"THE BUBBLER" JUKEBOX, MODEL NO. 1015

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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

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Lot Essay

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.

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