vitrine | $1,725 | ||
| Ampico Reproducing Piano Roll Cabinet | $3,450 | ||
| Bar and Cabinet | $14,950 | ||
| Pair of Cabinets | $4,025 | ||
| Victorian Soda Fountain Back Bar | $29,900 | ||
| An Exceptional And Rare Gilded Various Wood Brass Inset And Marble | $103,500 | ||
| Antique Carnival Sideshow Banner 'Bull with Two Tails' | $3,450 | ||
| Antique Carnival Sideshow Banner 'Midget Horse' | $5,750 | ||
| Antique Carnival Sideshow Banner 'Two Headed Cow' | $6,900 | ||
| Antique Carnival Sideshow Banner 'Sheep with 5 Legs' | $3,450 | ||
| Antique Carnival Sideshow Banner 'Hell's Belles: Strange Women' | $12,650 | ||
| Antique Carnival Sideshow Banner 'Two Nosed Cow' | $5,175 | ||
| Three Good Circus Lithograph Posters | $5,750 | ||
| Three Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Posters | $6,900 | ||
| Amusing Pair of Vintage Carnival Funhouse Distortion Mirrors | $8,050 | ||
| Dentzel Leaping Goat Carousel Animal | $17,250 | ||
| Anderson Child's Small Carousel Horse | $8,050 | ||
| Pair of Allegorical Caryatids Representing Strength and Beauty | $690 | ||
| Wood Chariot Sides | $2,300 | ||
| Carousel Façade | $2,875 | ||
| Pair of 1890 Band Organ Wood Carved Angels | $25,300 | ||
| 1890s English Bioscope Panels | $5,750 | ||
| Orton & Spooner Neptune Figure | $10,350 | ||
| Panels from Wadbrook's Bioscope of Orton & Spooner | $4,600 | ||
| 'Limonaire Frères' Organ Façade | $10,350 | ||
| Carved Neptune and Prosperina from Marenghi Bioscope | $25,875 | ||
| Assorted Mechanical Music-Themed Collectibles | $1,725 | ||
| Pair of Monumental Painted Fiberglass Fairytale 'Nutcracker' Soldiers | $23,000 | ||
| Scopitone Music Video Jukebox | $14,950 | ||
| Wurlitzer 1015 'Bubbler' Jukebox | $20,125 | ||
| 200 lb Standard Computing Scale | $2,875 | ||
| Wonder Candy Store Crane | $4,600 | ||
| Wurlitzer 1080 Colonial Juke Box | $20,125 | ||
| Bronze National Cash Register | $4,025 | ||
| Dayton Table Scale | $7,475 | ||
| Angldile Honest Weight Table Scale | $5,175 | ||
| Mills Century Scale | $12,650 | ||
| Atlas Steam Engine | $8,050 | ||
| Eligin Large Coffee Mill | $6,325 | ||
| Assorted Coke Collectibles and Memorabilia | $11,500 | ||
| Pair of Miscellaneous Collectibles | $4,025 | ||
| Pair of Van-Lite Lighter Fluid Dispensers | $2,875 | ||
| 1927 Auburn Boattail Speedster Electralized Pedal Car | $26,450 | ||
| Victorian Stand-Up Three-Dimensional, Mechanical and Flat Valentine Cards | $4,025 | ||
| Pair of Lighter Fluid Dispensers | $4,025 | ||
| Assortment of Vintage Share Certificates, Advertisements and Photographs | $6,900 | ||
| Rusty Wallace Driver's Uniform and Assorted Extras | $1,725 | ||
| Fine Old Irish Whiskey Dispenser | $2,300 | ||
| 22-Foot American Shuffleboard Table with Overhead Scoreboard | $12,650 | ||
| Assorted Small Appliances | $4,600 | ||
| Pair of Bicycles | $7,475 | ||
| Bank Interior and Accessories | $24,150 | ||
| Good Neo-Gothic Bronze Torchère | $10,350 | ||
| Assorted Vintage Barbershop Collectibles | $17,250 | ||
| Two Gentlemen's Collar Displays and a Button Dispenser | $7,475 | ||
| Kandle Barber Chair | $25,875 | ||
| Koken Child's Barber Chair with Horse Head | $9,200 | ||
| Art Deco Barber Chair / Theo-A-Koch | $14,950 | ||
| Koken Mfg. Co. Barbershop Bar (Four Sections) | $12,650 | ||
| 'The Globe' Hot Towel Steamer/Sterilizer | $5,175 | ||
| 'Turf Flash' Penny Gumball Horse Racing Slot | $2,530 | ||
| 'Royal Flush' Card Machine | $1,438 | ||
| Rol-A-Top 'Bird of Paradise' Penny Slot Machine | $10,350 | ||
| Jennings & Son Nickel Slot Machine | $4,025 | ||
| Rol-A-Top 'Bird of Paradise' Nickel Slot Machine | $16,100 | ||
| 'Little Duke' Penny Slot Machine | $3,450 | ||
| Watling Rol-A-Top 'Bird of Paradise' 25-Cent Slot Machine | $14,375 | ||
| 'Little Duke' Nickel Slot Machine | $2,875 | ||
