Card Star. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1925. Five

Card Star. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1925. Five selected cards appear on the points of this star when the pack is thrown at it. Gesso-covered wooden star with turned wooden column and base, painte

Talking Skull. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer [?], ca. 1925. Papier-mache skull raps out answers to questions posed by the audience, clicking its jaw once for “yes” and twice for “no.” Thread method

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.

Rising Card Tray. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1935. Selected cards magically rise from the pack isolated in a goblet on a shallow wooden tray. Tray 9 ¾” diameter. Light wear, but overall ve

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

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.

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.

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

Private Pat. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1942. A doughboy-themed version of the Bonus Genius vanishing doll. Complete with two figures and tent (often lacking) from which the doughboy vanishes. Doll

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

Tarbell Treasure Chest. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1945. Small brass-bound wooden chest is opened, tipped forward, and shown empty. It is closed, and a moment later a huge production is made from w

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 Easel. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer [?], ca. 1920. A lyre-type easel that allows the magician to vanish four coins without sleight-of-hand. 9 ¾" high. Good. Scarce.

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

Two Bathing Beauty Props. [Los Angeles]: F.G. Thayer, ca. 20th century. Two cloth images of women in yellow coverups to red bathing suits, disrobed piece-by-piece, but at the critical moment, the imag

Glass Penetration. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer [?], ca. 1935. A piece of glass held in a wooden frame is pierced by a metal rod or pen, yet is shown unbroken a moment later. Finely made of hardwood, corn

Silk Cabby. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. Attractive wooden cabinet is shown empty, yet handkerchiefs pushed through holes in its sides vanish, change or are otherwise transformed. Scarab design

Enchanted Tube. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1936. A small metal tube (7" long) is shown empty, yet silk handkerchiefs are produced from inside. Red finish with gold and black trim. Minor paint chips

Gwynne, Jack. Jack Gwynne's Floating Table. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A four-legged side table clings to the magician's hand and floats in the air as if weightless. Owned and used by the fam

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

Blue Phantom. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1935. A blue checker stacked among yellow checkers inexplicably travels to different positions while covered by a decorative metal tube. 17” high. Very go

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

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