Card Sword. Hamburg: Bartl, ca. 1910. A selected card

Card Sword. Colon: Abbott's Magic, ca. 1970. A selected card is impaled on the blade of the sword when the pack is thrown in the air. 31" long. Chrome plated, with original box.

Card Sword. London: Harry Stanley, ca. 1950s. The selected card is speared by the sword when the pack of cards is thrown into the air. Nickel-plated, with vintage wooden carrying case. Ownership signa

Card in Balloon. Hamburg: Janos Bartl, ca. 1930. A chosen card appears when a balloon tied to a nickel plated stand suddenly pops. Unusual design; possibly used to produce a card from other objects. 8

Card Sword. North Hollywood, Merv Taylor, ca. 1955. Handsome metal sword with bronze handle. Magician skewers selected cards on the sword as the pack cascades through the air. With original wooden car

Card Sword. North Hollywood: Merv Taylor, ca. 1955. Handsome cast metal sword with silver-tone handle. Magician stabs a selected card from dozens falling through the air. Original wooden case, elastic

Jumbo Rising Cards. European, ca. 1950. Selected cards from a jumbo pack rise from a nickel-plated houlette. 17Ó. Similar mechanics to AbbottÕs ÒNu-PowerÓ Card Rise. Gimmick repaired at top, else

[CIGARETTE CARDS]. A Group of 30 “Series of Champion Athletes & Prize Fighters” Boxer Cards by Mecca Cigarettes. [New York: Mecca Cigarettes, ca. 1910]. Cards with color portraits of billi

[CIGARETTE CARDS]. A Group of 48 “Theatres Old and New Series” Cards by Between the Acts Little Cigars. [New York: Between the Acts, ca. 1910]. Cards with color portraits of theatres on fr

[CIGARETTE CARDS]. A Complete Set of 50 “Light-House Series” Cards by Hassan Cork Tip Cigarettes. [New York: Hassan Cigarettes, ca. 1910]. Cards with color images of light houses on the fr

Two ca. 1910 Post Card albums incl. many VT RPPCs (Clarendon, Wallingford, etc.) printed occasional cards

Another rare, complete set of playing cards from the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad (Milwaukee Road). Comes in the original box that states “ALONG THE CMandSTP RY PUGET SOUND LINES&#8

Russell’s Rustlers Baseball-Theme Playing Cards. Milltown, NJ: Willis W. Russell Card Co., ca. 1910. 52+J+EC+OB (partial). Joker depicts baseball player over the caption “At the Home Plate

Fancy Brass Card Press. European, ca. 1910. Single-screw card press with fancy cast brass sides and base, a shield on either side incorporating the suits of a deck of cards. Base 5 ¼ x 4”.

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

Chancellor Club Playing Cards. Kalamazoo: Kalamazoo Playing Card Co., ca. 1910. Neptune in a chariot on backs. 52+J+EC+OB. Corner of 10D torn away, one panel of box lacking. Hochman RU12.

Rising Cards Ð Plate and Houlette. McAllen, Tex.: Viking Mfg., ca. 1991. Selected cards rise from a wooden houlette resting on a handsome hardwood tray. Based on the Thayer design. From a limited edi

Pietro Barelli Italian “Vocabulary” Pack of Cards. Milano, Italy, ca. 1910. 59/59 (?) + title card. Barelli opereated a small shop or stand in the Galleria De Cristoforis in Milan. Vocabulary card

Samuel Hart & Co. “Squared Pharo” Playing Cards. New York, NY, ca. 1910. 52 + OB. Cards used in the game of faro. NM. Hoch. NY42.

Raymond, Maurice F (Morris Raymond Saunders). The Great RaymondÕs Martinka Card Star. New York: Martinka & Co., ca. 1905. Five selected cards appear on the points of a handsome metal star when the pa

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

Shakesperian Card Co. “Othello” Playing Cards. [New York], ca. 1910. 52 (lacks Joker) + OB. Ink marks on 2H; a few creased corners. Box lacks one side and end flaps. Hochman NY54b. Uncommo

[Gibson, Walter] TV Card Frame. AbbottÕs Magic [?], ca. 1970s. A spectatorÕs selected card appears mysteriously within two sheets of glass within the frame. Owned and used by Walter Gibson, obtained

Card in Balloon. Asuza: Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1995. A selected card appears in the center of a balloon resting on top of a hardwood stand when the balloon pops. With original instructions.

Emil Moestue “Den Norske Amerikalinje” Advertising Playing Cards. Oslo, Norway, ca. 1910. 52 + OB. Advertising deck for a shipping company. One of the company’s ships is shown on each Ace. Exc.