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The Grossman-Nicholson Magic Collection Pt. 2

This auction features the second offering of rarities from the Grossman/Nicholson magic collection. Highlights include memorabilia relating to Houdini, Robert-Houdin, Thurston, the Herrmanns, Kellar, and Frederick Eugene Powell, with association items, antiquarian books, photographs and unusual apparatus, along with scarce lithographs, broadsides, and advertising from magic's "golden age."
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Turkish Conjuror Automaton.: Turkish Conjuror Automaton. Switzerland: Reuge, ca. 1936. Handsome Turkish magician figure elaborately dressed in turban, robe, and upturned shoes raises and lowers two cones held in his hands. As he
0001: Turkish Conjuror Automaton.Est. $2,500-$3,500
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Baffo Box.: Baffo Box. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A borrowed ring appears inside an orange placed in the box. Mahogany with brass hinges. 5 x 5 x 5”. With original instructions. Very good.
0002: Baffo Box.Est. $200-$300
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Multiplying Billiard Balls.: Multiplying Billiard Balls. Okito (Theodore Bamberg), ca. 1910. Handsome set of billiard balls multiplies between the magician’s fingers. Seven white, one red, two shells. Two solid balls, five
0003: Multiplying Billiard Balls.Est. $600-$900
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Bogert Tube.: Bogert Tube. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1930. Water is poured into a metal canister, which is capped with a drumhead and set in a nickel plated stand. Dry handkerchiefs are then produced
0004: Bogert Tube.Est. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed
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Bonus Genius (Vanishing Doll).: Bonus Genius (Vanishing Doll). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1920. Hand painted wooden doll vanishes from under a small red cloak. Dolls painted to represent flappers. 4 ¾” high. Folk art look.
0005: Bonus Genius (Vanishing Doll).Est. $200-$300
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The Great Aladdin’s Candles.: The Great Aladdin’s Candles. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1930. One of four candles is hidden in a brass tube. The magician instantly knows its color. Candles 7” long. With original
0006: The Great Aladdin’s Candles.Est. $200-$300
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Thayer’s Latest Rising Cards.: Thayer’s Latest Rising Cards. Pasadena: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1913. Three cards are chosen. Spectators examine a mahogany box and place the pack inside. The selections then rise from the box one at a
0007: Thayer’s Latest Rising Cards.Est. $200-$300
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Self-Rising Pack of Cards.: Self-Rising Pack of Cards. British, ca. 1930. Chosen cards rise from the pack one at a time as if guided upward by an unseen hand. Mechanical pack with Swiss motor. Ten-second delay between each
0008: Self-Rising Pack of Cards.Est. $250-$350
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Fairy Coin Glass.: Fairy Coin Glass. Paris: Voisin [?], ca. 1900. Blue tinted glass conceals a spring-loaded metal compartment, which holds a stack of coins that may be released through a button on the side of the
0010: Fairy Coin Glass.Est. $200-$300
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Sliding Coin Box.: Sliding Coin Box. Philadelphia: Carl Brema & Son, ca. 1924. A half-dollar vanishes from the handsome mahogany box and reappears elsewhere. Essentially a miniature die box. With original instructions.
0011: Sliding Coin Box.Est. $100-$200
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Coin Wand.: Coin Wand. American, ca. 1885. Gimmicked wand produces half dollars continuously at its tip. Finely hand painted with gold accents. Outfitted with an 1877 US half-dollar. 16 ¼” long. Paint
0012: Coin Wand.Est. $250-$350
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Coin Wand.: Coin Wand. Boston: C. Milton Chase, ca. 1900. Mechanical wand produces coins at its tip repeatedly. With duplicate ungimmicked wooden wand. Chase palming coin. 15” long. Chipped paint. Uncommon.
0013: Coin Wand.Est. $250-$350
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Cups and Balls.: Cups and Balls. Circa 1890. Early brass set of three cups and three cork balls. Seam on each cup visibly internally. 3 ½” high, mouths 2 5/8” diameter.
0014: Cups and Balls.Est. $200-$300
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Liquid Load Cups and Balls.: Liquid Load Cups and Balls. Chicago: National Magic Co., ca. 1940. Oversized metal cups make possible the production of a quantity of liquid from within each one after the performance of a Cups and
0015: Liquid Load Cups and Balls.Est. $250-$350
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Spring Flowers Used by Buatier de Kolta.: De Kolta, Buatier. Spring Flowers Used by Buatier de Kolta. Circa 1890. Eight tissue-paper prop flowers with green silk leaves and spring steel ribs. De Kolta produced these, and hundreds more, from
0016: Spring Flowers Used by Buatier de Kolta.Est. $400-$600
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Die Box.: Die Box. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1939. Wooden box from which a die vanishes, only to reappear elsewhere. Shell, double door, and solid die. 7 ½ x 4 x 4". Shell and box worn.
0017: Die Box.Est. $350-$500
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Sliding Die Box.: Sliding Die Box. Circa 1910. Die vanishes from a handsome mahogany cabinet divided into two compartments. Sliding carriage-type gimmick and metal shell. Die 2 ¾” cube.
0018: Sliding Die Box.Est. $300-$500
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Double-Ended Drawer Box.: Double-Ended Drawer Box. Circa 1890. Finely made hardwood box is empty. The drawer is reopened, and the box is now filled, as if by magic. Two brass knobs (one removable). 11 ½ x 6 ½ x 4 ½”.
0019: Double-Ended Drawer Box.Est. $300-$500
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Double-Load Dove Pan.: Double-Load Dove Pan. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1950. Empty metal chafing dish (approx. 8 x 4") magically fills with live birds after the lid with which it has been covered is removed. A
0020: Double-Load Dove Pan.Est. $200-$300
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Fairy Ribbon Shears.: Fairy Ribbon Shears. New Haven Connecticut, P&L, ca. 1930. Specially-crafted scissors which allow the magician to cut through a strip of satin ribbon, then restore it. 6 5/8” long. With ungimmicked
0021: Fairy Ribbon Shears.Est. $250-$350
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Finger Chopper.: Finger Chopper. New York: Virgil Anjos, ca. 1964. All-metal chopper cuts through a cigarette but not a spectator’s finger. Withstands rigid examination. Anjos manufactured several metal products
0022: Finger Chopper.Est. $150-$250
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Glass Cylinder Stand.: Glass Cylinder Stand. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Balls, eggs, or silks placed in the glass cylinder on a turned wooden stand vanish when momentarily covered by a decorated metal tube. Can
0024: Glass Cylinder Stand.Est. $300-$400
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