Coin Pail. Chicago: Roterberg [?], ca. 1912. Brass

Coin Pail. Chicago: Roterberg [?], ca. 1912. Brass champagne bucket that facilitates the magic trick known as the Miser's Dream, in which the performer plucks a seemingly endless quantity of silver co

Mysterious Glass Jar and Flying Coins. Chicago: A. Roterberg & Co., ca. 1910. Five coins vanish and visibly reappear inside an empty glass jar, closed with a glass stopper. With gimmick. 8" high. Very

Mysterious Glass Jar and Flying Coins (Jumbo). Chicago: A. Roterberg & Co. [?], ca. 1910. Five coins vanish and visibly reappear inside an empty glass jar, closed with a glass stopper. With gimmick. 1

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. Wooden and glass, with gimmick to f

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. Wooden, glass, and Plexiglas, with

Robert Riddle Jarvie (1865-1941), American Meat Packers Association stamp box, Chicago, IL, 1912, brass, stamped signature, design by George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952), 4.25"w x 2"d x 2"h

Vase, Cone, Beans and Orange Trick. Chicago: A. Roterberg [?] ca. 1910. Nickel-plated vase, wooden skittle, and two shells make possible a magical transposition between a quantity of dry beans, the sk

Mills 5 Cent OK Gum Vendor Slot Machine. Chicago: Mills Novelty, ca. 1912. Hardwood case with gleaming castings and side column-vendor for chewing gum. Face cast with the text “Liberty Bell Gum

Coin Pail. Martinka & Co. [?], ca. 1880s. Early toleware pail painted with silver star shapes, specially prepared for the magician to drop inside a stream of coins from mid-air. Including a sleeve of

Coin Pail. Hamburg: Janos Bartl, ca. 1925. Metal champagne bucket outfitted with two Kellar-style droppers in its handles (which push coins inside the pail), and five droppers underneath which release

Latest Coin Pail. Colon: Abbott's Magic, ca. 1961. Champagne bucket-type pail facilitates the performance of the Miser's Dream. Heavily chrome plated. Gimmicks with twenty-four coin capacity. 7 ¾" hi

Pair of Albert Pick Company Heavy Brass Spittoons. Chicago, ca. 1900. Including one with lid (7 ½”d) and one without lid (7 ½”d). Both have manufacturer’s plaque on bottom. Albert Pick was a h

Coin Casket. Chicago: National Magic Company, ca. 1935. Chrome plated metal box with four slots inside to accommodate half dollars. The coins vanish one at a time as the lid of the box is opened and c

Coin Wand. Chicago: National Magic Co., ca. 1940s. Mechanical black metal wand (13 ¾" long) with nickel-plated tips that produces or vanishes a Walking Liberty half-dollar at one end. Minor dent to o

Robert Riddle Jarvie (1865-1941), American Meat Packers Association brass stamp box, Chicago, 1912, design by George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952), the hinged lid incised 'AMPA 1912', stamped to the under

Bally Magic Storyteller Coin-Operated Fun Phone. Chicago: Bally Manufacturing, ca. 1963. Nickel-operated novelty phone game with 12 stories included. “It’s Fun to Listen to the Fun-Phone.&

Simmons 1 Cent Model A Gumball Machine. Chicago: Simmons Coin Machine Co., ca. 1930s. Porcelain base and lid, chrome faceplate and dispenser, and original globe. 16” high. Light wear, some scuff

Pianolin Style B coin-operated Nickelodeon with flute pipes. In silver fox finish oak cabinet. Manufactured by the North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works circa 1912. In addition to the 44-note piano

Thurston, Howard. Chicago American Says “Go See” Thurston. Cincinnati, Strobridge Litho., ca. 1912. Horizontal half-sheet (35 x 23”) black-and-white poster with illustrations of Thurston and sce

H.C. Evans Park and Carnival Equipment. Chicago, ca. 1932. Color printed wraps. Merchandise catalog of ball pitches, fortune-telling and other coin-operated machines, carnival games and shooting galle

Two vintage cast iron figures. Includes A.C. Williams Mutt and Jeff Cast Iron Original Still Bank ca 1912 and artist Danya B. 'Children on Swings' Bronze sculpture, which is discontinued and rare. Bot

The Challenger Deluxe Coin-Operated Hot Nut Vendor. Chicago: Tropical Trading Co., ca. 1950s. Electric hot not vendor with light-up marquee, cup dispenser at side, original plaques and decals, accepts

Exhibit Supply Co. (ESCO) Claw Digger Arcade Machine. Chicago, ca. 1930s. Wooden cabinet with cast metal prize drawer and knob. Cabinet is well worn with detached and replaced panels, later coin slide

Zeno 1 Cent Wood Gum Machine with Clock Work Mechanism. Chicago, ca. 1905. Advertising on front, inside back door has a “special notice” and directions. Missing metal coin entry and emboss