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The Magic Collection of John Daniel

Our first magic auction of 2018 features the collection of John Daniel. The consummate collector, Daniel was also a formidable performer, builder, mover and shaker in the magic world for decades. His collection includes rarities from the shop and lathe of Floyd Thayer (for a time, Daniel owned the Owen Magic, successor to Thayer), vintage magic posters, spook show memorabilia, personal artifacts and relics from the show of Dante (Harry August Jansen), and illusions, tricks, trunks, theatrical material, and costumes from the Virgil & Julie show, among other curiosities. Catalogs ship approximately three weeks prior to the auction.
Auction Curator:
Gabe Fajuri
Gabe Fajuri
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Glass Penetration.: Glass Penetration. American, ca. 1940. Handsome mahogany frame holds a sheet of glass. Cards are inserted under the clips in the frame, and a rod is thrust through the cards. When removed, holes
0122: Glass Penetration.Est. $200-$300
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Glass Through Hat.: Glass Through Hat. American, ca. 1910. Special table allows the performer to apparently pass a glass of water through the crown of a borrowed hat. Kellar-style base, piston operated with thread.
0123: Glass Through Hat.Est. $400-$600
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Great Ultra Handkerchief Change.: Great Ultra Handkerchief Change. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1940. Device allows a visible, slow transformation of a handkerchief from one color to another. At the conclusion of the effect,
0124: Great Ultra Handkerchief Change.Est. $100-$150
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Comedy Bang Silk Gun.: Comedy Bang Silk Gun. Circa 1950. Wooden and metal pistol which, when fired, splits the barrel apart to produce a silk (10 x 14”) bearing the word “BANG” in bold lettering. Scattered pulls and
0125: Comedy Bang Silk Gun.Est. $100-$150
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Iver Johnson Model 1900 Silk Revolver.: Iver Johnson Model 1900 Silk Revolver. Fitchburg, Mass., early or mid-twentieth century. Nickel-plated revolver with attached funnel used to instantly vanish a handkerchief. Overall 16” long.
0126: Iver Johnson Model 1900 Silk Revolver.Est. $100-$200
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Magician’s Collapsing Red Silk Top Hat.: Magician’s Collapsing Red Silk Top Hat. American, late nineteenth/early twentieth century. Crimson formal silk top hat with internal mechanism allowing it to be smoothly compressed to approximately
0127: Magician’s Collapsing Red Silk Top Hat.Est. $200-$300
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Magician’s Production Top Hat.: Magician’s Production Top Hat. Late nineteenth/early twentieth century. Black felt top hat from which the magician may produce a quantity of silks, a rabbit, or other objects. Some fraying and
0128: Magician’s Production Top Hat.Est. $100-$150
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Improbability.: Improbability. Chicago: National Magic Co., 2001. A glass tube is placed in a hole running through a wooden frame. A jumbo King of Spades with a corresponding hole is pushed down through the rod.
0129: Improbability.Est. $200-$400Lot Passed
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Jo-Anne Improved Card Duck.: Jo-Anne Improved Card Duck. Tampa: Warren Hamilton, ca. 1950. Painted wooden duck with spring mechanism controlling movement of neck and bill, to pick chosen cards from a deck placed in the box.
0130: Jo-Anne Improved Card Duck.Est. $150-$250
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Levante Block Penetration.: Levante Block Penetration. Circa 1950. Painted wooden block with Asian design penetrates a length of rope or ribbon running through it. Finely made with locking mechanism (but not spring loaded).
0131: Levante Block Penetration.Est. $250-$350
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Mental Die.: Mental Die. Holland: Anverdi, ca. 1970. The mind reader discerns the uppermost number on a large die placed in a sealed case with unerring accuracy, without opening the box. 2 3/8” die. Original
0133: Mental Die.Est. $300-$500
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Phoenix Target and Cage.: Phoenix Target and Cage. Hamburg: Carl Willmann, ca. 1915. A live canary loaded in the end of a special pistol is shot across the stage at a large black target. At the pull of the trigger, the target
0135: Phoenix Target and Cage.Est. $1,200-$1,800
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Haenchen Production Box.: Haenchen Production Box. Oklahoma: Haenchen & Co., ca. 1940. A production box that operates similar to a square circle, but on a short pedestal base. Outer doors hinged to base, load chamber
0136: Haenchen Production Box.Est. $150-$250
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Rabbit Tray.: Rabbit Tray. Colon: Abbott’s Magic, ca. 1950. Fancifully-decorated tray facilitates the switch of a live rabbit for a box of candy, a la Harry Blackstone. Uncommon. Near fine.
0137: Rabbit Tray.Est. $100-$200
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Rabbit Vanish.: Rabbit Vanish. Tampa: Warren Hamilton, ca. 1955. A rabbit placed into an open box vanishes from inside. The box and stand on which it rests are folded flat, proving that the animal is gone. 13 x 8 ½
0138: Rabbit Vanish.Est. $200-$400
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Welsh Rarebit Pan.: Welsh Rarebit Pan. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1935. The magician uses the pan cook welsh rarebit in a borrowed hat, but instead produces a live rabbit from the pan. 10” high. Hallmarked twice.
0139: Welsh Rarebit Pan.Est. $300-$500
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Locking Bird Cage Reel.: Locking Bird Cage Reel. London: George Hammerton [?], ca. 1960. Heavy “dural” aluminum locking bird cage pull with alligator-type clip for vanishing cages, silks, or other objects. Working.
0140: Locking Bird Cage Reel.Est. $400-$600
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Rice Vase.: Rice Vase. Bombay: D.A. Tayade, ca. 1965. Early example of this vase which transforms grains of rice into an orange or other solid object. Turned wood, hand painted. 11” high. Gimmick tight; good
0141: Rice Vase.Est. $250-$350
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Marvyn Roy’s Thimble Act.: Roy, Marvyn (Marvin Levy). Marvyn Roy’s Thimble Act. Circa 1965. Complete set of props for one of the specialty acts developed by “Mr. Electric” as an alternative his famous Lightbulb Act.
0142: Marvyn Roy’s Thimble Act.Est. $800-$1,200
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Saturnus Ball.: Saturnus Ball. Hamburg: Janos Bartl, 1920s. At the magician’s command, a metallic red orb held within a brass frame changes color to blue, or vice versa. 9 ¾” long. With well-worn original box
0143: Saturnus Ball.Est. $300-$500
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Sawing Through a Cigarette.: Sawing Through a Cigarette. Ardmore, Penn.: Ed Massey, 1940s. A borrowed cigarette placed in a small holder is sawn in half, then restored, a la the famous stage illusion. Stand locks. 4 1/8” long.
0144: Sawing Through a Cigarette.Est. $100-$200
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