COLLINS, Stanley (1881 ? 1966). Suitcase of Magic Apparatus, Music, and Ephemera. Owned and used by the British society and concert party magician and contained in a leather suitcase, included are props and ephemera from the career of this society, concert party, and stage magician of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Among the apparatus included are a set of Bakelite Cups and Balls, a hand-painted Troublewit, card production frame (ala the Thayer Presto Card Frame), a single black wooden billiard ball, Collins' own Spirit Slates (and chalk), a variety of playing cards (with one pack bearing enlarged pips on each ace, likely painted in this manner by Collins for added visibility), and other small props. Also contained in the suitcase is Collins own sheet music with many songs written by himself, a cache of programs for the performances by his wife Margaret Collins (nee Briden), and other small articles essential to Collins' shows. The case is lettered in black with the initials ?HB," standing for Harry Briden, who was Collins' father-in-law and himself an entertainer. With various notes of provenance in the hand of Edwin Dawes, who was gifted the case and contents by Margaret Collins after Stanley Collins' death in 1966. Case measures 22 x 12 x 5 ?". Contents in good but used condition from decades of professional performances. A fascinating trove of apparatus and ephemera from this well-regarded and important British conjurer.