| c. 1931 Mills 'War Bird' Nickel Slot Machine | $9,200 | ||
| c. 1938 Mills Penny 'Coat of Arms' Slot Machine | $5,175 | ||
| Mills-Bell '1776' 25-Cent Slot Machine | $5,175 | ||
| Watling Rol-A-Top Dime Slot Machine and Base | $14,375 | ||
| Bally Reliance Five-Cent Dice Machine | $12,650 | ||
| Jennings Cigaroller Pack Dispenser | $6,325 | ||
| Mills 'Dewey' Musical Nickel Slot Machine | $27,600 | ||
| Mills 'Perfection' Nickel Cigar Slot Machine | $4,025 | ||
| Mills 'Dewey' Nickel Slot Machine | $21,275 | ||
| Fine Art Nouveau Bronze Jardinière | $4,025 | ||
| Fine Pair of French Ormolu Figural Candle Holders | $4,025 | ||
| Russian Empire Style Malachite, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra | $9,200 | ||
| Federal Style Parcel Gilt and Ebonized Convex Mirror | $2,300 | ||
| George III Style Gilt Wood Over Mantle Mirror | $2,300 | ||
| American Renaissance Fruitwood and Ebony Gilt Wood Pier Mirrors | $7,475 | ||
| Georgian Style Painted Wood Architectural Niche | $1,150 | ||
| Pair of Louis Bleriot 12-inch Brass Headlamps | $13,225 | ||
| Pair of Neoclassical Style Parcel Gilt, Ebonized Pedestals | $5,175 | ||
| 'Muse Champetre' Illuminated Sculpture after Louis Moreau | $2,875 | ||
| Edwardian Style Marble Top Painted Wood Columnar Pedestal | $1,725 | ||
| Impressive Custom-Crafted Ornamental Faux Tree With Summer Foliage | $10,350 | ||
| Impressive Custom Crafted Ornamental Faux Tree With Autumn Foliage | $10,350 | ||
| Impressive Beaux Arts Neo-Grec Style Bronze and Copper Alloy Street Lamp | $17,250 | ||
| Neo-Gothic Gilt Bronze-Mounted and Glass Hexagonal Six-Light Chandelier | $17,250 | ||
| Five Pseudo-Renaissance Carved and Painted Theater Lights | $8,050 | ||
| Octagonal Wood and Pendant Glass 'Skyscraper' Theater Ceiling Lights | $29,900 | ||
| Unusual Patinated Wrought Iron Floor Fan in the Style of Oscar Bach | $2,300 | ||
| Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze and 'Puffy' White Glass Desk Lamp | $2,875 | ||
| Tiffany Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze and Glass Desk Gimball Lamp | $9,775 | ||
| Art Nouveau Gustave Gurschner Bronze and Glass Table Lamp | $10,350 | ||
| Tiffany Studios Patinated Bronze Three-Light Favrile Glass Lily Desk Lamp | $6,900 | ||
| Tiffany Studios Turtleback Tile and Bronze Desk Lamp | $10,350 | ||
| Tiffany Studios Linenfold Glass and Gilt-Bronze Table Lamp | $12,650 | ||
| Tiffany Furnace Gilt Bronze Favrile Glass Bud Vase | $3,450 | ||
| Pair of Renaissance Revival Gilt Bronze and Glass Two-Light Sconces | $3,450 | ||
| The Seasons Fine Leaded Stained Glass Panel by Mark Bogenrief | $23,000 | ||
| The Seasons Fine Leaded Stained Glass Panel by Mark Bogenrief | $23,000 | ||
| The Seasons Fine Leaded Stained Glass Panel by Mark Bogenrief | $23,000 | ||
| The Seasons Fine Leaded Stained Glass Panel by Mark Bogenrief | $23,000 | ||
| Impressive American Leaded Stained Glass Ceiling | $26,450 | ||
| Pair of Fine Rococo Style Gilt-Bronze Pendant Wall Lights | $23,000 | ||
| Victor Pearlman & Company Louis XIV Gilt-Bronze 8-Light Chandeliers | $28,750 | ||
| Victor Pearlman & Company Louis XIV Gilt-Bronze 8-Light Chandeliers | $26,450 | ||
| Magnificent Victor S. Pearlman Co. Rococo Revival Multi-Light Chandelier | $46,000 | ||
| Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Crystal Multi-Light Chandelier | $14,950 | ||
| Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Crystal Multi-Light Chandelier | $17,250 | ||
| Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Crystal Multi-Light Chandelier | $18,400 | ||
| Penelope' (Grecian Maiden Seated upon a Klismos Chair) | $1,035 | ||
| Pair of Bronze Venetian Man and Woman After Clement Leopold Steiner | $11,500 | ||
| American Patinated Bronze Mountain Lion and Eagle Group | $1,035 | ||
