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Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I

Sat, Oct 30, 2021 12:00PM EDT
Lot 136

Powell, Frederick Eugene. Powell?s Nest of Boxes. Los Angel...

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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Powell, Frederick Eugene. Powell?s Nest of Boxes. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. A borrowed watch or ring appears in the smallest of four nested mahogany boxes. Finely made set of mahogany boxes with brass corners and hardware, and including the original key tag bearing Powell?s name. Largest box 7 ? x 9 ? x 8 ?". Owned and used by Frederick Eugene Powell, the second Dean of the Society of American Magicians. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Jack Flosso, tracing the provenance of the set. See Salon de Magie, page 232. Powell?s boxes were left to his friend and benefactor John A. Petrie after Powell?s death. Al Flosso obtained the boxes from Petrie.