The David Baldwin Magic Collection II
Fri, May 18, 2018 03:00AM EDT
Lot 234
The Great Raymond?s Canary Cage Transposition.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
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Raymond, Maurice F (Morris Raymond Saunders). The Great Raymond?s Canary Cage Transposition. Hamburg: Carl Willmann, ca. 1910. A nickeled canary cage and its inhabitant vanishes from a handsome upright stand, only to visibly reappear in a second stand some distance away. Together with a finely engraved silver-plated tray on which to carry the apparatus. Stands 16 ?? high. Intricate mechanism for reappearing cage in fine working condition. Owned and used by the Great Raymond. (See Rauscher, The Great Raymond, page 298. A mechanical marvel. The cage that appears in the empty stand springs into existence at the pull of a single cord. The specially-designed stand accommodates a live bird, and the spring-loaded bottom of the cage snaps into place at the moment the cage is removed from the stand, holding the flapping creature securely inside.)
