Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins II 2019-06-29 Auction - 451 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL
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Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins II

Our June auction is the second of four sales from the important and historically significant magic collection of Jim Rawlins. Highlights include memorabilia from the careers of Alexander Herrmann, Harry Houdini, Edgar Bergen, and their contemporaries. A strong selection of vintage and modern magic apparatus will make up a majority of the sale. Catalogs ship approximately three weeks before the auction. Previews will be held in our gallery June 27?28, 10?5pm.
Auction Curator:
Gabe Fajuri
Gabe Fajuri
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Aquarium.: Aquarium. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1949. A small rectangular aquarium filled with water instantly fills with goldfish. 7 1/2 x 4 x 6″. Hallmarked.
0001: Aquarium.Est. $250-$350
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Ball and Cone.: Ball and Cone. Black leather cone with turned wooden insert and three billiard balls (two red, one black), for the routine popularized by Dai Vernon. Cone 5 7/8″ high.
0002: Ball and Cone.Est. $200-$300
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Fairy Ball Casket.: Fairy Ball Casket. Circa 1900. Glass-sided box with fancy brass framing instantly and visibly produces a multi-colored ball, or a quantity of handkerchiefs. Advertised by Martinka and others in
0003: Fairy Ball Casket.Est. $200-$300Lot Passed
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Steel Ball Through Glass.: Steel Ball Through Glass. California: Milson-Worth, ca. 1980. A steel ball penetrates a sheet of glass despite its position imprisoned in a handsome hardwood frame. 2 ¾ x 4 ¼″. Very good.
0004: Steel Ball Through Glass.Est. $150-$250
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Ball Transposition Tube.: Ball Transposition Tube. Circa 1950. The order of three rubber balls, painted red, white, and blue, mysteriously changes when dropped in to a metal tube. Length of tube 7″. Paint worn, else
0005: Ball Transposition Tube.Est. $150-$250
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Edgar Bergen′s Flowering Rose Bush.: Bergen, Edgar. Edgar Bergen′s Flowering Rose Bush. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis, ca. 1939. A barren green plant slowly and elegantly blooms, bearing some dozen real flowers which can then be cut
0006: Edgar Bergen′s Flowering Rose Bush.Est. $5,000-$7,000
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Edgar Bergen′s Charlie McCarthy Table Drape.: Bergen, Edgar. Edgar Bergen′s Charlie McCarthy Table Drape. Circa 1950s. A black corduroy drape with yellow fringe, bearing a felt patch (13″ diam.) of Charlie McCarthy. Overall approx.
0008: Edgar Bergen′s Charlie McCarthy Table Drape.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Automatic Billiard Ball Stand.: Automatic Billiard Ball Stand. Circa 2010. Motor-driven mechanical stand facilitates the vanish of four billiard balls resting in the cups atop the stand, one at a time. With a set of matching
0009: Automatic Billiard Ball Stand.Est. $800-$1,200
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Mechanical Billiard Ball Stand.: Mechanical Billiard Ball Stand. German, ca. 1915. Nickel plated stand with seven cups to accept billiard balls produced at the magician′s fingertips. One cup prepared to accommodate a shell. As
0010: Mechanical Billiard Ball Stand.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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McDonald Birch′s Multiplying Chairs.: Birch, McDonald. McDonald Birch′s Multiplying Chairs. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1938. A wooden chair with patterned fabric seat suddenly, quickly, and magically, becomes two matching
0011: McDonald Birch′s Multiplying Chairs.Est. $4,000-$6,000
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Piece of Backdrop from Birch′s ″Silk: Birch, McDonald. Piece of Backdrop from Birch′s ″Silk Mirage.″ A piece of Asian embroidery formerly belonging to Birch and used in his show in the segment ″The Silk
0012: Piece of Backdrop from Birch′s ″SilkEst. $200-$400
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Silk Garland Owned by McDonald Birch.: Birch, McDonald. Silk Garland Owned by McDonald Birch. 1950s. An enormous striped silk garland, well over 20 feet long, 16″ wide, formerly owned by Birch. According to the accompanying note of
0013: Silk Garland Owned by McDonald Birch.Est. $250-$350
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Birdcage Production Canister.: Birdcage Production Canister. Circa 1910. An empty canister is filled, then the lid is closed. When reopened, two gleaming brass bird cages are produced from within. Attractively hand painted with a
0014: Birdcage Production Canister.Est. $400-$600
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Appearing Canary Cage.: Appearing Canary Cage. New York, ca. 1910s. Gilt-painted wire cage, with two wooden perches, on brass platform, which the magician uses to produce a live canary. Small metal manufacturer′s
0015: Appearing Canary Cage.Est. $300-$400
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Blackstone′s Break-Apart Production Box.: Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone′s Break-Apart Production Box. Circa 1950. Large box is shown empty through the clear front door, and a moment later, rabbits or other objects
0018: Blackstone′s Break-Apart Production Box.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Harry Blackstone Dancing Handkerchief.: Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone Dancing Handkerchief. Cotton handkerchief with a knot tied in one corner, bearing an inked notation in the corner indicating that it was used by
0019: Harry Blackstone Dancing Handkerchief.Est. $600-$900
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Blue Phantom.: Blue Phantom. Colon: Arturo (for Abbott′s Magic), ca. 1970. A blue checker passes through a stack of yellow checkers when covered with a tube decorated with a dragon motif. 15 ¾″ high.
0020: Blue Phantom.Est. $500-$750
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Miniature Blue Phantom.: Miniature Blue Phantom. Munich: Zauberzentrale, 1985. Small version of Thayer′s popular trick in which a blue checker travels through a stack of white checkers when covered by a tube. Turned
0021: Miniature Blue Phantom.Est. $250-$350
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Stage-Size Bogert Tube.: Stage-Size Bogert Tube. Water is poured in to a large brass tube held in a tall metal stand, and yet dry silk handkerchiefs are suddenly produced from inside the tube. The water is then poured back
0022: Stage-Size Bogert Tube.Est. $400-$600
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Bran Vase.: Bran Vase. Kansas City: Donald Holmes, ca. 1925. Handsome nickel-plated vase transforms a quantity of rice or bran into a live dove or small hare. 10 x 5″. Depression in lid, else very good.
0023: Bran Vase.Est. $250-$350
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Bran Vase.: Bran Vase. Circa 1930. Nickel plated vase changes bran into a quantity of ribbons, handkerchiefs, or even a small live animal. Unusual wooden upper knob. Height 10 1/2″.
0024: Bran Vase.Est. $200-$300
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