Friday, January 21, 2011

Friday Fun: A “Magical” Automaton, circa 1920

I’ve always been fascinated by automata.  For all of our technology, we have yet to duplicate the robotics of those clockwork figures of the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.  This particular automaton is quite interesting.  A multi-figure piece of monumental proportions, the group performs a “magic act” which is particularly fascinating.  This item was auctioned off in 2007.





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