315. Thayer Quality Magic Catalog No. 8., 1936.

From Thayer catalog #8 (1936): “The performer sets an alarm clock ringing and places it on a tray which is held by the assistant. Another assistant enters the opposite side of the stage with a tray

91. Magic Catalogs. Group of 12 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated. 8 cloth or boards, some with dust jacket; moderate wear. Vp, vd [80/120]Thayer's Quality Magic. Catalogue No. 9, Volumes 2-5. 194

Von Deusen, Dr. Wilhelm and Glenn Gravatt. The Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks / The Second Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks. [Quality Magic Co., 1936]. Two vols., gilt-lettered cloth

A beautifully decorated gold wooden picture frame is seen to be empty. Instantly, a ringing alarm clock appears within the frame. Mounted on a Thayer Colonio table base. Circa 1930. Thayer quality. Co

A lit table lamp is wrapped in newspaper and lifted from the table. The magician steps forward, the paper is crushed and tossed into the audience – the lamp having disappeared. Thayer quality constr

Turned wood pedestal for the introduction of a silk handkerchief into a bottomless glass (not included), while covered with a borrowed handkerchief or tube. Thayer quality. Condition: Good. Some wear

Beautifully crafted mahogany tray is inverted on a sheet of newspaper and when lifted, cards or silks are seen to have appeared. Thayer quality. Formerly from the Circus World Museum collection and so

VTG 1950-1960s Magic Catalog No. 21 Practical Tricks for Stage, Club & Parlor. This is a nice old book, it is in okay condition, it does have signs of wear from over the years. It measures 5 1/2" x 8

8 X 10 photograph to Floyd G. Thayer (1877-1959) founder of the Thayer Magic Company that made magical apparatus in the 1920's and 1930's. Simi CA March 1941 from The Great Chevalier

#2653 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Namreh’s New Magic 1928. 8.9” x 6” with 20 pages. Chicago, Illinois. Bound in red boards. Some water staining. From the Burton Sper

#3047 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Catalogue #8 1904. Black binding with orange with black illustrations. 5.4” x 8.2” with 170 pages. 176 Ontario Street, Chicago, IL. F

Two Minerva - 1933 8 cyl, 6.5 x 9, 16 pgs, 1934 4 cyl, 6.5 x 12, opens to 18 x 24, Chenard Walcker, 12 pgs, late 1930’s Delage , 9.5 x 8 card, 1940’s Delahaye, 10.5 x 8, 8 pgs

1932-1962, all loose, including: #5, #6, #7, #8 (2 copies), #9, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #16A, #17, Book Catalog 1959 (2 copies), Magic Inc. catalog #21. Condition: All Very Good.

1936, 1937, 1938 Packard Super 8 and Twelve catalogs

Lot of 8 hardbound catalogs, including: 1907, 1908, 1912, 1915, 1920-21, 1923, 1924, 1927, plus several loose sales brochures. Condition: Very good. Ex Libris: Burton Sperber.

ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF NEW AND SUPERIOR CONJURING WONDERS" - MARTINKA & CO. 493, SIXTH AVE, NEW YORK - 47 PAGES , 8 1/2" X 5 3/4

MARTINKA & CO, NEW YORK" HEADQUARTERS OF MAGICIANS OF AMERICA - 269 PAGES , 8 1/4" X 5 1/2

1907 Car Deluxe 32 pgs, three Chadwick 1908 24 pgs, 1911 with 8 and 40 pgs, 1911 Atlas 32 pgs, 1912 DeTamble 32 pgs, 1913 Winton 64 pgs

O ga, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 2 1938, clean & crisp, C7-8.

Artist: Carol Bodendieck Chapman (American, 1936-living) Title: 8 a.m. Year: ca.1983 Medium: original serigraph Image Size: 17.4 x 20.9 inches Sheet Size: 22.1 x 24.9 inches Catalo

Eleven Packard - 1935 Std 8, Su 8, Twelve spiral bound, 1936 Senior models, Twelve catalogs, 1935 one half inch thick Sales Info book, other brochures

#1613 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. No date. Magic Conjuring Illusions. Binding Brown, inside Beige & Brown with Brown Text and illustrations. 7.4” x 9.8” and 32 pages.

#1599 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Hamley’s Book of Magic 1925. Tan cover with dark brown text and an illustration of a wizard. 8.5” x 11” with 60 pages. 200-202 Rege

Eight 1920s & 30s Lionel Train Catalogs including: 1929, 1933, two 1935, 1936, 1937 and two 1938. CONDITION: One 1935 has tears at spine, small loss at top, 1936 has tears and loss at spine and bottom