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The David Baldwin Magic Collection II

Fri, May 18, 2018 03:00AM EDT
Lot 217

Mechanical Magic Lantern, for Use by Day or by Night.

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
Mechanical Magic Lantern, for Use by Day or by Night. Flein, Germany: Rudiger Deustch, ca. 1988. Modern version of an eighteenth century magic lantern-like device. When one of nine wooden ?slides? bearing descriptions of pictures is inserted into the box, a corresponding image appears ?projected? onto the wall. 9 x 8 ? x 13?. Near fine. One of fewer than ten manufactured. Near fine. Described in Albo?s Classic Magic Apparatus Supplement II, page 27.