| 'Little Rainbow' by Eric Thorsen | $1,725 | ||
| Amorous Couple After Luca Madrassi | $2,070 | ||
| Aurora' After Auguste Moreau | $2,530 | ||
| Stag Sculpture After Antoine Louis Barye | $2,990 | ||
| Dancing Girl' After Fortunate Gory | $5,750 | ||
| Woman Contemplating in the Mirror Bronze Statue After Koenig & Lengsfeld | $8,913 | ||
| Dante's Inferno' Bronze Sculpture After Constantin Delaigue | $4,888 | ||
| Asian Beauty Dancing with Fans' by Orlando | $1,438 | ||
| Floating Man' by Orlando | $2,300 | ||
| Original Art by Orlando | $3,450 | ||
| 'Apollo' by Orlando | $3,450 | ||
| 'Female Devotee' by Orlando | $2,875 | ||
| 'Reclining Woman' by Orlando | $3,738 | ||
| Triple-Masted Clipper at Sea by Robinson Jones | $4,025 | ||
| 'Cognac Albert Robin' by Leonetto Cappiello | $4,025 | ||
| 'Mossant' by Leonetto Cappiello | $3,738 | ||
| 'Veuve Amiot, Cremant Du Roi' by Leonetto Cappiello | $6,325 | ||
| 'Musee Grevin, Theater les Fantoches' by Jules Cheret | $5,175 | ||
| Pair of Untitled Collages by Melanie Boone | $1,438 | ||
| 'La Meuse' (Bières de la Meuse Affiche) by Alphonse Mucha | $9,775 | ||
| 'Speed II' by Louis Icart | $7,475 | ||
| 'Leda and the Swan' by Louis Icart | $21,850 | ||
| 'Waltz Echoes' by Louis Icart | $8,625 | ||
| 'Orchids' by Louis Icart | $9,200 | ||
| 'Lilies' by Louis Icart | $9,200 | ||
| Six Colored Lithographs of British Cavalry Regiment | $920 | ||
| Three Works on Canvas | $2,588 | ||
| Original Watercolor and Five Assorted Reproductions | $1,150 | ||
| Fifteen Gentleman Caricature Lithographs | $2,760 | ||
| Pair of Toy Model Car Collections with Cases | $6,900 | ||
| Assorted Models | $3,738 | ||
| 1948 McCoy 'Irontop' Invader Model | $1,725 | ||
| Bunch Speed Demon Model | $2,300 | ||
| Curley Class B Mite Racer Model | $2,013 | ||
| Pair of Sprint Cars | $4,025 | ||
| 1947 Dooling 'F' Hornet/Magneto Powered Race Car | $2,875 | ||
| 1940s Roadrunner by Don Edmunds | $3,450 | ||
| Trio of Tether Cars | $9,200 | ||
| 1950s McCoy Hot Rod | $1,725 | ||
| 'Flying A Supercharged Special' BB Korn Indy Race Car | $9,200 | ||
| 'Willard Battery Special' Agajanian Indy Car | $6,900 | ||
| Pair of Indy Race Car Models | $6,900 | ||
| Bantam 'Marvin Special' Gilmore Midget Race Car | $4,888 | ||
| 1955 McCoy Rail Track Invader | $2,300 | ||
| 1938 Dooling Series I FWD Tether Racer | $2,013 | ||
| 1940s 'Riverside Tire Special' Tether Race Car | $5,463 | ||
| 1940 Syncro Rocket Special | $5,750 | ||
| 1939 Bremer Special Whirlwind Tether Car | $2,875 | ||
| 1952 Yonezawa Japanese Lithographed Indy Car | $3,450 | ||
| Bantam Midget Tether Car | $2,588 | ||
| 'Finish Line Engineering' Offy Sprint Car | $4,888 | ||
| 1939 Dooling 2nd Series FWD Tether Race Car | $4,600 | ||
| 1949 Dooling F 'Felix Chevrolet Special' Midget Race Car | $3,450 | ||
| 1940 Bunch Speed Demon | $5,463 | ||
| 'Doc' Shanebrook Riverside Tire Special Tether Car | $4,313 | ||
| 'NEHI Special' Hot Rod | $3,450 | ||
| 'Bowes Seal Fast Special' Hisso Sprint Car | $4,025 | ||
| Trackmaster 'Hard to Get Special' Tether Car | $4,025 | ||
| 1940 Dooling 'Mercury Deluxe' Race Car | $3,163 | ||
| 'Bowes Seal Fast Special' Sprint Car | $7,188 | ||
| 'Dreyer Special' Race Car | $4,025 | ||
| BB Korn Indy AWD Twin Engine Race Car | $9,200 | ||
| 1948 'Malloy Special' Tether Race Car | $4,888 | ||
| 1930s 'Tuffy's Offy' Sprint Car | $3,738 | ||
| 1940 Peerless 'Class B' Tether Race Car | $3,738 | ||
| 1948 Dooling F Prototype Race Car | $3,450 | ||
| Dooling F 'Leader Card Offy' with Custom Pickup and Trailer | $8,338 | ||
| 'Bowes Seal Fast Special' Hisso II Dirt Track Race Car | $4,888 | ||
| 'Gilmore Special' Race Car and Ford Deco Transporter | $20,700 | ||
| 'The Agajanian Special 98 JR' Dirt Track Race Car | $5,463 | ||
| 1929 Indy 500 'Gilmore Special' Race Car | $9,775 | ||
