Magic Memorabilia 2018-08-25 Auction - 468 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 15
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Magic Memorabilia

Our summer sale of magicana includes vintage posters, apparatus, antiquarian books, and ephemera. Among the highlights are rarities advertising the shows of the Hanlon Brothers, early and uncommon conjuring catalogs, and relics from the career of Howard Thurston.
Auction Curator:
Gabe Fajuri
Gabe Fajuri
President
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Group of Four Turned Wooden Magic Props.: Group of Four Turned Wooden Magic Props. European, late nineteenth century. Turned hardwood with black trim, including a Dice Vase, Cone and Orange, Ball Vase (lacks ball), and Coin Vase (faulty
0336: Group of Four Turned Wooden Magic Props.Est. $200-$400
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Nest of Boxes.: Nest of Boxes. Circa 1910s. Set of seven lathe-turned hardwood boxes. A coin vanishes, only to reappear within the innermost container. Smallest box holds American nickel or smaller. Largest box
0337: Nest of Boxes.Est. $150-$250
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Antique Silk Top Hat with Fitted Box.: Antique Silk Top Hat with Fitted Box. Luxembourg, ca. 1900. Fine silk top hat with grosgrain trim, lettered on the inside, “Chapellerie Moderne/Place de la liberte/Luxembourg-Gare.” In a
0338: Antique Silk Top Hat with Fitted Box.Est. $100-$200
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Handkerchief Burning Globe.: Handkerchief Burning Globe. European, early twentieth century. Classic magician’s prop transforms a quantity of burning cotton into colorful silk handkerchiefs. 10” high. Slight wear to
0339: Handkerchief Burning Globe.Est. $300-$500
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Bran Vase.: Bran Vase. An early twentieth century nickel-plated vase filled with bran one moment and transformed into a live dove or rabbit the next. 12 ½” tall.
0340: Bran Vase.Est. $200-$300
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Card and Watch Pistol.: Card and Watch Pistol. Berlin: Conradi, ca. 1925. A card perched on the pistol and a watch hanging from the end of its barrel vanish at the pull of the trigger, appearing elsewhere moments later.
0341: Card and Watch Pistol.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Changing Canister.: Changing Canister. French, ca. 1890s. Hand-painted toleware canister changes, produces, or vanishes objects placed inside. 5 ½” high. Age-consistent wear to finish.
0342: Changing Canister.Est. $150-$250
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Coffee to Rice Canisters.: Coffee to Rice Canisters. French, ca. 1890s. A quantity of rice and coffee placed in the canisters transpose, transform, or vanish. Brass with crimson bands. 3 ¼” high. Very good.
0343: Coffee to Rice Canisters.Est. $200-$300
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Coffee and Milk Trick.: Coffee and Milk Trick. Manufacturer unknown, early twentieth century. Bran or confetti scooped into the metal cups is transformed into hot coffee and milk. Set of three, stamped “XD,”
0344: Coffee and Milk Trick.Est. $200-$300
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Changing/Transformation Vase.: Changing/Transformation Vase. European, late nineteenth century. Antique lightweight tinware vase with brass-tone finish changes a quantity of rice or bran into a stream of silks or a small solid
0345: Changing/Transformation Vase.Est. $200-$300
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Break Away Production Box.: Break Away Production Box. Circa 1910. Hollow four-sided box constructed of wood and metal containing load chambers within each panel; dovetail joint construction for easy disassembly to four flat
0346: Break Away Production Box.Est. $150-$250
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Self-Extinguishing Candles.: Self-Extinguishing Candles. German, ca. 1920. At the shot of a pistol or the magician’s command, three candles resting in a nickel-plated candelabra instantly extinguish. Assistant-operated
0347: Self-Extinguishing Candles.Est. $700-$900
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Silk Pedestal.: Silk Pedestal. Vienna: Klingl, ca. 1930s. Nickel-plated stand facilitates the sudden appearance of a silk handkerchief into a clear glass tumbler resting atop the pedestal. Stand only, 10
0348: Silk Pedestal.Est. $300-$600
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Glass Through Hat.: Glass Through Hat. Berlin: Conradi, ca. 1930. Slowly and visibly, a hat sinks down to the tabletop, on which rests a drinking glass covered by a cloth. The glass is removed from inside the hat.
0349: Glass Through Hat.Est. $400-$800
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Rapping Hand.: Rapping Hand. Italian, ca. 1930s. Realistic hand-painted papier-mache hand raps out answers posed to the magician. 8” long. Parts of Italian-language newspaper used for the construction visible
0350: Rapping Hand.Est. $100-$150
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Thornton Windlass.: Thornton Windlass. New Britain: Thornton Mech. Lab, ca. 1930. Secret device contains over 40 feet of fine black thread and will retract or distribute it. Used for the Dancing Handkerchief or Rising
0351: Thornton Windlass.Est. $100-$200
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Locking Cardini Thread Reel.: Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Locking Cardini Thread Reel. Long Island: Richard Cardini, 1960. Finely machined magician’s reel for the secret manipulation of thread, with belt clip
0352: Locking Cardini Thread Reel.Est. $700-$900
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Cardini Wrist Watch Reel.: Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Cardini Wrist Watch Reel. Long Island: Richard Cardini, ca. 1965. A seemingly ordinary wristwatch with expandable metal band conceals a thread reel. Lacks watch
0353: Cardini Wrist Watch Reel.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Will Rock’s Linking Rings.: Rock, Will (William George Raukauskas). Will Rock’s Linking Rings. Sixteen 8-inch diameter rings (five from an early set, the balance a more modern version) owned by American magician and
0354: Will Rock’s Linking Rings.Est. $200-$300
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Card Star.: Card Star. [Sweden: Harries Magic (?)], ca. 1950s. Handsome made nickel-plated metal star, cloth-covered central medallion, at whose ends spectators’ selected cards suddenly appear on command.
0355: Card Star.Est. $400-$600
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Vanishing Lamp.: Vanishing Lamp. Sweden: Harries Magic, ca. 1950s. Nickel-plated lamp with orange cloth shade, which is removed from a table and remains visibly lit underneath a foulard, which is thrown into the air
0356: Vanishing Lamp.Est. $250-$350
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Mento Card Box / Thayer’s Mento Mystery.: Mento Card Box / Thayer’s Mento Mystery. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co., 1940s. Cleverly-designed houlette allows the performer to name the first card of the deck—a feat which may be
0357: Mento Card Box / Thayer’s Mento Mystery.Est. $300-$500
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Wu-Ling Pagoda Mystery.: Wu-Ling Pagoda Mystery. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co., 1940s. Attractively stencil-painted cabinet which the magician shows to be empty and then from which, a moment later, he produces a quantity of
0358: Wu-Ling Pagoda Mystery.Est. $250-$350
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Spirit Painting (Parlor Size).: Spirit Painting (Parlor Size). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. A blank canvas slowly and eerily develops into a finished painting of a design chosen at random, as if the artwork were executed by
0359: Spirit Painting (Parlor Size).Est. $500-$800