Automaton – Magician Cones & Dice

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

Musical Turkish Magician Automaton. Switzerland, 20th century. Key-wind mechanical automaton depicting a conjuror at a table, who changes and vanishes cards, blocks, and other baubles under two cones

Late 19th/early 20th century; wind up musical automaton with lady magician having bisque porcelain head and arms, dressed in black lace, and silk outfit with conical hat, head and arms move, cone is l

Made by Leopold Lambert. French - 1890 - 27" T x 11 " W. This is another rare and desirable automation by Leopold Lambert of France. Here we have a young magician performing feats of magic, as he make

Contemporary Musical Magician Automaton by Zdenka, Switzerland With bisque head, glass eyes and mohair wig, standing with wand and box behind a circular table, on velvet-covered base containing single

Musical Turkish Magician Automaton. Switzerland, 20th century. Key-wind mechanical automaton depicting a conjuror at a table, who changes and vanishes cards, blocks, and other baubles under two conesh

Clown Magician Musical Automaton. Paris: Leopold Lambert, ca. 1900s. As the music box plays, the magician, sticking his tongue in and out and nodding his head, raises his wand, taps the side of the cu

Musical automaton of a Magician, when wound up his fan lifts his head appears once in the barrel and another time in a crate.Overall height 24 inches. Length 14 inches. Depth 11 inches.

Erik DESMAZIERES (Born 1948): "The Automaton and the Magician" / "L'Automate et le Magicien " (original French title). Aquatint, etching, and roulette on laid Moulin de Fleurac paper, 1988. Ref: Fitch

A cone is formed from a sheet of newspaper and shown empty. A silk handkerchief is dropped inside of the cone and stirred with the magician’s wand. When the cone is opened, the handkerchief has disa

2164. ASSORTMENT OF VICTORIAN CANDY CONTAINERS | Group of six cone candy containers with die-cut figures. 8" - 13" l.

These were put on the tree to hold sweets for children. There are three different sizes to these great die-cuts. Large Santa cone is 10" long.Condition: (Very Good).Dimensions: Largest : 14 -1/4" x 6

Oriental Dice Box. Arizona: Richard Gerlitz, ca. 2002. The magician predicts the sum of three dice after being shaken inside the box. Plastic with Oriental-themed decals on both sides. 2 ¾" diam., 1"

American. Circa 1930. A piece of paper is formed into a cone and a colored silk dropped inside. After stirring the cone with his wand, the magician unrolls the paper to reveal the silk has vanished. C

Dice Vase. Lake Forest, Ill.: John McKinven, ca. 1990. Ebonized hardwood vase allowing the magician to determine the roll of the die even after it is dropped inside and shaken vigorously. 4 ¾” tall

Dice Vase. German [?], ca. 1930. Turned wooden vase (5 ” tall) allows the magician to determine the roll of the dice thrown into its mouth with perfect accuracy. Not working, as lacking the screen d

Lot includes 2 cast iron Book of Knowledge banks, The Magician and Humpty Dumpty, along with a die cast 2 Frogs Bank and Davy Crockett "Shoot-A-Bar Bank". Very Good-Excellent

1910, AUSTRIAN: An amazing piece of early musical automata, referred to by collectors as "The Side Show". Multiple simultaneous movements including a magician, guitar player, dancing ballerina and tra

Musical Monkey Conjuror Automaton. Paris: Jean Phalibois, ca. 1870s. Mechanical monkey automaton, the figure having a hand-painted paper-mache head, glass eyes, and wire glasses, dressed in wizard’s

Japanese Conjurer Automaton. Paris: Pierre Mayer, ca. 2004. Handmade wooden automaton with exposed works. As the crank is turned, the cup in the conjurer’s hands descends, and the magician waves

Jean Farkas, France, a 20th century Conjurer automaton, the turbanned figure in exotic costume, standing behind a red - draped table and holding two cones, turning his head while lifting and lowering

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.

German Singing Bird automaton circa 1940’s, modified by electronics genius, Bill Dodson to create a routine of interaction between the magician and bird, in the style of Del-Ray (Delbert Raymond Pet

The Little Magician magic set. German, ca. 1930. Large and attractive vintage box of tricks includes lovely hand painted props (Marble Vase, Bean Barrel, hank ball, Dice Vase); paper tricks (Die Throu