| 1927 Miller 122 Front Drive 'The Packard Cable Car Special' Race Car | $5,463 | ||
| 1933 Bugatti 50T Tourisme Model | $26,450 | ||
| 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster Model | $34,500 | ||
| Five Motorcycle Models | $24,150 | ||
| Model Duesenberg Engine | $6,900 | ||
| Profi 50cc Four-Cylinder DOHC Engine Model | $2,300 | ||
| Mercedes-Simplex Engine Model | $5,175 | ||
| Curtiss OX-5 Jenny Airplane Engine | $10,350 | ||
| Bentley Blower Engine Model | $8,050 | ||
| 'Gnome' Nine-Cylinder WWI Rotary Engine | $4,600 | ||
| Walking Beam Live Steam Engine Model | $7,475 | ||
| Saloon Turbine Steamer St. Tudno | $4,313 | ||
| Pair of Model Boats | $4,025 | ||
| Pair of Riva Aquarama Special Model Speedboats | $4,600 | ||
| 1916 'Miss Florida' Speedboat by Jack Kipfer | $19,550 | ||
| Ditchburn Contessa Speedboat | $25,300 | ||
| 1924 'Baby Bootlegger' Gold Cup Boat Model | $8,050 | ||
| Motor Yacht Model | $6,900 | ||
| 1929 'Miss Columbia' Gold Cup RC Boat | $40,250 | ||
| 'Baroness L' Large Yacht Model | $6,900 | ||
| 1932 Delphine IV Gold Cup Race Boat | $41,400 | ||
| 'Aquel II' Sailboat Model | $9,200 | ||
| 1904 Mercedes-Simplex Cape Top Tourer Model by Sapor Modelltechnik | $11,500 | ||
| 1913 Mercer Model 35J Raceabout Model by Sapor Modelltechnik | $28,750 | ||
| 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK Model by Sapor Modelltechnik | $32,200 | ||
| Baroque Style Carved Oak Westminster Chimes Tall Case Clock | $20,700 | ||
| English Mahogany Westminster Chiming Tall Case Clock | $9,775 | ||
| A.A. Ashwell Mahogany Hall Clock | $6,900 | ||
| American Standard Electric Bank Master's Oak Hall Clock | $9,200 | ||
| Rare Two-Sided Colonial Style Oak Street Clock | $11,500 | ||
| George III Style Inlaid Mahogany Tall Case Clock | $5,750 | ||
| American Mahogany Westminster Chimes Tall Case Clock | $6,900 | ||
| Classical Carved Mahogany Hall Clock | $10,350 | ||
| Fine American Whittington and Westminster Chiming Walnut Tall Case Clock | $14,375 | ||
| Black, Starr & Frost Hall Clock | $103,500 | ||
| Seth Thomas Gravity Escapement Tower Clock | $17,250 | ||
| Seth Thomas A.S. Model 5 Hotchkiss Tower Clock | $8,625 | ||
| Seth Thomas Clock Face | $1,380 | ||
| E. Howard Four-Dial Painted Cast Iron Eight-Day Post Clock | $106,375 | ||
| E. Howard Gravity Escapement Tower Clock | $42,550 | ||
| E. Howard No. 1 Tower Clock | $21,850 | ||
| E. Howard No. 1 Tower Clock | $8,050 | ||
| E. Howard Model 0 Clock | $15,525 | ||
| E. Howard Street Clock '00' Movement | $5,750 | ||
| E. Howard Horseshoe 'Roundtop' Clock | $8,625 | ||
| E. Howard No. 31 Tower Clock | $10,350 | ||
| E. Howard No. 1 Tower Clock | $17,250 | ||
| E. Howard Clock Face | $1,380 | ||
| Three Assorted Clocks | $3,450 | ||
| Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Boulle Marquetry Bracket Clock and Bracket | $12,650 | ||
| American Renaissance Revival Oak 'School House' Eight-Day Regulator | $2,588 | ||
| Fine Louis XV Style Ormolu Mantle Clock | $10,350 | ||
| Massive Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock | $11,500 | ||
| Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Gilt Wood Mantle Clock | $4,370 | ||
| Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Metal Mantle Clock | $3,450 | ||
| Pair of Mantle Clocks | $3,738 | ||
| Two Assorted Clocks | $2,013 | ||
| Unusual Late Empire 'Swinging Cherub' Ansonia Mantle Clock | $3,450 | ||
| A Walk Through Time Sign | $2,588 | ||
| Eleven Assorted Automotive-Themed Signs | $5,750 | ||
| Seven Assorted Foodstuff Signs | $5,175 | ||
| Eleven Assorted Automotive-Themed Signs | $12,650 | ||
| Ten Assorted Automotive-Themed Signs | $10,350 | ||
| Five Assorted Signs | $7,475 | ||
| Three Assorted Clocks | $5,175 | ||
| Phillips 66 Shield Sign | $6,900 | ||
