The Only Known Pair of Matching Singing Bird Pistols - Attributed to Frères Rochat | Christie's

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Aurel Bacs, International Head of our Watch Department, shares his passion and knowledge of the only known matching pair of gold and enamel singing bird pistols.
Among the most valuable and important works of art remaining in private hands, the value and ingenuity of these pistols are beyond description and must be seen and heard to be truly appreciated.
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@karizake 10 лет назад

Crafted for only the classiest murder mysteries.

@carolynzaremba5469 5 месяцев назад

There is one, by Jonathan Gash, a Lovejoy novel entitled "The Judas Pair".

@DrewWasMe 4 года назад

Absolutely fascinating. The workmanship and the engineering that went into these unique curio pieces is astounding.

@sanookaus1334 4 года назад

DrewWasMe Imagine trying to find someone these days who could repair them if one stop working.

@johnconnor6725 Год назад

Just WOW !

@dntlss 2 года назад

"Made in very limited number" yeah id say, after building one of these you would probably lose you mind, incredibly complicated but so beautiful,sometimes when i visit a city like Chicago or New York and look at some of the old buildings and Churches made in the 1800s and early 1900s i am fascinated by the attention to detail and have to wonder, how did they make all those designs outside?? people back then sure were talented and so much attention to detail

@jeffreyyoung4104 Год назад

It is sad, because having art in the design was considered normal, where as today, we have boring concrete blocks.

@funnydawg25 4 года назад

"It's yo boy RU-vid Recommendations, back at it again, with bird guns"

@thewizardofcroagz394 4 года назад

Yep, yt finally getin ai to somewhat work, maybe

@jimmystagger 4 года назад

OK this cracked me up, thank you- you read my mind haha.

@Pro_Vs_Con 4 года назад

lmao..

@elonmust7470 4 года назад

Ebonics, when did they become so coool?

@Shay-nu7id 4 года назад

Sooo random...🤔

@TheHolyMongolEmpire Год назад

I always come back to this video, this is simply the most incredible antique ever and one of the most beautiful pieces of engineering I’ve ever seen.

@lisathomas1622 3 года назад

What a treat to see. I’m a former submarine repairman and I love all things mechanical, in particular automatons. Exquisite! Pure folly and a joy to behold.

@milkapeismilky5464 Год назад

Gosh what a beautiful description, I could not have said it better

@SportyMabamba 11 лет назад

Incredible! That something so complex could survive in working condition for long.

@tomthompson7400 4 года назад

simple ,,, it wasnt made in China.

@iqtestfree 2 года назад

Those pistols was only in hands of rich intellectuals mostly and they don't really own them just to play with...

@carolynryals4776 4 года назад

Now is the time for us see something so beautiful with absolutely no purpose other than to be enjoyed!

@ivanmelkovich7698 3 года назад

I had read about these! Some will reject these as frivolous and decadent; but the work and thought that went into making these defies immagination. Do care for them, not because of their price or their gold, but because of the amazing artistic weight they possess!

@elviscaragea4433 2 года назад

The most beautiful thing ever created

@Shay-nu7id 4 года назад

That is amazing. The engineering for that time period just stunning. That is an amazing piece of art even now.

@overthehills_faraway8320 4 года назад

No one makes works of art like this anymore...

@user-th2ln3kw2t 10 месяцев назад

Because they can't. Nobody starts apprenticing at 12 anymore

@av201 Год назад

What an amazing creation. The genius of Europe must be admired and puts bright minds in awe.

@Sean-me4fv 4 года назад

"Interestingly......Here at Christie's............we sold...one individual pistol......over 20 years ago....at auction....in Geneva....it fetched......at the time.....hammer price.... of $1 million dollars." Phew. We got there finally! Way to drag it out man.

@inverted311 4 года назад

Sean 😂 Think about it like this.... Took 7 years just to get the opportunity to type all of that genius there my fine, sir 😂

@inverted311 4 года назад

Sean Even worse is that you can’t off yourself after having to sit through his commentary 😂😂😂😂 It just gives you the bird!! 😂😂😂😂👌👈

@username4441 4 года назад

i cant stop laughing man. hahahahaha

@flavorman9159 4 года назад

This dude is the slimiest of used cars salesmen, he will try and tell you a beat up rolex submariner covered in scratches has never been worn. Its happened

@TheCoolProfessor 4 года назад

My lovebirds started singing when they heard the opening. :)

@ButterBallTheOpossum 3 года назад

To me this is 1000X cooler than any painting ever made

@koreylackford5621 4 года назад

It's because they are priceless relics. They were beautifully crafted, the bird looks real, & the song from the bird sounds even realer. So crazy to see the craftsmanship of 200yrs ago still working & looking brand new. Throwing a boomerang of respect from Wilmington Delaware 2020.

