Spring Magic Auction 2017-04-08 Auction - 448 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 3
Escamotage Magic Set.Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table.Bess Houdini's Diamond and Gemstone Brooch
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Spring Magic Auction

Our spring auction features magic memorabilia, books, posters, and apparatus for beginning and advanced collectors alike. Hightlights include a brooch presented to Bess Houdini by Russian royalty, Carl Waring Jones correspondence, and three pages of rhyming verse hand written by Harry Houdini.
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Handkerchief Pedestal.: Handkerchief Pedestal. European, ca. 1930. Chrome-plated pedestal secretly introduces a handkerchief in to a glass tumbler. Spring-loaded mechanism. 12 ½" high.
0049: Handkerchief Pedestal.Est. $200-$300
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Gerri Larsen's Square Circle.: Larsen, Geraldine. Gerri Larsen's Square Circle. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1945. Two nesting tubes are shown empty then re-nested. A gigantic production is made from within the two. Inner tube of
0050: Gerri Larsen's Square Circle.Est. $400-$600
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Eugene Laurant's Kellar Flower Growth.: Laurant, Eugene (Eugene Greenleaf). Eugene Laurant's Kellar Flower Growth. American, ca. 1915. Apparatus used for the production of two feather flower bouquets from empty wooden pots resting on a
0051: Eugene Laurant's Kellar Flower Growth.Est. $400-$600
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De Moulin's Lung Tester.: De Moulin's Lung Tester. Greenville: Ed De Moulin & Bro., ca. 1900. Fraternal order initiation device. The inductee blows into the tester to measure his lung capacity to his brothers, only to have
0052: De Moulin's Lung Tester.Est. $800-$1,200
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Cecil Lyle's Rapping Hand.: Lyle, Cecil. Cecil Lyle's Rapping Hand. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Disembodied wooden hand is removed from a highly decorated Asian chest and set on a plain wooden board. It raps out answers
0053: Cecil Lyle's Rapping Hand.Est. $2,500-$3,000
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Le Grand David Mandarin Bird Chest.: Le Grand David Mandarin Bird Chest. Pennsylvania: Reidel, ca. 1960. A production of silk handkerchiefs is made from a box decorated with a crane motif shown empty by the magician. An original Reidel
0054: Le Grand David Mandarin Bird Chest.Est. $300-$500
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Millet Vase.: Millet Vase. European, fourth quarter nineteenth century. Small boxwood vase causes seeds placed inside to vanish, then reappear. Double plunger gimmick. Finely turned. 3 ½" high.
0055: Millet Vase.Est. $200-$300
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Morison Pill Box.: Morison Pill Box. German, ca. 1930. A ball vanishes from the vase, then reappears inside. Elaborately turned from exotic hardwood. 1 ¾" ball, vase 6 1/8" high. Re-lacquered. Good working condition.
0056: Morison Pill Box.Est. $200-$300
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Morison Pill Box.: Morison Pill Box. Johnston, RI: Majic Brand Woodturning, 2007. A ball vanishes from the vase, then reappears inside. Elaborately turned from exotic hardwood. Numbered and hallmarked. 2" ball, vase 9"
0057: Morison Pill Box.Est. $500-$600
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Stepped Pyramid Vase.: Stepped Pyramid Vase. Johnston, RI: Majic Brand Woodturning, 2010. A ball vanishes from the vase, then reappears inside. Elaborately turned from exotic hardwood in a stepped pyramid design which
0058: Stepped Pyramid Vase.Est. $500-$600
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Mummy.: Mummy. Cornwall: Alan Warner, ca. 2000. A carved wooden mummy in a small coffin floats in mid-air. Then it vanishes from the sarcophagus only to reappear in a separate sarcophagus some distance away.
0059: Mummy.Est. $300-$400
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Name-It Magic Bar.: Name-It Magic Bar. Colon: Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., ca. 1947. A box hinged at its center is shown empty by lifting two panels. Then, a multitude of drinks called for are produced from inside the
0060: Name-It Magic Bar.Est. $250-$350
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Bill Neff's Linking Rings.: Neff, William. Bill Neff's Linking Rings. American, ca. 1950. Set of heavy chrome plated rings owned and used by Bill Neff, the famous magician and spook show performer, for his own version of the
0061: Bill Neff's Linking Rings.Est. $500-$800
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Nest of Boxes.: Nest of Boxes. American, ca. 1890s. A vanished ring or other small valuable reappears in the smallest of the nest of eight locking wooden boxes. Outermost box, on claw feet, 10 ½ x 11 ½ x 10".
0062: Nest of Boxes.Est. $600-$800
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Obedient Ball.: Obedient Ball. Santa Barbara: World of Magic (Bill Adams), ca. 1980. A hardwood ball threaded on a cord travels up and down its length at the command of the magician. Pulley method. 2 ¾" ball. With
0063: Obedient Ball.Est. $200-$300
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Tarbell Orange Vase.: Tarbell Orange Vase. Johnston, RI: Majic Brand Woodturning, 2005. A small orange vanishes and reappears in a turned walnut vase, or change places with a handkerchief. Vase 4 ¼" tall. Numbered and
0064: Tarbell Orange Vase.Est. $300-$400
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Phantom Tube.: Phantom Tube. Circa 1945. Attractive chromed tube on a small tabletop stand is shown empty. The ends are capped with paper, then a large production of silk handkerchiefs is made from within. Tube 9"
0065: Phantom Tube.Est. $150-$250
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Group of Vintage Parlor Magic Tricks.: [Parlor Tricks] Group of Vintage Parlor Magic Tricks. Including a version of Kline's Swirl-It, a large Botania (includes cone and flowers, but lacks pot; cone hand painted), Spray of Flags (Leat
0066: Group of Vintage Parlor Magic Tricks.Est. $250-$350
Rarebit Pan.: Rarebit Pan. European, ca. 1940. A mixture of flour, water, sugar, and eggs is dropped into the pan, which is held over an open flame. The mixture transforms into a perfectly baked cake or even a
0068: Rarebit Pan.Est. $200-$300Lot Passed
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Ribbon Forever.: Ribbon Forever. Japan: Tenyo, 1980 (T-106). Apparatus facilitating the classic cut-and-restored ribbon trick. Original packaging intact, but deteriorated adhesive causing panels to open. Very good.
0069: Ribbon Forever.Est. $100-$200
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Flowering Rose Bush.: Flowering Rose Bush. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1945. A barren green rose bush slowly sprouts and grows real roses in a manner resembling time-lapse photography. The flowers can then be cut from
0070: Flowering Rose Bush.Est. $3,000-$5,000
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Rose Mirror.: Rose Mirror. European, ca. 1920. Based on Hofzinser's effect The Apotheosis of a Rose. The image of a rose appears on a handsome hand mirror. It then slowly and visibly fades from red to white,
0071: Rose Mirror.Est. $1,500-$2,000
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Bar Top Roulette Game.: Bar Top Roulette Game. French, ca. 1870. Figural cast iron base incorporating a match holder and match striker, in the shape of a laughing mountebank musician with tambourine and drumstick in his
0072: Bar Top Roulette Game.Est. $1,500-$1,800