Sale 8983
London, South Kensington
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14 December 2000
Price realised
GBP 3,055
Estimate
A 155/8-inch table Polyphon, No. 34097, with two combs, monochrome print in lid and astragal panelled walnut case with inlaid lid -- 21½in. (54.5cm.) wide (lacking lower plinth section), with fifteen discs (16)
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