@DearestModesty 11 лет назад

I love that guy's voice and those pistols are beyond amazing.

@yaykruser 4 года назад

Plot twist: These are real duel Pisols, one fires a real bullet, and the singing one is the one you gave your enemy.

@stefanschleps8758 4 года назад

Do you have any other occupation for that fantastically sharp wit of yours other than commenting on RU-vid ?

@ren2630 3 года назад

So Tom and jerry duel

@iamgroot7147 3 года назад

that is called: flipping someone the bird

@pogobat 10 лет назад

Fun AND practical!

@alexm566 3 года назад

practical for what? it doesn't shoot bullets.

@badpurvis1 3 года назад

Practical? It would be practical for all potential buyers to instead contribute their excess wealth to the federal education fund. Or their local public schools.

@fajam00m00 3 года назад

Whoooosh

@RealCottonCandyKid 11 лет назад

1:48 I guess that's how you flipped the bird in the old days...

@HeatherValentineMsFoodie 4 года назад

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣💖💖💖💖

@FannySMUDGE 11 лет назад

Utterly beautiful.

@Maxflay3r 10 лет назад

The comments: "doesn't shewt bullits, is crap" Grow up you little unappreciative shits, this thing is amazing. It's very pretty and pleasing aesthetically, in addition to having a impossibly complicated clockwork mechanism inside it, incredibly advanced for the time peroid it was made in. I genuinely said wow when i saw the little bird pop up and start moving in such a detailed way. I mean, it's made of fucking diamonds ffs.

@DarkKar 10 лет назад

"You little unappreciative shits." hahaha xD

@UndercoverLemon 10 лет назад

What? Don't shit bullets. Nope, not watching this, also disliking.

@airsoftIreland602 10 лет назад

If I wanted a singing bird, I wouldn't buy a gun. I'd buy a fucking bird.

@dasdafoij 10 лет назад

it doesnt shewt bullets though

@SuperSweetMarika 10 лет назад

ozipk Then don't forget to destroy everything that you can find in museums, it was mostly commissioned by rich people, made by useless artists who could be helping people, and destroy building with interesting architetural features too, again rich people... I could go on all day.

@Hasselhoff25816 4 года назад

My wife is going to kill me when I tell her theres just one more gun i need, again.

@mannyfernandez6860 4 года назад

@phục êwê more importantly who holds the purse lol.

@paulbains9152 4 года назад

Shes going to give you the bird .

@tominator999 10 лет назад

I think a lot of people who watched this video had the same reaction: "Coooooooooool"

@YoursTrulyMew 4 года назад

More like , Why?

@Alejandro-fz6ql 3 года назад

@@YoursTrulyMew rich people

@muffintopper 4 года назад

would be wonderful to hear these artifacts unaccompanied by the background music

@Ssumwun 10 лет назад

I am so fascinated by this masterpiece, that I got this video actually on repeat !!! I can´t stop watching it !!! *****MESMERIZING*****

@sidwalters7455 4 года назад

The workmanship is awesome , imagine sitting down with the thought of making two of those. , incredible !!!

@Road_Rash 10 месяцев назад

At first I thought these were actual, working pistols... which would be very cool if they were, but what they actually are is so much more amazing...🤯🤯🤯

@HeatherValentineMsFoodie 4 года назад

Absolutely BREATHTAKING!!!!!! Now that is a gun I’d like to own!! I wish all guns had singing birds 🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖💖 i am in utter AWE

@Mewza 5 лет назад

“THIS IS A ROBBERY! PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!” “AAAH!” “Tweety tweety tweet tweet.” “Oops, wrong one...”

@braviansamuelpanderaja5723 4 года назад

ok holdup, If a guy had these pistol in his possession, then why in the world would he rob a bank? The pistol themselves already has more cash than someones entire savings!

@discordping5072 4 года назад

@@braviansamuelpanderaja5723 r/wooooooosh, I liked your comment anyways.

