Potter & Potter Auctions
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Spring Magic Auction

Tue, Apr 30, 2019 03:30AM EDT
Lot 160

Collection of Marketed and ?Underground? Close-Up Magic Tricks and Gimmicks.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Collection of Marketed and ?Underground? Close-Up Magic Tricks and Gimmicks. 1920s/30s. Over 70 commercially marketed and ?underground? magic tricks crafted from wood, metal, cloth, and cardboard, including Cwazy Wabbits (Ireland); Startling Card Trick; Chinese Coin on String; The Obedient Lemonade Straw (Thayer); The Sucker Handkercheif; Holden?s Invisible Thread; Conjurer?s Calling Card (Robson); Best Ever Card Trick; and many more. Some with instructions. Of special note are props or gimmicks for Leipzig?s Penetrating Card, Malini?s Phantom Egg (with instructions), Color Find Color (Judah), Skinem (Thayer; a shiner), Chapender?s Diminishing Cards, Clip for Wooden Tray Pellet Switch (Gysel), and several other subtle gimmicks and tricks by Judah, Al Baker, and Dr. E.G. Ervin; and an exceedingly clever Gysel prop for reading billets in a dark room that requires no electricity. Each prop or gimmick housed in individual 4 x 2 ?? envelopes, in a vintage hardwood file box. Overall good condition.