Owen Bamboo Wands

Owen version of Silent Mora’s Chinese Sticks. Smooth, quiet and mechanically perfect, simulated bamboo in select hardwood appropriately decorated. Beautifully turned from hardwood. Condition: Good b

A 50 cent piece appear at the tip of this cleverly gimmicked magic wand. An apparently endless production may be made. Mechanically perfect, made of sturdy metal. Finished black with gold tips and bot

Beautiful three-piece nickel-jointed bamboo fishing pole with brass handle for the production of three goldfish out of the air during the Aerial Fishing effect. Handle hallmarked “A.R.” (August Ro

A wide variety of unusual wands, circa 1920-1960, each with different “magical” properties. Including: Cigarette Catching Wand, Fire Wand with wick, Torch Wand, Harry C. Bjorkland’s Aquarius Wan

European? Box to effect change of two black wands into a red and green wand.

Two ropes are tied around a 21” long faux-bamboo stick. Several silks are then tied to the ropes and gathered toward the stick. At the magician’s command the ropes and silks come free of the stick

A cord threaded between two square "wands" is visibly cut in half. Still, when one end of the cord is pulled, the other end travels upward...and vice versa. No, this is NOT a typical Chinese Sticks ar

This is an original Okito Ring on Wand. Sold rings will penetrate a wand that has been placed inside the exquisite wood cabinet that is decorated with Okito’s beautiful decals. A wonderful example o

The magician touches the top of his assistant’s head with a magic wand and suddenly a stream of water sprays high in the air from the top of the head. A featured effect in both Thurston’s and Dant

From Carl Williams Custom Magic, the wand is made from cocobolo wood and cast coin silver tips in the likeness of Harry Blackstone, Sr. on one end and Harry Blackstone, Jr on the other. In custom wood

This mechanical metal wand allows for the instant penetration of a length of solid rope to pass thru the wand. The wand originally belonged to John Mullholland (1898-1970) editor of The Sphinx, who pa

A Carl Williams reproduction of the Okito effect. Wooden rings magically penetrate a solid wand when placed inside the beautiful lacquered cabinet. Made in the style of Okito with lovely decals. Condi

Circa 1930. Magic wand containing a thread reel for the rising card effect. Spring is wound so the reel retracts slowly, causing the card to rise mysteriously. Finely made. Possibly by P&L. Condition:

From Carl Williams Custom Magic, the wand is made from cocobolo wood and cast coin silver tips in the likeness of Chinese magician Kikkoman. In custom wood case. Ca 1994.

Circa 1930. Three cards are selected and returned to the pack. An examined, chromed skeleton houlette is placed atop the tip of a magic wand, held by the magician. The pack is placed in the houlette a

Merv Taylor Brass tips - substantially made. Hallmarked.

This is a rare effect from John Snyder. It is believed that only about 50 were ever made. This relies on the illusion of sound. A ball is threaded on a wand within the cabinet. The cabinet is covered

A cone is formed from a sheet of newspaper and shown empty. A silk handkerchief is dropped inside of the cone and stirred with the magician’s wand. When the cone is opened, the handkerchief has disa

Circa 1950. Magician catches coins from the air on the tip of a metal wand. Coin is a 1950 U.S. Franklin half dollar. Condition: Very good. Some wear to finish from use.

American. Circa 1930. A piece of paper is formed into a cone and a colored silk dropped inside. After stirring the cone with his wand, the magician unrolls the paper to reveal the silk has vanished. C

Featured in this lot is a late 19th Century Carved Bamboo Katabori Netsuke, Meiji Period. Provenance: the Owen D. Mort, Jr. Collection. Owen David Mort was an American engineer who amassed an impressi

A lovely French automaton believed to be from Jean Farkas (1917-2014). With his wife Anne, who was a seamstress and created the costumes, they created and repaired automata. In 1974 they moved from Pa

McIlhany had this custom made after seeing Ken Klosterman’s Hofzinser Card Rise that Charles Kalish had copied from the original in the Library of Congress. This remarkable piece of apparatus was ap

A mechanical masterpiece! A spectacular reproduction of Conradi – Horster’s feast for the eyes! A true spectacle. Balls automatically disappear from the ball stand and start a “roller coaster ri