Live Auction 19986The Nile Rodgers Collection To Benefit the We Are Family Foundation
THE WURLITZER COMPANY, CIRCA 1946
Lot 46

THE WURLITZER COMPANY, CIRCA 1946

"THE BUBBLER" JUKEBOX, MODEL NO. 1015

Closed16 December 2021

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THE WURLITZER COMPANY, CIRCA 1946
"THE BUBBLER" JUKEBOX, MODEL NO. 1015
In domed walnut case with cream and red perspex, bubble-tubes, chrome speaker lattice with illuminated perspex star motif, chrome crest and scrolling trim, the sides with three mirror-mosaic lines
59 in. (150 cm.) high

Specialist note

Produced by the Wurlitzer Company from 1946-1947, model 1015, known as The Bubbler was designed by chief designer Paul Fuller.

According to Rodgers: "I bought this from a really cool quirky antique store. I bought that in the 70s. This was in my apartment in New York where I did Madonna, and Bowie, I mean that’s like after we made it...So I’ve had that since 1978 or 1979." And it played an integral part in laying the foundation for creating a nostalgia for dance music that Nile has said led to the concepts for David Bowie's Let's Dance album.