MECHANICAL MUSIC - AUTOMATON - GUIGNOL - MECCANO - TOYS

ON-SITE SALE - 29 chemin de la Grange in CHASSIEU (A ½ HOUR FROM LYON!!!)

Collection of lots :

- after the sale until 6pm

- 25/04 by appointment

- 28/04 by appointment

Consultant : Noam SEBBAN

Charnoud, an authentic Lyonnais who passed away in 2004, devoted his life to preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of his home town of Lyon. His collection revolved around the Guignol puppet theater, toys and mechanical music, his 3 passions. He began his career as a puppeteer at the theater in the Parc de la Tête d'Or, an emblematic site in Lyon, where traditional puppets have enchanted children since 1948. In 1965, following the destruction of the grand Théâtre de Guignol on Quai Saint-Antoine, Roger Charnoud founded the Maison de Guignol (also still in operation), located at the foot of Montée du Gourguillon in the Saint-Georges district. He is the author of numerous writings on the history of Guignol theaters. The ensemble presented in this sale is remarkable, from the documentation to his fetish puppet sculpted by Livo Constantini, not to mention the posters and sets.

Fascinated by mechanical music, he had his own organ built, and from then on took part in various mechanical music festivals across France: another masterpiece built by André Odin that we are presenting here. He enriched his repertoire with songs from Lyon, transcribed onto organ cards by his friend Paul Eynard (220 cards included with the organ).

Finally, among the toys, we'd like to mention a 19th-century animated diorama attributed to Xavier Tharin, a 1930s Jackpot slot machine, a very important collection of detached and assembled Meccano parts (including Lyon's famous Eiffel Tower), as well as a magnificent automaton with an animated male head by LAURENT.

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Special conditions

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- For voluntary sales of furniture and objets d'art, fees are divided into the following 3 tranches:

On the first €500: 28% incl. VAT

From €501 to €149,999: 25.2% incl. VAT

Auctions over €150,000: 21.6% incl. VAT

(Live d'Interenchères + 3.6% incl. VAT / Drouot Live + 2.16% incl. VAT) and 14.28% incl. VAT for judicial auctions.

Lots marked with an asterisk are presented at the judicial rate.

Shipping - Transport :

- Collection of lots :

- after the sale until 6 pm

- 25/04 by appointment

- 28/04 by appointment

- Appoint a third party to pick up your purchases (please inform us of the person's identity by e-mail)

- Mail Boxes Etc: devis@mbelyon.fr or any other carrier of your choice

Lots must be collected within 10 working days of the sale. Beyond this time, a storage fee of €7.50 will be charged, depending on the size and weight of the item.

Terms of payment :

Payment by credit card, bank transfer or cheque. Cash up to a limit of €1,000 for French residents and €15,000 for foreign residents.