Demon's Desk Rack. Los Angeles, Owen Magic Supreme

MAGIC WONDER SHOW Original newsprint AD for S.A.M. Assembly #22 Benefit Show in LOS ANGELES circa late 1940s. 15.5” x 20” visible image. Also featured: Chester Morris; The Ushers; Jack Norworth; G

Chameleon Box (Red and White Trick). Los Angeles, Owen Magic, ca. 1960. A wooden box changes color from white to red and back again when a handkerchief of a corresponding color is placed inside. An in

Carl Owen made version circa 1950. Spectator kneels with their head and wrists locked in a large stock. Three sabers are plunged through the neck and wrists and when removed, the spectator is unharmed

Circa 1985. A rack of lit showcase light bulbs is apparently pushed through stocks locked around a woman’s torso. Based on the Robert Harbin effect. Condition: Appears very good. Electrically untest

Circa 1950. Built and featured by long-time children’s show performer, J.B. Bobo (1910-1996). A rack containing four oversized spools of thread is shown. A color is chosen and a white silk handkerch

A small cabinet containing a moving rack of spikes is shown. The cabinet is filled with balloons and the spikes pushed down, popping the balloons. A spectator is invited to sit in a chair and place th

Ben Stone. c. 1975. Plain paper is changed into real money with this innocent-appearing desk blotter. Finely made of walnut. Condition: Excellent.

Finely crafted wooden desktop secretary that allows envelopes to be switched in plain view. c. 1977. By merely placing the envelope in the open rack above the calendar, the change is made. So undetect

c. 1975. Plain paper is changed into real money with this innocent-appearing desk blotter. Finely made of walnut. Condition: Excellent.

The magician shows a small metal box, with very thin sides. Holding it in one hand, the two doors of a steel box are dropped open showing a completely empty box. The doors are closed and upon opening

The magician shows a small metal box, with very thin sides. Holding it in one hand, the two doors of a steel box are dropped open showing a completely empty box. The doors are closed and upon opening

A lovely French automaton believed to be from Jean Farkas (1917-2014). With his wife Anne, who was a seamstress and created the costumes, they created and repaired automata. In 1974 they moved from Pa

McIlhany had this custom made after seeing Ken Klosterman’s Hofzinser Card Rise that Charles Kalish had copied from the original in the Library of Congress. This remarkable piece of apparatus was ap

A mechanical masterpiece! A spectacular reproduction of Conradi – Horster’s feast for the eyes! A true spectacle. Balls automatically disappear from the ball stand and start a “roller coaster ri

Created by Lucien Bontemps in Paris circa 1870, this is among his largest and most spectacular “singing bird” clockwork automatons. Inside the beautifully gilded and decorated 22 inch tall cage, t

This single hand Mystery Clock could be attributed to Robert-Houdin. The clock tells time with no apparent connection between the hand and the base. Robert-Houdin’s name (along with Paris) is etched

A wonderful limited-edition reproduction automaton that Rudiger Deutsch exquisitely made. The spectator selects a card from the deck. The cards are mixed and put into the houlette. The bird then will

Approximately 18" tall and beautifully stenciled in traditional red, black and gold. Very, very rare, with rubber "two-way" hinges. Operates perfectly. Show both sides of the screen at any time, yet p

This a rare Anverdi liquid effect that is described on page 95 of Anverdi 50 Years of Magical Creations. A glass is shown with a transparent tube. The performer places a colored silk into the glass. T

This is a beautiful large size Hofzinser Rose Mirror with form fitting case by S. Klingl. It performs the classic effect where the image of a rose appears on the mirror, then slowly changes color from

From Alan Warner:SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION OF TWELVE BOXED SETS - This is #9SEVEN QUALITY EGYPTIAN MINI-MAGIC ITEMSA Mummy Mystery: A tablet depicting an Egyptian mummy, is inserted into a co

An incredible collection of 28 Pierre Mayer miniature automatons in a custom wood display case. Most of these moving figures feature a magic theme such as pulling a rabbit out of a hat, Zig Zag Lady,

Two nickeled tables are seen on stage. One is empty and the other contains an oil lamp with shade. In a flash, the lamp vanishes from one table and reappears on the other. A mechanical masterpiece. Si

Circa 2000. Beautifully crafted recreation of the Willmann Fire Bowl Production. A mechanical masterpiece. Flaming bowl visibly appears on a thin-topped table. Condition: Excellent.