| Desoto Sign | $10,925 | ||
| United Motors Service Sign | $5,750 | ||
| Shell Clamshell Sign | $9,200 | ||
| Three Assorted Petroliana Signs | $6,900 | ||
| Two Assorted Service Signs | $7,475 | ||
| Kaiser Frazer Dealership Sign | $5,750 | ||
| Zephyr Sign | $6,900 | ||
| Buick Lubricare Sign | $11,500 | ||
| Nash Sign | $7,475 | ||
| United Motors Service Sign | $10,925 | ||
| Auto-Lite/Authorized Electric Service Sign | $7,475 | ||
| Ford Sign | $15,525 | ||
| Dodge Dealership Sign | $25,300 | ||
| Buick Dealership Sign | $13,800 | ||
| Mobil Pegasus Sign | $18,400 | ||
| Ford Tractor Sign | $8,625 | ||
| De Soto Plymouth Sign | $18,400 | ||
| Studebaker/Cars Trucks Sign | $11,500 | ||
| Hudson/ Dealership Sign | $25,300 | ||
| Packard Vertical Sign | $24,150 | ||
| Oldsmobile Dealership Sign | $23,000 | ||
| Pontiac Marquee Sign | $34,500 | ||
| GM/General Motors Parts Sign | $15,525 | ||
| Oldsmobile/GM Hydra-Matic Drive Sign | $18,400 | ||
| Buick/Buick Valve In Head Sign | $33,350 | ||
| Chevrolet Dealership Sign with Clock | $82,800 | ||
| Wurlitzer Sign | $40,250 | ||
| Shell Gas Display Collection | $18,400 | ||
| Flying A Computing Gas Pump | $4,600 | ||
| Cities Service Oils Visible Gas Pump | $6,900 | ||
| Shell Air and Water Pump | $9,200 | ||
| Chevron Supreme Computing Gas Pump | $7,475 | ||
| Shell Computing Gas Pump | $4,600 | ||
| Shell Computing Gas Pump | $16,100 | ||
| Mobilgas Special Computing Gas Pump | $4,025 | ||
| Sunoco Computing Gas Pump | $6,900 | ||
| Assorted Petroliana | $7,475 | ||
| Texaco Visible Gas Pump | $9,775 | ||
| Union 76 Showcase Computing Gas Pump | $14,950 | ||
| Red Crown Clockface Gas Pump | $11,500 | ||
| Red Crown Clockface Gas Pump | $19,550 | ||
| Red Crown Visible Gas Pump | $16,100 | ||
| Shell Showcase Computing Gas Pump | $39,100 | ||
| Gilmore Visible Double-Cylinder Gas Pump | $32,200 | ||
| Buffalo Visible Double-Cylinder Gas Pump | $29,900 | ||
| Route 66 Gas Station Custom Replica | $69,000 | ||
| Porter Twin Disc Music Box | $14,375 | ||
| Stella 17.25-Inch Disc Music Box | $6,900 | ||
| Empress Concert Grand Music Box | $8,050 | ||
| Victor D Talking Machine | $8,050 | ||
| Victor Six Talking Machine | $13,800 | ||
| Paillard Music Box with Six Cylinders and Inlaid Table | $60,375 | ||
| Hofbauer Tanzbär | $7,475 | ||
| Seybold-Hohner Accordion Jazz Band | $10,350 | ||
| Regina 27-Inch Automatic Changer | $34,500 | ||
| 1921 Link Style 2-E Coin Piano with Xylophone | $40,250 | ||
| Limonaire 50-Key Jazzbandophone | $55,200 | ||
| Imhof & Mukle Badenia Orchestrion with Moving Scene | $92,000 | ||
| Wurlitzer I-X 'Victory' Model | $12,650 | ||
| Regina 27-Inch Upright Sublima | $16,100 | ||
| Mermod Frères Swiss Cylinder Music Box with Matching Table | $37,375 | ||
| Mortier 105-Key Art Deco Dance Organ | $64,400 | ||
| Swiss Cylinder Music Box with Double Drawer Table | $23,000 | ||
| Polyphon Music Box with Clock | $34,500 | ||
| J. Verbeeck 40-Key Organ with Cart | $37,375 | ||
| 1927 Seeburg Style E Special Orchestrion | $48,875 | ||
| Deagan Shaker Chimes, 27-Note Set | $9,200 | ||
| c. 1913 Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina, Style B | $379,500 | ||
| 1924 Seeburg E Coin-Operated Piano | $15,525 | ||
| Victor Victrola Phonograph | $8,625 | ||
| c. 1933 Warnies Dutch Street Organ | $57,500 | ||
| Victor Credenza (Model Eight-Thirty) | $4,600 | ||
| Nelson-Wiggen Pian-O-Grand, Style 3 | $8,625 | ||
| RCA Theremin | $16,100 | ||
| Regina 20.75-Inch Disc Music Box | $60,950 | ||
| c. Early 1900s Mortier 115-Key Dance Organ | $293,250 | ||
| Welte Philharmonic Orchestrion | $149,500 | ||
| 1927 Weber Brabo Orchestrion | $195,500 | ||
| Miraphone 18.5-Inch Music Box/Phonograph Combination | $35,650 | ||
| Empress Concert Grand Console Music Box | $11,500 | ||
