Potter & Potter Auctions
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The Collection of Jim Rawlins Part II

Sat, May 25, 2019 03:30AM EDT
Lot 184

The Great Virgil?s Bird Cage Die Box.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey). The Great Virgil?s Bird Cage Die Box. Circa 1940. A brass bird cage placed in the wooden box, after repeated comedic by-play (a la the venerable Die Box routine), vanishes from the box without a trace. 14 ? x 6 ? x 5 ??. Clever mechanism. Owned and used by Virgil.