Six Lanterns from Hat. London: Davenports, ca. 1933.

Six Lanterns from Hat. London: Davenports, ca. 1933. Set of six collapsible lanterns the magician produces from a borrowed hat. Brass frames with colored cellophane panes (some with small cracks).

Cups and Balls. London, Davenports, ca. 1940 [?]. Set of three chrome-plated cups. 4 ” high, mouth 3”. Very good.

Demon Card Box. London: Davenports, ca. 1950. Chrome-plate brass card box with side flap, in which cards appear or disappear. 3 x 2 x 1”. Good.

Demon Wonder Box. London: Davenports, ca. 1940. A small chrome plated box (2 x 3 x 2”) is clearly shown empty, yet handkerchiefs are produced from inside. Hallmarked with Demon logo and registration

Spirit Rapping Hand. London: Davenport’s, ca. 1920. Papier-mache model hand (approx. 6” long) mysteriously raps out answers when placed on a pane of glass. Hand painted.

Thumb Stocks/Thumb Screw Illusion. London: Davenports, ca. 1940. No matter how tightly the hardwood stocks are screwed down on his thumbs, the performer easily escapes. 4 x 2 ”. Very good.

Wonder Clock. London: Davenports, ca. 1930. Walnut box with encased clock; performer predicts the hour that the spectator has moved the clockÕs hand, even though the clock is covered with a sliding d

Universal Playing Card Co. Ltd. Leeds and London, England, ca. 1933. 52 + 2J + OB. Deck was made for the Danish market, the courts designed by Bogelund, whose name appears on the jokers along with the

Penny to Sovereign. London: Lewis Davenport & Co., ca. 1945. The magician promises to change an old English Penny into a Sovereign. Instead of changing one coin into another, the Penny is transformed

Finger Chopper. London: Lewis Davenport & Co., ca. 1940. The blade of a small guillotine passes through a spectator’s finger without harming it, but cuts through the cigarette below. Hardwood constr

Marvelous Cups & Corks Mystery. London: Davenports Magic (Demon), ca. 1940. Three hallmarked chrome cups and gimmicked corks for a Cups and Balls type effect, this version made famous by the late Merl

Maskelyne’s Mysteries Magical Constructor No. 1. The Phantom Air Mail. London: Lewis Davenport & Co., ca. 1949. Stiff pictorial wrapper contains a 20 x 30” “working plan and instructions on how

Carl Rosini’s Card Transposition. London: L. Davenport & Co., ca. 1948. Complete set of as-new apparatus including copper-finished calling card tray (8 ” diam.), gimmicked packet and full deck of

Arrowsmith Glass Penetration. London: Lewis Davenport & Co., ca. 1946. A large sheet of plate glass in a wooden frame is partially covered. Objects pass through the frame, but the glass remains unharm

Oswald Williams’ Signature Tune. London: Lewis Davenport & Co., ca. 1940. Charming and clever handling of the sucker torn and restored strip of paper, as presented by Oswald Williams during his many

Sampson Mordan & Co Brass Letter Postal Scale, London, England, Circa 1860. The loading tray is engraved with a personal dedication. Wooden base. Six weights. Height: 9cm / 3.54in. Base: 20cm X 13cm /

Ca. 19thC. In various conditions, four of the six have edge cracks, and all have various minor dents. London ca. 1850. Each approx. 8 3/4" diameter.

Japanese Engraved Brass Lantern, circa 1900, of hexagonal reticulated form with bell-lotus form top with handle on six shaped and engraved legs. 15" H x 11" Diameter. Provenance: From a Manhattan coll

ca. 1933 artist's name printed in image; printed Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London, Dunstable & Waterford 39.75 x 25 in.

[BRETT, Jeremy (1933-1995)]. Prop Irish Shillelagh pipe from the Granada series, as well as a signed card. Including: Prop pipe. [London: ca. 1980s]. Wooden prop pipe (non-functional, top of bowl is s

Group of Six Straw Hats. Comprising: a Woman's Hat, I. Magnin & Company, Black Straw Sun Hat with Cream and Pink Ribbon, San Francisco, CA, Mid 20th C. {1 15/16 x 12 3/16 x 12 in.}; a Woman's Hat, Bei

2 cloches w/ black satin ribbon trim: 1 straw w/ wide brim & 1 silk crochet w/ pin-tuck design & Boston label; 1 black horsehair hat, label "Selfridge London", (velvet trim crushed); 1 navy w/ raffia

Hoyle, Edmond. Group of six books by Hoyle. Including Mr. Hoyle’s Games (London, Fifteenth Edition, ca. 1770); The New Pocket Hoyle (London: I. Smith, 193 High Holborn, ca. 1800; gilt edges); Hoyle�

Heading: Author: London, Jack Title: Six checks drawn on Jack London's Central Bank account, five of them signed by Jack London, one signed by Mrs. Jack [Bessie] London Place Published: Oakland, CA P