| 1919 Popper Roland Orchestrion | $212,750 | ||
| Hupfeld Helios II/25 Orchestrion | $603,750 | ||
| Hupfeld Style B Phonoliszt-Violina with Dea Violins | $557,750 | ||
| 1910 Hupfeld Super Pan Orchestra | $569,250 | ||
| Regina Corona 15.5 Inch Music Box | $63,250 | ||
| 1922 Weber Unika Violin-Pipe Piano | $60,375 | ||
| 1910 Wurlitzer Mandolin PianOrchestra, Style 28-B | $115,000 | ||
| Mills Commercial Model (Bow-Front) Violano-Virtuoso | $207,000 | ||
| Frati Trumpet Monkey Grind Organ | $8,625 | ||
| 1925 Mason & Hamlin Style BB 6-Foot, 11-Inch Grand Piano with Ampico | $89,125 | ||
| Lösche Flute and Violin Solo Piano | $31,625 | ||
| 1917 Seeburg Style L Orchestra | $57,500 | ||
| 1924 Popper Welt-Piano X Orchestrion | $74,750 | ||
| Cremona Style K Orchestrion | $66,125 | ||
| 1912 Imhof & Mukle Valkyrie Orchestrion | $373,750 | ||
| 1912 Weber Violano | $138,000 | ||
| 1926 Mills Single Violano-Virtuoso | $63,250 | ||
| 1915 American Fotoplayer, Style 45 | $414,000 | ||
| 1927 Nelson-Wiggen Style 6 Orchestra | $63,250 | ||
| 1916 Weber Grandezza Piano with Xylophone | $40,250 | ||
| Cremona Style J Orchestrion | $71,300 | ||
| Arthur Prinsen 32-Key Crank Organ | $25,300 | ||
| c. 1890 15.75-inch Polyphon Table-Model Music Box | $6,900 | ||
| Regina 15.5-Inch Music Box | $13,225 | ||
| Hofbauer 45-Key Crank Organ | $25,300 | ||
| 1926 Weber Maesto Orchestrion | $920,000 | ||
| 1914 Seeburg Style J Orchestrion | $138,000 | ||
| 1924 Seeburg Style H Orchestrion | $138,000 | ||
| 1913 Hupfeld Pepita V Orchestrion with Moving Scene | $115,000 | ||
| 1925 Hupfeld Sinfonie-Jazz Orchestrion Model 9 | $74,750 | ||
| Pierre Eich Super Violin Piano | $20,700 | ||
| 1922 Hupfeld Helios Orchestra Piano Style I | $71,875 | ||
| 1908 Resotone Grand | $97,750 | ||
| Wurlitzer Family Residential/Theatre Pipe Organ | $373,750 | ||
| Hofbauer Harmonipan Crank Organ | $19,550 | ||
| Bodson 'Double Tino' | $120,750 | ||
| Mason & Hamlin Welte T-100 Upright Reproducing Piano | $17,250 | ||
| Mills Deluxe Violano-Virtuoso with Two Violins and Keyboards | $189,750 | ||
| 1908 Imhof & Mukle 74-Key Tell Orchestrion | $207,000 | ||
| 1930 Mortier Art Deco 84-Key Café Organ, Style 51 | $155,250 | ||
| 1924 Wurlitzer Style 157 Band Organ | $184,000 | ||
| 1928 Mortier 112-Key Art Deco Dance Organ | $253,000 | ||
| 1920 Pierre Eich Solophone | $120,750 | ||
| Walker 89-Rank Digitally Sampled Theatre Organ | $373,750 | ||
| 1913 Welte Wotan Brass Band Orchestrion | $1,092,500 | ||
| Weber Otero Orchestrion | $172,500 | ||
| Gebrüder Bruder 80-Keyless Fairground Organ | $402,500 | ||
| Gavioli 110-Key Fairground Organ | $575,000 | ||
| Philipps Paganini Violin Piano, Style 3 | $316,250 | ||
| 1903 Ruth Style 38-B Fair Organ | $1,265,000 | ||
| 1920 Welte Philharmonic Pipe Organ | $80,500 | ||
| 1910 Mortier 84-Key Orchestrion Café Organ, Style 41 | $322,000 | ||
| 1912 Wurlitzer Style 32-A Concert PianOrchestra | $661,250 | ||
| 1920 Weber Unika Violin-Pipe Piano | $57,500 | ||
| Hupfeld Helios Ic/31 Orchestrion | $316,250 | ||
| Gaudin 125-Key Dance Organ | $1,150,000 | ||
| 1931 Deagan Piano-Vibraharp | $23,000 | ||
| 1920 Steinway & Sons T-98 Welte-Mignon Upright Piano with Roll Cabinet | $37,375 | ||
| Welte-Mignon T-100 Vorsetzer | $17,250 | ||
| 1920 Wurlitzer Solo Violin Piano | $74,750 | ||
| 1923 Weber Styria Orchestrion | $350,750 | ||
| 1998 46-Foot Custom Carousel and Wurlitzer 153 Band Organ | $1,207,500 | ||
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1956 Imperial Crown Limousine Chassis#: C561064 |
$126,500 no reserve |
$175,000-$300,000 | |
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1958 Pontiac Bonneville Super Deluxe Sport Coupe Chassis#: C558H3252 |
$121,000 no reserve |
$100,000-$150,000 | |
| 1949 Snowberger-Offy Indianapolis '500' Roadster |
