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Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I

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Lot 72

Coffee, Milk and Sugar Trick. Rochester: Elmer Eckam, 1930s...

Estimate: $800 - $1,500

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Coffee, Milk and Sugar Trick. Rochester: Elmer Eckam, 1930s. Silver plated coffee service transforms paper shavings and cotton into hot coffee, milk, and sugar. With a matching tray. Each vessel bearing Eckam?s engraved name underneath the base. A handsome set. Eckam (1892 ? 1963) was the proprietor of Art in Magic, a Rochester, New York-based supply house dealing in new and used magic props. He was also a noted escape artist who billed himself as ?a second Houdini.?