The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins 2019-02-23 Auction - 499 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL
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The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins

Our inaugural magic auction of 2019 is the first of four sales from the collection of Jim Rawlins, a devoted student of magic and its history, who spent nearly three decades building an impressive, important, and diverse collection. A finely curated selection will go on the block, including choice objects in every collecting category. Association items from the careers of modern master magicians - Germain, Joseffy, Thurston, Blackstone, and more - will be offered side-by-side with vintage apparatus.
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Abbott's Deluxe Drawer Box, Signed.: [Abbott's] Abbott's Deluxe Drawer Box, Signed. Colon: Abbott's Magic Mfg., 1990. Sturdy wooden box shown empty, then fills with animals and scarves. Signed by attendees and performers at Abbott's
0001: Abbott's Deluxe Drawer Box, Signed.Est. $300-$500
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Aerial Fishing Pole.: Aerial Fishing Pole. Circa 1910. Gimmicked bamboo and metal fishing rod allows the magician to catch live goldfish in mid-air. Three separate load chambers. With three later pieces of fish
0002: Aerial Fishing Pole.Est. $800-$1,200
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Alexander Question/Ticket Box.: Alexander (Claude Alexander Conlin). Alexander Question/Ticket Box. Chicago: National Cash Register, ca. 1915. Sturdy cast nickel-plated ticket box with two glass sides. Said to be used by Alexander,
0003: Alexander Question/Ticket Box.Est. $500-$750
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Appearing Canary Cage.: Appearing Canary Cage. Circa 1900. A live canary appears in the empty brass cage at the command of the conjurer. Fine all-brass construction, roller fabric renewed. Okito gimmick, but without a
0004: Appearing Canary Cage.Est. $250-$350
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Le Petit Automate.: Le Petit Automate. Las Vegas: Mike Michaels, ca. 2010. A borrowed finger ring changes in to a golden key, which is used to wind up an automaton bird resting in a velvet-covered box. The bird moves,
0005: Le Petit Automate.Est. $2,600-$3,500
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Ball and Cone.: Ball and Cone. Almost-seamless black leather cone with turned wooden insert and three billiard balls (two red, one yellow), for the Vernon routine. Cone 6 5/8” high.
0006: Ball and Cone.Est. $200-$300
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Magic Ball Tube.: Magic Ball Tube. German, ca. 1920. No matter which sequence the colored balls are placed into the tube, they emerge in a different order. Cloth-covered tube and metal stand. 6 ¾” long.
0007: Magic Ball Tube.Est. $200-$300
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Storel Ball Vase.: Storel Ball Vase. Lake Forest: John McKinven, ca. 1994. Combination Morison Pill Box/mechanical Silk and Ball Vase. A wooden ball vanishes and reappears in the vase, or a transposes with a silk
0008: Storel Ball Vase.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Morison’s Pill Box.: Morison’s Pill Box. Angelo Iafrate, 2009. Gorgeous turned cocobolo vase with original turned wooden ball and shell (2” diam.) for the classic conjuring feat. Height 8 3/8”. Signed
0009: Morison’s Pill Box.Est. $500-$700
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Bank Night / Deck Switching Tray.: Bank Night / Deck Switching Tray. Fred Rickard[?], ca. 1940s. Wooden tray facilitates the switching of one deck of cards for another or other uses, with an unsigned note of provenance on the
0010: Bank Night / Deck Switching Tray.Est. $250-$350
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Billet Knife.: Billet Knife. Circa 1910. Finely crafted ersatz knife secretly loads a billet or bill in to a sealed envelope. Unusual spring-loaded mechanism concealed in handle and blade. 10” long. Minor
0011: Billet Knife.Est. $100-$200
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Billiard Ball Stand.: Billiard Ball Stand. Berlin: Conradi-Horster, ca. 1925. Skeleton-type stand facilitates the production of red billiard balls in the magician’s hands by mechanical means. Mechanical six ball
0012: Billiard Ball Stand.Est. $1,200-$1,800
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Multiplying Billiard Balls.: Multiplying Billiard Balls. Circa 1930. Solid billiard balls multiply between the magician’s fingers. Set comprised of four solid snooker-type balls and one finely made shell (with a hairline
0013: Multiplying Billiard Balls.Est. $200-$300
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McDonald Birch’s Nest of Boxes.: Birch, McDonald. McDonald Birch’s Nest of Boxes. Circa 1940. Set of five nesting wooden boxes for Birch’s signature stage effect in which a watch vanished on command, only to reappear in
0014: McDonald Birch’s Nest of Boxes.Est. $1,500-$2,600
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Carousel Birdcage Production.: Carousel Birdcage Production. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1935. A small, square, flat table is covered by a large cloth. When the cloth is raised, a tall spinning brass stand has appeared.
0015: Carousel Birdcage Production.Est. $4,000-$6,000
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Blackstone’s Production Screen Illusion.: Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone’s Production Screen Illusion. Circa 1930. Self-contained illusion made up of a large four-fold screen in black with decorative panels accented
0016: Blackstone’s Production Screen Illusion.Est. $1,500-$2,600
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Harry Blackstone’s Block off Ribbon.: Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone’s Block off Ribbon. Circa 1944. Solid wooden cube with a hole through its center is threaded on a ribbon or rope. Even so, the block
0018: Harry Blackstone’s Block off Ribbon.Est. $800-$1,200
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Blades of Opah.: Blades of Opah. Los Angeles: John Gaughan and Associates, ca. 1975. Robert Harbin illusion in which an audience volunteer in a low stock is encircled with two blades, which are pulled through her
0019: Blades of Opah.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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Blocks of San Yen.: Blocks of San Yen. Florida: Paul Lembo, ca. 2010. Ribbon running through three blocks is visibly cut in two spots between the blocks. The blocks are pushed back together and the ribbon is pulled free
0020: Blocks of San Yen.Est. $700-$900
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Block Vanish.: Block Vanish. New York: Charles Larson, ca. 1940. Two of four colored block vanish (or are produced) in a small cabinet with four doors. 11” wide. Scarce. Larson owned one of the largest and
0021: Block Vanish.Est. $250-$350
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Bogert Tube (club model).: Bogert Tube (club model). New Haven: Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1957. An empty tube filled with water is set in a stand, capped with paper to make a drumhead, then dry silks are produced. The water is then
0022: Bogert Tube (club model).Est. $700-$900
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Bran Glass and Cover.: Bran Glass and Cover. Early twentieth century. A crystal glass filled with bran is momentarily covered with a nickel plated lid. When lifted, the bran has turned to candy. Heavy glass, metal gimmick.
0023: Bran Glass and Cover.Est. $200-$300
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Bran Vase (Small).: Bran Vase (Small). Circa 1920. Finely made brass vase transforms a quantity of bran or rice into handkerchiefs or even liquid. Small version. Interior painted white. 7 ½” high.
0024: Bran Vase (Small).Est. $200-$300
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