$192,500 no reserve |
$175,000-$250,000 | |
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1936 Ford Deluxe Roadster Chassis#: 18-2906380 |
$192,500 no reserve |
$100,000-$150,000 | |
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1933 Chrysler Custom Imperial Five-Passenger Phaeton Chassis#: 7803657 |
$1,210,000 no reserve |
$750,000-$1,000,000 |
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1913 Alco Six Five-Passenger Touring Chassis#: 2756011 |
$506,000 no reserve |
$400,000-$600,000 | |
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1962 Chevrolet Corvette CONVERTIBLE Chassis#: 208675110072 |
$66,000 no reserve |
$75,000-$100,000 | |
| 1941 Chrysler Windsor Town and Country 'Barrelback' |
$572,000 no reserve |
$275,000-$375,000 | |
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1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Seven-Passenger Roi des Belges Chassis#: 1574 |
$836,000 no reserve |
$700,000-$900,000 |
| 1932 Marmon Sixteen Convertible Sedan |
$522,500 no reserve |
$400,000-$600,000 | |
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1949 Mercury Station Wagon Chassis#: 9CM261120 |
$162,250 no reserve |
$150,000-$200,000 | |
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1933 Delage D8S Coupe Chassis#: 38220 |
$522,500 no reserve |
$300,000-$400,000 |
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1948 Nash Ambassador Custom Convertible Chassis#: R-503768 |
$115,500 no reserve |
$75,000-$110,000 | |
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1913 Pierce-Arrow Model 48-B 5-Passenger Touring Car Chassis#: 10431 |
$385,000 no reserve |
$350,000-$450,000 | |
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr Convertible Coupe Chassis#: H-50447 |
$330,000 no reserve |
$150,000-$250,000 | |
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1959 Imperial Crown Convertible Chassis#: M637103534 |
$195,250 no reserve |
$250,000-$350,000 | |
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1949 Rounds Rocket Race Car Chassis#: 269 |
$275,000 no reserve |
$250,000-$350,000 | |
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1939 Lagonda V-12 Rapide Sports Roadster Chassis#: 14115 |
$990,000 no reserve |
$400,000-$550,000 | |
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1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Sedan Chassis#: 2228 |
$990,000 no reserve |
$900,000-$1,200,000 | |
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1937 Cadillac Sixteen Custom Phaeton Chassis#: 5130311 |
$962,500 no reserve |
$700,000-$1,000,000 | |
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1934 Cadillac Sixteen Custom Roadster Chassis#: 5100137 |
$1,001,000 no reserve |
$700,000-$1,000,000 | |
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1934 Packard Eight Convertible Victoria Chassis#: 727-42 |
$308,000 no reserve |
$150,000-$250,000 | |
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1912 Oldsmobile Limited Five-Passenger Touring Chassis#: 64626 |
$3,300,000 no reserve |
$1,400,000-$1,600,000 | |
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1938 Cadillac Sixteen Convertible Coupe Chassis#: 5270095 |
$440,000 no reserve |
$400,000-$600,000 | |
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1951 Mercury Custom Coupe Chassis#: 51LA39108M |
$423,500 no reserve |
$200,000-$30,000 | |
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1932 Stutz DV-32 Convertible Coupe Chassis#: DV-128-2012 |
$522,500 no reserve |
$550,000-$750,000 | |
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1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Tourer Chassis#: 27LB |
$572,000 no reserve |
$600,000-$800,000 |
| 1962 Lesovsky Indianapolis Roadster |
$330,000 no reserve |
$150,000-$250,000 | |