4 года назад

Mewza 😂😂😂

@louiemarelinon6937 4 года назад

Ahhaha

@heaven-is-real 4 года назад

...as in wrong pistol? lol haha very good

@edwardlittlefield447 4 года назад

Oh my God! I've been after a pair of these since childhood!!! Price is no object! Psych!

@marleyboy7732 3 года назад

Looking at the xray of these pistols is amazing.But I cant imagine how insanely small the pieces are inside the bird itself.The maker of these must have had super powers for the patience...Just amazing!

@SaintTrinianz 4 года назад

I had a dream about a music box housed in a little gold piano. What was so extraordinary about it were the tiny golden hands which moved on the keys as it played...

@jorgegomezespinosa8192 4 года назад

SaintTrinianz that sounds amazing, do you remember the tune that the music box played?

4 года назад

Stay off the drugs.

@mikerowland1701 4 года назад

Sounds like a drug detox dream.....

@macmac8249 3 года назад

@@jorgegomezespinosa8192 Stairway to Heaven....backwards?

@jmatt4life 4 года назад

Still AMAZING to rewatch!!!

@olgierdogden4742 4 года назад

Making elegance and thing of astounding beauty with a bird’s song out of something so deadly is a fine thing to behold indeed.

@leone666100 10 лет назад

An amazing example of brilliant micro engineering!

@chadjohnson7118 4 года назад

Absolutely GORGEOUS Pieces of art!!!!

@JohnDoe-pe1em 4 года назад

They are magnificent works of art

@ShotTower1 11 лет назад

Even it's beak moves. Just astounding craftmanship.

@Timbo007 4 года назад

I Think it would be just beautiful to hear the beautiful little bird sing a sweet song of happiness just before you blow someone’s head off. Now that’s the real way of giving someone the bird!

@lisastallingskeelor3328 4 года назад

These are exquisite. Wonderful they’ve survived.

@daakrolb 10 лет назад

Absolutely amazing engineering. Incredible. This had to take an unfathomable time to create at the time it was created.

@daakrolb 10 лет назад

But I should add- I could have probably built a few of these in the time I have wasted watching youtube videos.

@constancekrischan9967 2 месяца назад

Truly amazing and wonderful work of art. Priceless!

@jean-lucpicard3012 4 года назад

Elegant design turning what appears to be an object of violence into a peaceful work if mechanical art, it's almost poetic and I hope the federation will one day achieve such a level of peace with the romulan and cardassian empires.

@jackiechapman8189 4 года назад

Love these!!! Things that were made in the 19th century was exceptional... Real deal legit!!!

@jessicasmith7102 4 года назад

😍Gawd, I have read about these spectacularly gorgeous objects with their rose cut diamonds. Such treasures!

@lvanderdoes8199 4 года назад

Never seen anything like it .....so creative and beautyful.....the pearl inlay is simply divine and I am enchanted!!!

@pugluv0586 11 лет назад

Amazing and gorgeous craftsmanship!

@palmreadingchannel 4 года назад

A pair of singing-bird pistols made of gold and inlaid with gems sold for HK$45.5 million ($5.8 million) at a Christie’s International sale in Hong Kong yesterday. לכל מי שרצה לדעת !

@SerinetySticlaru 10 лет назад

Guys.. This is art.. like a painting or a sculpture. Stop saying they should shoot bullets. that's like saying an ice sculpture is worthless cause you can put it in your drink... art has many forms, this is one of them. Their value comes from the value someone places on them. Like a painting... why is a painting by Michaelangelo worth millions? Because the paint cost that much ? No.... because of its beauty to the people who appreciate it. Just like these guns...

@ramanngasoring7954 4 года назад

What the heck is this? It’s just strangely beautiful.

@Ataliste 3 года назад

This is a testament to human ingenuity.

@laxboss55 10 лет назад

Pawn Stars offered them 400 bucks because they assume all the risk. lol

@FastRedPonyCar 10 лет назад

I got a friend who's an expert in singing bird pistols

@SpecialAgent-zn1vv 5 лет назад

Giggles

@HeatherValentineMsFoodie 4 года назад

laxboss55 😂🤣😂🤣😂 i can’t believe that

@jeremyjackson8196 4 года назад

Just because its rare doesn't mean its valuable. We can offer you spot price for the gold and diamonds.

@dy9278 4 года назад

What risk? Sounds more like a robbery

@ErokLobotomist 2 года назад

This is freaking mind blowing. What in the world!?

