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The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins

Our inaugural magic auction of 2019 is the first of four sales from the collection of Jim Rawlins, a devoted student of magic and its history, who spent nearly three decades building an impressive, important, and diverse collection. A finely curated selection will go on the block, including choice objects in every collecting category. Association items from the careers of modern master magicians - Germain, Joseffy, Thurston, Blackstone, and more - will be offered side-by-side with vintage apparatus.
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Drumhead Tube.: Drumhead Tube. Circa 1930. Empty metal tube is capped with paper on both ends and placed on a stand. One drumhead is punctured and a large production is made. Tube rotates on stand and can be removed
0098: Drumhead Tube.Est. $150-$250
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Enchanted Arabian Mirror.: Enchanted Arabian Mirror. Cincinnati: John Snyder, ca. 1939. A sheet of glass with a hole in its center is tied with ribbon into a wooden frame representing a jail cell. The glass penetrates the
0099: Enchanted Arabian Mirror.Est. $250-$350
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Fire Bowl to Flowers.: Fire Bowl to Flowers. Germany: Conradi [?], 1920s. Nickel-plated bowl filled with flames is produced from a cloth, covered, and when uncovered, the fire has changed into a bouquet of flowers.
0100: Fire Bowl to Flowers.Est. $400-$600
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Fire Bowl.: Fire Bowl. After Martinka & Co., ca. 1900. Spun brass bowl belches fire and smoke upon production. Fire changes to flowers when lid is clamped on and removed. Mechanical striker, load chamber locks.
0101: Fire Bowl.Est. $300-$500Lot Passed
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Flag Table.: Flag Table. Kansas City: Donald Holmes, ca. 1919. The magician produces a spray of small American flags from a foulard draped over his shoulder. Mechanical table on Kellar base 46” high. Flags
0102: Flag Table.Est. $500-$750
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Giant Flag Vase. 77_252: Giant Flag Vase. Circa 1910. Nickel-plated vase transforms a quantity of liquid into dry silk flags, or other objects. 19 ½” high. Large, outstanding, early example of this classic prop.
0103: Giant Flag Vase. 77_252Est. $800-$1,200Lot Passed
Flag Vase.: Flag Vase. American or European, ca. 1910s. Tall and attractive nickel-plated vase, tiered base and lid with thin engraved borders, allowing the magician to transform a quantity of liquid into a
0104: Flag Vase.Est. $400-$600Lot Passed
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Flag Vase.: Flag Vase. Boston: W.D. LeRoy, ca. 1900. Liquid poured in to the nickel-plated vase transforms into dry silk flags. 16” high. Minor wear to plating, else good. Hallmarked. Uncommon.
0105: Flag Vase.Est. $500-$750
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Floating Ball.: Floating Ball. Circa 1930s. Gilt-painted metal orb which the magician causes to float all over the stage. Original cloth covered storage case. Diam. 6”. Scattered indentations and paint repairs
0106: Floating Ball.Est. $100-$200
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Flower Production Tray.: Flower Production Tray. Paris: Voisin, ca. 1900. Four large bunches of flowers appear on a magnificently hand-painted metal tray finished in red, gold, and black. Spring-loaded mechanism. Minor paint
0107: Flower Production Tray.Est. $500-$750
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Fly-To Cage.: Fly-To Cage. European, late nineteenth century. Black toleware props with gilt, silver, and orange decal scrollwork. A metal birdcage vanishes from inside a box, yet reappears in a handsome metal
0108: Fly-To Cage.Est. $800-$1,200
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Fu Manchu’s Cage Transposition.: Fu Manchu (David Bamberg). Fu Manchu’s Cage Transposition. Hamburg: Carl Willmann [?], ca. 1920. Mechanically complex mechanism allows a gleaming metal cage to vanish from under a handkerchief,
0109: Fu Manchu’s Cage Transposition.Est. $4,000-$6,000
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Genii Vase.: Genii Vase. Colon: Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co., ca. 1950. Water is poured in to a tall chrome-plated vase. Moments later, a mammoth production of dry silk handkerchiefs is made from inside,
0110: Genii Vase.Est. $250-$350
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Germain’s Wrist Trap.: Germain, Karl (Charles Mattmuller). Germain’s Wrist Trap. New York: Martinka & Co., ca. 1900. Bench-made mechanical trap door device facilitates the vanish of small objects. Spring loaded, with
0111: Germain’s Wrist Trap.Est. $500-$750
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Germain Water Jars.: Germain Water Jars. Chicago: Roterberg [?], ca. 1915. Five heavy and empty nickel-plated jars magically fill to the brim with water. Set of nine heavy nickel-plated vessels, four bottomless. Each 8"
0112: Germain Water Jars.Est. $500-$700
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Ultra Glass Through Hat.: Ultra Glass Through Hat. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1940. A glass placed on a brass candlestick is covered with a cloth, then visibly penetrates the crown of a borrowed hat. Hallmarked.
0113: Ultra Glass Through Hat.Est. $250-$350
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Greystoke’s Floating Ball.: Greystoke, R. Temple. Greystoke’s Floating Ball. Circa 1930. Aluminum floating ball owned and used by the “South’s Foremost Magician,” in his school and assembly shows in the
0114: Greystoke’s Floating Ball.Est. $50-$150
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Handkerchief Burning Globe.: Handkerchief Burning Globe. European, ca. 1890. Brass vase exchanges one object for another, or transforms burning cotton into silk handkerchiefs. 8” high. Minor dents.
0116: Handkerchief Burning Globe.Est. $400-$600
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Handkerchief Pedestal.: Handkerchief Pedestal. Vienna: S. Klingl, ca. 1940. Nickel plated stand secretly introduces a silk handkerchief in to a crystal tumbler. Spring-loaded mechanism, weighted base, with fitted cup to
0117: Handkerchief Pedestal.Est. $500-$700
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Handkerchief Pedestal (Jumbo).: Handkerchief Pedestal (Jumbo). Circa 1920. Oversize nickeled pedestal secretly introduces a silk hanky into a bottomless glass. Patterned fabric top 5” diameter, stand 10 ½” high.
0118: Handkerchief Pedestal (Jumbo).Est. $200-$250
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Heckle Gun.: Heckle Gun. North Hollywood: Merv Taylor, ca. 1956. Gigantic comedy prop gun with an oversized barrel. Three triggers are used to fire the weapon, which first shoots one spring snake, then another,
0119: Heckle Gun.Est. $500-$700
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Hindoo Inkwell.: Hindoo Inkwell. Alabama: The Magic Company (Michael Baker), ca. 2010. Recreation of an Okito prop. A borrowed watch transforms into a potato when placed in the cabinet. Cutting open the potato
0120: Hindoo Inkwell.Est. $300-$500
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Holdout.: Holdout. Detroit: Al Caroselli, ca. 1930. Machined aluminum arm-pressure holdout, for the secret addition or removal of a playing card from the operator’s hand. Original arm straps. Arm plate 6
0121: Holdout.Est. $800-$1,200
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