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1984 March Cosworth 84C Indianapolis Race Car Chassis#: 84 09 |
$110,000 no reserve |
$90,000-$130,000 | |
| Fine French Renaissance Revival Carved Oak Huntboard | $14,950 | ||
| c. 1941 Ryan PT-22 Recruit Airplane | $241,500 | ||
| American Renaissance Walnut, Satinwood and Beech Wood Wooton Patent Desk | $25,300 | ||
| c. 1910 Cretors Popcorn and Peanut Wagon | $154,000 | ||
| 1972 Harley-Davidson FLH-1200 Electra-Glide Motorcycle | $17,250 | ||
| 1949 Indian Scout Motorcycle | $19,550 | ||
| 1972 Triumph T-150V Trident Motorcycle | $15,525 | ||
| 2003 Honda GL 1800 Gold Wing Motorcycle | $13,800 | ||
| 2001 Honda GL 1800 Gold Wing Motorcycle | $13,800 | ||
| 1947 Whizzer Motorbike | $9,775 | ||
| 1946 John Deere Model LA Tractor | $9,350 | ||
| 1948 McCormick Farmall Cub Tractor | $11,000 | ||
| 1929 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre VdP Tourer Model by Sapor Modelltechnik | $31,050 |


Located near West Palm Beach, Florida, Bob and Paul Milhous have assembled one of the world's most admired and extraordinary private collections, encompassing everything from valuable mechanical musical instruments to rare and important automobiles to a wide variety of Americana and collectibles. RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby's, is delighted to present this world-class collection at auction. It is one of the world's most notable assemblies of fair and dance organs, orchestrions and theatre organs.
Bob and Paul's history and involvement in collecting is equally as fascinating as the collection itself. Having been in business together since 1967, they originally entered the printing industry and have since enjoyed a long career in a wide variety of enterprises.
Paul started out collecting pianos when he bought a player piano in 1959. This lead to the purchase of a reproducing piano (one that recreates how the artist originally played a piece of music) and an American Nickelodeon. While Paul was collecting musical instruments, Bob developed his interest in unique and desirable motor cars. His first purchase was a 1934 Packard Eight Convertible Victoria which had been commissioned by the lead actress in Tugboat Annie (1933), Marie Dressler. Bob showed the car throughout the United States at all major concours events, winning awards at every appearance including a Pebble Beach Best of Show in 1976. Building on this success, he began to grow the collection which now includes everything from high-horsepower Brass Era cars to rare coachbuilt classics. There are a pair of Fleetwood-designed Cadillac Sixteens, French coachbuilt cars, an Oldsmobile Limited and a 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost to mention a few. Additionally, the collection also includes historically important Indianapolis racing cars like their beautiful 1949 Howard Hughes-designed and -built Indy car.
The brothers decided to combine their individual collections in the mid-1970s. After outgrowing four other locations, they built their current 39,500 sq. ft. building in Boca Raton, Florida in the mid-1990s. A focal point of the collection is the Weber Maesto orchestrion-an exceptionally large instrument replete with endless pipes, pianos and drums, all playing in concert. They acquired this exotic instrument 15 years ago after purchasing an entire private collection from Linz, Germany. Only six were ever made, four of which are in museums, leaving only two in private ownership. Such instruments are extremely difficult to acquire and are rarely, if ever, available on the market. The Weber Maesto produces an incredible quality of music and truly is the ultimate addition for any world-class music collection. Alongside the extraordinary selection of organs and orchestrions, the Milhous Collection includes a variety of music boxes.