@megaswenson 8 лет назад

Who knew there was even ONE 'Singing Bird Pistol'? The price seems rather low, considering the miraculous nature of the objects. What was the eventual selling price?

@neptune787 3 года назад

Beautiful.

@waltglow6396 4 года назад

That is the beginning of the computer technology ,truly beautiful!

@AHD2105 3 года назад

Oooooo.....so beautiful and such genius!

@khozimajivanji5338 11 месяцев назад

A masterpiece of 18th century

@manualgeorge4349 3 года назад

Wonderful 🐦

@kurikokaleidoscope 4 года назад

Incredible.

@harleygoff1960 3 года назад

Just amazing tha sound ,tha look extraordinary . Thanky u for demonstrateing an amazing pair of pistols .

@TheMusicBoxRestorer 5 лет назад

Wonderful!

@agoogleaccount2861 4 года назад

these belong in a museum . .. and perhaps blueprinted

@yukowuebken9536 3 года назад

Perfect instruments.

@littlehumbaaa2506 3 года назад

Fascinating 😍

@telluridegorbachev5714 Год назад

Amazing!!

@TrackRecord3455 4 года назад

These are priceless just look at the extradinary craftsmanship. I would believe it 1 million US dollars. I would have loved to have met the man who made these pair of bird pistols.

@gman10gs 10 лет назад

Amazing

@qonthaar6024 3 года назад

That is really awesome

@6663000 4 года назад

incredible

@ybra 10 лет назад

3:00 A stag and a lion? So they are Joffrey's pistons?

@sethsassy 4 года назад

Joffery's Pistons are the most upper crust basketball team of all time.

@prashantdhyani7104 4 года назад

Salute for craftman and his skills.

@Vincent-Vega24 4 года назад

AMAZING!!!!

@rolandtiffany1298 4 года назад

sublime

@nickm2137 10 лет назад

Magnificent.

@97texascat 4 года назад

gorgeous

@AlexHand 4 года назад

You just don't see craftsmanship like this anymore. It's both a work of science as a functionally/mechanically genius set of blueprints, and a work of art in the choices made for ornamentation and negative/positive space ratios, down to the bird's feathers.

@loveforthegame3 4 года назад

😍 idk why but i need this. Im OBSESSED with over engineered artwork AND firearms.

@chinoman7234 4 года назад

Awesome

@I.luv.my.choppa 4 года назад

it’s so pretty and cute i want one then i remembered it was sold for millions :(

@mikeycolfax 11 лет назад

stag and lion- This must be how the Lannisters and Barratheons finally achied piece

@johnstewart8849 4 года назад

Wow! Leonardo would be impressed.

@silverclouds3725 4 года назад

2 people who had WAY too much time on their hands: 1) The person who made these. 2) The person who put together that crazy complex.animation of how they worked!!

@bettystephenson7094 3 года назад

wow incredible

@JonMcAfee 3 года назад

so cool!

@randygeyer4730 3 года назад

Magical

@georgekazen831 4 года назад

Amazzzzzzzzzing!

@BolttheSuperPony 11 лет назад

Thank you Royal Pains!

@joeJoe-pb3su 4 года назад

Awsome...

@AndreMonz 3 года назад

That's the kind of weapons the world needs.

@florafaunaonlinegathering3024 4 года назад

Exquisite

@7ajhubbell 3 года назад

Thank you.

@ivorytower99 3 года назад

I'd love to know the provenance behind this set.

@tomany65 4 года назад

Rick from Pawn Stars: I'll give you 5 bucks for them both.

@Tazdingo01 4 года назад

He's taking a risk.

@mrjohn.whereyoufrom 4 года назад

Tazdingo and get them framed 😆

@TheHiddenNarrative 2 года назад

Imagine someone slapping you with their glove, challenging you to duel, and then suddenly busting these out.

@imcavdb5465 4 года назад

Oh-my-word... ♥️♥️♥️♥️

@RageAgainstTheMachine. 4 года назад

churr bro. Fugn amazing & absolutely fantastically fantastic

@AshGreen359 4 года назад

Add to Amazon wish list

@rollyherrera623 3 года назад

Now, thats a gun I wish I had in Helmand Province!!!

@jeremyglauert870 4 года назад

How amazing and beautiful. Gone are the days of real craftsman. I wonder who they were made for? I suspect the Russian Tsar as they had an eye for rare beauty which no other Monarch has even come close too