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Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Dr F.G. Alan Shenton, The Eureka Clock, Horological Books, 1999, p.95; Crum and Keller ed., 150 Years of Electric Horology, NAWCC Chapter 125, 1992, p.27.
In a contemporary Asprey sales catalogue the Madelaine case is the second most expensive Eureka at £8.18.6, twice as expensive as the cheapest model. It is consequently rarer than other Eureka models and this example has the added attraction of retaining its original gilding.
Dr F.G. Alan Shenton, The Eureka Clock, Horological Books, 1999, p.95; Crum and Keller ed., 150 Years of Electric Horology, NAWCC Chapter 125, 1992, p.27.
In a contemporary Asprey sales catalogue the Madelaine case is the second most expensive Eureka at £8.18.6, twice as expensive as the cheapest model. It is consequently rarer than other Eureka models and this example has the added attraction of retaining its original gilding.