Fruit seller automaton winds way to Cologne sale
Gustave Vichy was probably the most accomplished manufacturer of automata in fin de siècle France. A prime example of his art is putting in an appearance at the May 20 sale of Auction Team Breker in Cologne.
It is his 2ft 2in (65cm) high musical automaton Marchand de Fruits (The Fruit Seller) from c.1885.…