Magic Memorabilia 2018-08-25 Auction - 468 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 16
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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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Sucker Pigeon Vanish.: Sucker Pigeon Vanish. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1935. Live birds vanish from a box they have been placed into, which is disassembled piece-by-piece. Handsome Thayer stencil work, on a later
0360: Sucker Pigeon Vanish.Est. $400-$600
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Coin in a Ball of Yarn.: Coin in a Ball of Yarn. Los Angeles: Thayer Manufacturing, ca. 1947. A marked coin is discovered inside two nested, locked metal boxes, which are wrapped in a ball of yarn – which is inside two
0361: Coin in a Ball of Yarn.Est. $400-$600
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Colonio Table.: Colonio Table. Los Angeles: Thayer, ca. 1940s. Black and gold Colonio-style table with velvet drape, turned wood center column, and two secret “wells.” Sold with two cloth storage bags
0362: Colonio Table.Est. $100-$200
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Crystal Ladder Coin Pail.: Crystal Ladder Coin Pail. Colon: Abbott’s Magic, ca. 1965. Coins produced from mid-air are dropped down the ladder, landing in the hammered brass pail at the bottom. Wood and glass, with
0363: Crystal Ladder Coin Pail.Est. $100-$200
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Silk and Water Lota Vase.: Silk and Water Lota Vase. Thayer [?], ca. 1925. Spun copper vase with Grecian handles. Water is emptied from the vase; it refills repeatedly. Then, dry silk handkerchiefs of three different colors
0364: Silk and Water Lota Vase.Est. $250-$350
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Coin Vanishing Box.: Coin Vanishing Box. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1925. Handsome turned hardwood box. Coins disappear after the lid has been clamped on and removed. 1” diameter.
0365: Coin Vanishing Box.Est. $150-$250
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Devil’s Mail Box.: Devil’s Mail Box. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1940s. Deco-style card frame in yellow, gold and red allows the performer to visibly yet secretly switch one envelope for another when
0366: Devil’s Mail Box.Est. $250-$300
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Nest of Boxes.: Nest of Boxes. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co. [?], ca. 1940. A vanished ring or watch reappears in the smallest of seven locked, nesting boxes. Two innermost boxes lined with crushed red velvet. With
0367: Nest of Boxes.Est. $200-$300
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Card Between Plates (TV Card Frame).: Card Between Plates (TV Card Frame). Alhambra: Owen Magic, ca. 1955. A selected card appears between two glass plates resting in a decorative wooden frame. Unusual and uncommon design, incorporating
0368: Card Between Plates (TV Card Frame).Est. $250-$350
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Abbott’s Advanced Ringing Clock Vanish.: Abbott’s Advanced Ringing Clock Vanish. Colon, Mich., ca. 1940s. An alarm clock resting on a wooden tray is covered with a velvet cloth and hung on a metal stand, upon which the alarm begins to
0369: Abbott’s Advanced Ringing Clock Vanish.Est. $200-$400
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Coin Pail.: Coin Pail. Colon: Abbott’s Magic Mfg., ca. 1970. Champagne bucket cleverly conceals gimmicks that facilitate the production of coins from empty hands, or mid-air. 7 ¾” high.
0370: Coin Pail.Est. $100-$200
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Bank Night Tray.: Bank Night Tray. Colon: Abbott’s Magic Mfg., ca. 1940s. The performer invites four spectators to each pick an envelope from a group of five, one of which contains a $10 bill; no matter what
0371: Bank Night Tray.Est. $150-$300
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Wire Masks Used in Edwin Brush’s Mahatma Chair: Wire Masks Used in Edwin Brush’s Mahatma Chair Illusion. Sculpted wire mesh masks within metal frames, realistically painted to depict two goateed men and another figure, original elastic
0372: Wire Masks Used in Edwin Brush’s Mahatma ChairEst. $250-$350
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Sybil Card Rise.: Sybil Card Rise. French, ca. 1930s. Selected cards rise from a metal houlette held in the magician’s fingertips, even though the cards are held between panes of glass. With gimmick and a deck
0373: Sybil Card Rise.Est. $150-$250
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Card Boxes.: Card Boxes. English/American, ca. 1930s. Two examples of a magician’s card box, facilitating the change, vanish, or appearance of a certain playing card inside. Heavy and well-made with
0374: Card Boxes.Est. $150-$250
Dove Pan.: Dove Pan. Large mid-century tiered aluminum pan from which the magician produces a live dove or other livestock. Side handles. Said to have belonged to the magician “Mardoni” (Clayton M.
0376: Dove Pan.Est. $200-$300Lot Passed
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Color Changing Knives.: Color Changing Knives. Nashville: Sanders Manufacturing, 1950s. Set of seven knives for the popular close-up routine, six with stag/colored handles, one with a green/grey and red composition. Colors
0377: Color Changing Knives.Est. $500-$750
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Chinese Linking Rings.: Chinese Linking Rings. American, ca. 1960s. Handsome set of ten rings (10” diam.) from stainless steel tubing. Zipper leatherette carrying case. Very good.
0378: Chinese Linking Rings.Est. $100-$200
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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.
0379: Jo-Anne Improved Card Duck.Est. $150-$250
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Rabbit Rising Cards.: Rabbit Rising Cards. Alhambra: Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1960s. Stencil-painted rabbit figure whose ears collapse in surprise as the selected card rises from the houlette. Marked on the reverse.
0380: Rabbit Rising Cards.Est. $250-$350
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Dagger of Damocles.: Dagger of Damocles. London: Harry Stanley, ca. 1950. The blade of a chrome-plated dagger is dipped into a clear tumbler. Mysteriously, the tumbler remains suspended from the dagger. Bakelite handle.
0381: Dagger of Damocles.Est. $200-$300
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Porta-Copier.: Porta-Copier. New York: Richard Himber, 1965. English Morocco wallet allows the magician to visibly print real dollar bills from blank slips of paper. Original box, enveloped, plate, and
0382: Porta-Copier.Est. $200-$400
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Ghost Glass (Improved).: Ghost Glass (Improved). New York: Richard Himber, ca. 1948. A metal rod pierces a piece of glass in a wooden frame. The rod then pierces in other locations. Finally, the glass is shown with no holes
0383: Ghost Glass (Improved).Est. $150-$250