[AUTOMATON]. VICHY, Gustave (1839–1904). Aubade a la lune [Serenade to the Moon]. [Paris: Vichy/Triboulet, ca. 1890]. Mechanical automaton with two tune music, featuring a “quarter" moon with a hinged jaw and movable glass eye. Pierrot sits on the tip of the crescent moon playing the mandolin, turning his head, and sticking out his tongue while the moon rolls its eye back and opens its mouth. Housed in a vintage custom silk-lined shadowbox frame with controls for winding and starting on the outside of the case. This piece was featured as a prize on The Price is Right and won by a contestant in the 1960s. Automaton height approx. 20"; frame 28 ¼ x 26 x 11". Excellent/very good working condition. Pictured in Vichy/Triboulet facsimile catalog, Bailly 240.