Potpourri
May, 1989
Oh, You Beautiful DollsGallery Monde Magique opened some time ago in the Place des Antiquaires, 125 East 57th Street, New York 10022, and its name, which is French for Magic World, certainly is appropriate. Monde Magique specializes in automata--mechanical figures, mostly crafted in Paris in the 19th Century, that move with lifelike precision. The prices for these figures aren't cheap. The clown pictured here is $55,000. Other figures are from $5000 to about $100,000. You'll certainly be the fir...
