Museum and Exhibition Catalogs of Dolls and Automata

Betty Cadbury, 1976, "Playthings Past"; Betty Cadbury, "Playthings Past Museum, Antique and Period Dolls"; "Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood"; "Robotics Japan", Science Museum, London 1991; Andrea Robertson, 1992, "Museum of Automata", York; Philippe Rouillé, 1987, "Musée d’Instruments de Musique Mécanique", collection of Henri Triquet; "Ethel’s World, the Ethel Holmes Collection of Automata"; "The Murtogh Guinness Collection", New York, 1982; "Automates", Bagatelle, 7 April - 30 July 1993; "La Magie des Automates au XIXe Siecle", Caisse Privée Banque, 29 April - 18 May 1993; "Automaten", Museum Arnold Vander Haeghen, Gent, 11 Feb. - 28 May 1995; "Festival Mondial de l’Automate", Château du Grand Bigard, Brussels, 9 July - 27 August 1995; "Musée de la Musique Mécanique", Les Gets; "Musée National, Collection de Galéa, Poupées et Automates d’Autrefois", 1972; "Musée de l’Automate", Souillac, Decamps Collection; selection of pamphlets, flyers and publicity material, including "The Lamport Automata Collection", Sotheby’s New Bond St., 6 - 24 January 1992. - Note: For her book "Playthings Past", Betty Cadbury drew extensively on her private collection of antique toys, dolls and automata. In 1973 she presented the collection in a B.B.C. documentary hosted by Arthur Negus. - A valuable resource for collectors.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)