Comments on: Macabre coin-op automaton depicts a mortuary scene

By: Patti Sundstrom

Patti Sundstrom — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:55:00 +0000

That really kills me…..

By: Charlie Visnic

Charlie Visnic — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:05:00 +0000

If you like macabre automata I recommend checking out Thomas Kuntz. It’s not historic or vintage but macabre it surely is. http://www.thomaskuntz.com/automata/automata.html

By: RJ

RJ — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:37:00 +0000

Oh, don’t be so stiff about it.

By: Gunn

Gunn — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:24:00 +0000

Early 1920s, I think.

By: robuluz

robuluz — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:12:00 +0000

Dunno. Leaves me a little cold.

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:59:00 +0000

If you’re ever up in Edinburgh, Cory, check out the Museum of Childhood, where I remember being fascinated by the automaton of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber. I recall Todd slashing the throat of a customer, the body being dumped through a trapdoor, and the customer re-appearing in the form of a meat pie. All good, wholesome childhood fun.

By: swankgd

swankgd — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:34:00 +0000

Reminds me of the execution one I saw at Musee Mecanique in San Francisco. Here’s video from a similar one in Spain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWJLGCJlU1g

By: Jenny Lens

Jenny Lens — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:08:00 +0000

I question it being circa 1900. The women’s hats, bobbed hair and coats suggest post WW1 going into the 1920′s. Now, I could be wrong… most women wore hats with bigger brims closer to the turn of the century. Few, if any, were bobbing their hair.

I saw this posted on dangerousminds, and comment there, as well as the auction site. Just a thought …

By: souell

souell — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:30:00 +0000

It would be wonderful at Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum, where it could fit right in and be played by anyone: http://marvin3m.com/