New Break-Apart Die Box. Los Angeles, Thayer, ca. 1930.

Eli's Die Box. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1920. Handsome turned hardwood box allows the magician to control the roll of three fair dice, no matter how vigorously the box is shaken. 2 ½" diameter.

Mysto (Mysterious Die & Frame). Los Angeles: Thayer Manufacturing Co., ca. 1930. A solid wooden die is threaded to a wooden frame through holes running through each. The die then penetrates the ribbon

Mysto Die and Frame (Jumbo). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. The magician places a stencil-painted wooden cube depicting dragons into a wooden frame resting on a pedestal. A ribbon is threaded thr

The Money Machine/ Money Maker. Los Angeles: Thayer, ca. 1930. Blank sheets of paper turn into dollar bills when run through the rollers mounted on the wooden stand (7 ½ x 5 ½"). Minor surface scrat

Doctor Q Spirit Hand (Rapping Hand). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. A carved wooden hand with lace cuff raps out answers to questions while isolated on a heavy wooden board. Light surface wear, p

Radio Simplex Gazing Ball (a/k/a “Meccano”). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. A chromed metal ball (5” diam.) into which the mind-reader gazes, cleverly constructed so as to conceal the answe

Multiplying Billiard Balls. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Group of fourteen finely turned wooden billiard balls painted in various colors, with two red shells. Ten balls and three shells 1 5/8"

Billet Changing Basket. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Cleverly designed basket exchanges one stack of billets for another. Wooden basket, fabric lined. 7 x 11 x 5 ½".

Deck Changing Tray. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1930. Mechanical mahogany tray facilitates the switch of one deck of cards or one small object for another. 6 5/8 x 9 ½”.

Changing Tray. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1930. Mechanical wooden tray facilitates the switch of one deck of cards or one small object for another. 11 x 9 ½”. Good.

New Tumbler Pedestal. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1925. Silk handkerchiefs appear in a glass tumbler placed on top of the wooden pedestal. Novel operation (not spring loaded). 10” high. Very good.

New Wonder Silk Cabby. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. Wooden cabinet (7 ¾ x 5 x 3 ½") on raised feet, decoratively stencil-painted with dragons, in which silk handkerchiefs vanish, appear, or c

Devil's Mail Box/Devil's Card Rise. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1944. A lacquered picture frame on an elaborate base allows the performer to visibly yet secretly switch one envelope for anothe

Turban Mystery. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A length of rope or a long turban is cut in half and placed in the box. When removed, it is restored. 8 x 8 x 4". Exterior somewhat distressed from

Coin in a Ball of Yarn. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A marked coin is discovered inside two nested, locked metal boxes, which are wrapped in a ball of yarn – which is inside two nested, hardw

Coin in a Ball of Yarn. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A marked coin is discovered inside two nested, locked metal boxes, which are wrapped in a ball of yarn- which is inside two nested, hardwood

MTH, O Scale, UNION PACIFIC SLEEPER/DINER SET: Stream Liner; CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND WYOMING. With Interior Details and Overhead Lighting Detailed Bodies, Die Cast Trucks. New In Box. Estate of Jack D

New in box

William Samuel Parrott (American, 1843-1915) "Mt. Hood" oil on canvas signed lower right, a "William A. Kargas Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA" label with artist and title en verso. Period gilt frame. 42" x

Diné [Navajo] Crystal Textile, ca. 1930handspun wool, natural and aniline dyesJohn Bradford Moore was a renowned trader in New Mexico who established the Crystal Trading Post 1896. An early marketer

"Sunday Sailors" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Charles Wysocki, and with the copyright symbol, titled on the stretcher 24" H x 30" W Provenance: Galerie De Tours, Carmel, CA, December 22, 197

''And Little Blue Islands are One with the Sky'' Oil on canvas Signed lower left: Geo. Chann and with the artist's device, titled on a gallery label affixed verso 30'' H x 38'' W Provenance: Ankrum Ga

''Carol'', bust of a woman Polychromed bronze, with Judith Ripka earrings Signed, numbered, dated and with impressed foundry mark: Nagel / 88/180 / Dumas / Mirage Editions Inc. / 1984 20.75'' H x 13.5

''California Hills'', signed and dated lower right: Dana Bartlett 1921, signed again and titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 20'' H x 24'' W, est: $5000/7000 Provenance: Louis Stern