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The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes, Pt. II

Sat, Oct 26, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 218

COLLINS, Stanley (1881 – 1966). Stanley Collins’ Cups and B...

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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COLLINS, Stanley (1881 ? 1966). Stanley Collins? Cups and Balls and Wand. Circa 1920s. Set of three brass cups of a traditional tapered design, for the ?oldest trick in the book,? together with five small cork balls and a brown carrying bag with drawstring tie. Sold together with a handsomely made wooden wand with turned ebony and bone tips (one lacking) and striped with gilt and black paint. Cup height 3 ??, mouth diameter 2 ??; wand length 13 ??. Owned and used by British society entertainer Stanley Collins, and passed to Edwin Dawes by Collins? widow, Margaret.