Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I
Sat, Oct 30, 2021 12:00PM EDT
Lot 89
Demon Drum. Circa 1900. Vintage Radio King Orchestra Drum h...
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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Demon Drum. Circa 1900. Vintage Radio King Orchestra Drum hangs between two posts, well away from the performer, yet plays individual beats or drum rolls on command, without any connections to drumsticks or a live player, as if being operated by a ghost. Diameter 14 ?". Clockwork mechanism with batteries; includes keys. Accompanied by a note in an unknown hand calling the prop ?The Drum that Plays Itself? and describing its operation. Rare. Said to be part of the fabled Hooker collection, and later part of the magic collection at the Circus Museum of Sarasota. Similar props were manufactured by Bland and Hartz.
