Milhous Museum

The Milhous Collection The Milhous Museum, Palm Beach County, Florida February 24th & 25th, 2012 Building on its reputation as specialists for private and estate collection sales, RM Auctions, in partnership with Sotheby’s, proudly presents The Milhous Collection; an unprecedented collection of automobiles, mechanical musical instruments and collectibles, carefully amassed over the past 50 years by the Milhous brothers. With items individually handpicked from around the world, the Milhous Collection has an emphasis on the rarest and most desirable examples produced by the industry’s most prominent names. For automobile enthusiasts, the collection offers over 30 superb motor cars, spanning over 90 years of automotive history. Notable highlights include a Pebble Beach Best of Show winning 1934 Packard Eight Convertible Victoria; a 1912 Oldsmobile Limited Tourabout; and an exquisite 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Seven Passenger Roi des Belges. In addition, the collection boasts one of the world’s finest collections of mechanical musical instruments, highlighted by an exceptional series of theater, fair and dance organs; a world-class selection of historic music boxes; and, one of the largest compilations of major orchestrion pieces ever to be offered at auction. Another jewel of the collection is a large, hand-built carousel. This exceptional piece features an extraordinary menagerie of horses and other animals plus two gondolas, all hand-carved in basswood, and specially commissioned and constructed by the Milhous brothers over a four-year period. Rounding off the collection is a wide a selection of other collectibles including fine clocks, decorative arts, models, signs, petroliana, slot machines, and antique furniture just to name a few. For further information on The Milhous Collection and a comprehensive list of items available, please visit www.rmauctions.com.