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Wide of Napoleon's medal cabinet circa 1810 (est up to �500,000 or USD $765,000)2. Mid of cabinet and Maxine Fox approaching3. Close of Fox inserting pen into the eye of Uraeus and opening the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, UK - July 1, 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Napoleon's medal cabinet circa 1810 (est up to �500,000 or USD $765,000)\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of cabinet and Maxine Fox approaching\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of Fox inserting pen into the eye of Uraeus and opening the lock\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of Fox opening the chest\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of winged insect opening mechanism for chests\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maxine Fox, senior director continental furniture, Sotheby's\u003cbr/\u003e\" and this represents the zenith of the gout d'Egypt style and in fact when Napoleon went on his Egyptian campaigns he took (Baron Dominique Vivant) Denon, who as I said made all these sketches, but also he took a whole team of people and apparently Napoleon was the one that actually developed the interest in Egyptology.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid tilt up of Napoleon's medal chest\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid pan left from medal chest to late renaissance antique Roman marble table top from 16th Century (est up to �1.2 million or USD $1.83 million)\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close pull focus of cockerel detail on marble top\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close tilt up of antique Roman marble\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of marble top zoom to bird design\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid tilt up of marble top\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mario Tavella, chairman furniture, Sotheby's Europe\u003cbr/\u003e\"In the renaissance there was the rediscovery of antiquities and this table combines all these rediscovered antique marbles set in the contemporary design.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of marble detail\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mario Tavella, chairman furniture, Sotheby's Europe\u003cbr/\u003e\"Every court in Italy had a table of this type and they were used really to impress the visitors but also to display collections of antique bronzes, of renaissance bronzes, and also the fact that they are made from really resilient and hard stones it was almost like a symbol of the eternity of the dynasty who owned these types of tables.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide zoom to marble table top\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid of Imperial Russian vase zoom to detail (est up to �300,000 or USD $457,000)\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close tilt up of Japanese Imari porcelain mounted mantel clock (est up to �300,000 or USD $457,000)\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of woman approaching silver gilt and ebony backed filigree dressing table mirror from second quarter of the 18th Century (est up to �100,000 or USD $153,000)\u003cbr/\u003e20. Close pull focus from mirror to woman's reflection\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close pull focus of mirror\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close of George Daniels' 18k gold watch from 1986 (est �400,000 or USD $610,000)\u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid of man looking at watch\u003cbr/\u003e24. Close pull of Augsburg astronomical table clock circa 1600 (est �180,000 or USD $274,000)\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonathan Hills, clocks specialist, Sotheby's\u003cbr/\u003e\"They were the beginnings of domestic clocks, prior to these being made the majority of people would never have seen a domestic clock, the only clocks available at the time - we're talking about the late 16th Century - were those clocks available in public buildings, chuches, cathedrals. But until these were made there was nothing else available. Once these clocks were made, and remember these were made for the very wealthiest people in society, the average man in the street would never have seen a domestic clock at all but these were the very latest in cutting edge design.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid of Hills removing sun dial feature in clock\u003cbr/\u003e27. Close of sundial \u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonathan Hills, clocks specialist, Sotheby's\u003cbr/\u003e\"In terms of modern time keeping you can really forget the accuracy that we have today. These pieces sadly were incredibly inaccurate. In fact, one of the clocks we have here today has its own sundial to enable it to be set by the sun on a daily basis and all of these clocks would have required that resetting.