The Magic Collection of David Baldwin
Sat, Oct 29, 2016 12:00PM EDT - Sun, Oct 30, 2016 12:00PM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 29
Climax Coin Stand (Coin Ladder)
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
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Climax Coin Stand (Coin Ladder). Philadelphia: Carl Brema & Son, ca. 1920. Coins from the topmost platform disappear and cascade one after another down the face of the ladder, dropping into a glass on the felt-covered platform below. Metal stand and devil’s head ornament with finely nickel-plated frame, upper and lower platforms, and columns. 36 x 10 x 10” assembled. With original packing case monogrammed for magician J.W. Brooks, former member of I.B.M. Ring No. 112 (Chattanooga, Tenn.). Rare. [Buffum, The Brema Brasses, pp. 122 – 23]. Employing an automatic sand-powered delay mechanism, Brema boldly advertised its coin ladder as “the finest piece of apparatus of its kind ever produced … self-contained, mechanically perfect, no string pulling, no assistant.” Advertisements for the costly piece appeared in a variety of magic periodicals in 1919 but ceased soon thereafter, suggesting low demand and limited production.
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