Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part II
Sat, Mar 26, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 88
Powell, Frederick Eugene. F.E. Powell?s Golliwog Ball. Circ...
Estimate: $3,000 - $6,000
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| $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 |
Powell, Frederick Eugene. F.E. Powell?s Golliwog Ball. Circa 1910. Carved wooden ball painted to represent a globe of the earth. In performance, the ball would respond to the command of the performer by crawling up a long wooden plank, in defiance of gravity, then rolling down ? and back up ? the board at will. Diameter of globe 12?. Includes the original folding 10-foot-long cloth-covered wooden plank used to perform the effect (well worn). Owned and used by the second Dean of American Magicians, Frederick Eugene Powell. With letters of provenance tracing the ownership of the globe from Powell to Paul Fleming to Ken Klosterman. See Salon de Magie, page 228.