\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Mid zoom to figure on gilt brass German alarm clock circa 1580 (est �50,000 or USD $76,500)\u003cbr/\u003e30. Mid of English Ormolu clock circa 1780 (est �70,000 or USD $107,000)\u003cbr/\u003e31. Pull focus of jewels on clock face\u003cbr/\u003e32. Mid tilt up of Minerva figurine on top of gilt brass German alarm clock circa 1580 (est �50,000 or USD $76,500)\u003cbr/\u003e33. Close of Minerva figure\u003cbr/\u003e34. Mid of table clock casket made for the Maharajah of Hyderabad circa 1780 (est �600,000 or USD $915,000)\u003cbr/\u003e35. Close pan right of elephants on casket\u003cbr/\u003eA collection of European aristocratic treasures is about to be auctioned off by Sotheby's.\u003cbr/\u003eThe pieces include masterpieces from top European dynasties and emperors - including the Medici family and Napoleon. \u003cbr/\u003eThis beautiful mahogany medal cabinet houses a secret fit for a pharaoh. \u003cbr/\u003eInsert a key - or even a modern ballpoint pen - into the eye of Uraues (Egyptian snake deity) and the mechanism springs open.\u003cbr/\u003eInside are shelves decorated with scarab beetles. If you fold open their wings the shelves slide open.\u003cbr/\u003eExperts believe this medal cabinet was commissioned by Napoleon around 1810.\u003cbr/\u003eThe gout d'Egypte style became extremely popular in France following the Emperor Napoleon's African campaigning. It was helped by the architect Baron Dominique Vivant-Denon who accompanied Napoleon through Egypt.\u003cbr/\u003eMaxine Fox, the senior director continental furniture at Sotheby's says: \"This represents the zenith of the gout d'Egypt style and in fact when Napoleon went on his Egyptian campaigns he took (Baron Dominique Vivant) Denon, who as I said made all these sketches, but also he took a whole team of people and apparently Napoleon was the one who actually developed the interest in Egyptology.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe cabinet is extremely rare, and the only other surviving piece comparable to this is housed in New York's Metropolitan Museum.\u003cbr/\u003eIt is expected to fetch up to �500,000 (USD $765,000) when it goes under the hammer \u003cbr/\u003eThe object expected to make the most at auction is this renaissance antique marble top with a reputed Medici provenance. This is tipped to raise up to �1.2 million (USD $1.83 million) at auction.\u003cbr/\u003eThe table top is one of the largest geometrically designed Roman antique marble inlaid commessi ever conceived, according to Sotheby's experts. \u003cbr/\u003eIt has been produced with genuine Roman marble.\u003cbr/\u003eMario Tavella, chairman of furniture at Sotheby's Europe, says: \"In the renaissance there was the rediscovery of antiquities and this table combines all these rediscovered antique marbles set in the contemporary design.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThese precious table tops were important status symbols for Europe's richest and most powerful ruling families.\u003cbr/\u003eTavella says: \"Every court in Italy had a table of this type and they were used really to impress the visitors but also to display collections of antique bronzes of renaissance bronzes and also the fact that they are made from really resilient and hard stones it was almost a symbol of the eternity of the dynasty who owned these types of tables.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe collection includes vases and beautiful filigree mirrors, however, it is the number of renaissance clocks that will make this auction particularly interesting for time piece collectors.\u003cbr/\u003eThis pocket watch by expert watchmaker George Daniels is one of just 25 watches he painstakingly created over his long career.\u003cbr/\u003eThe 18k gold watch is estimated to fetch up to �400,000 (USD $610,000) at auction.\u003cbr/\u003eThe renaissance clocks, of German origin, are all early examples of what would later become the domestic clock. They were technological trailblazers and would have been stunning examples of micro-engineering at a time when most clocks were large scale and expensive centrepieces of public buildings and cathedrals.\u003cbr/\u003eJonathan Hills, clocks specialist at Sotheby's, says: \"They were the beginnings of domestic clocks, prior to these being made the majority of people would never have seen a domestic clock the only clocks available at the time - we're talking about the late 16th Century - were those clocks available in public buildings, chuches, cathedrals. But until these were made there was nothing much available. Once these clocks were made, and remember these were made for the very wealthiest people in society, the average man in the street would never have seen a domestic clock at all but these were the very latest in cutting edge design.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, as rare and resplendent as the clocks might appear to the eye, you wouldn't want to rely on them to get you to work on time. According to Hills they were extremely unreliable and needed to be constantly adjusted in order to tell the correct time.\u003cbr/\u003e\"In terms of modern time keeping you can really forget the accuracy that we have today,\" he says. \"These pieces sadly were incredibly inaccurate. 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