Potter & Potter Auctions
Live Auction

The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins

Fri, Jan 25, 2019 10:30PM EST
Lot 64

Coffee Vase or Flower Vase.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Coffee Vase or Flower Vase. European, ca. 1880. Objects placed in the brass vase transform in to hot coffee, or from liquid in to dry flags. Spring-loaded mechanism in base with bayonet catch effects the appearance of flowers or other objects as a finale. Mechanical pick-up device built in to finial. 14 ?? high. General wear, a few dents. .65. Coolie Cube. Las Vegas, Okito-Nielsen, ca. 2000. A black block vanishes from a wooden tube and reappears elsewhere. Tube stands 7? high. Light wear to paint of shell and tube; good overall. 77_296.200/300