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Turban Mystery. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A

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Card Star. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1925. Five: Card Star. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1925. Five selected cards appear on the points of this star when the pack is thrown at it. Gesso-covered wooden star with turned wooden column and base, painte

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Blue Phantom.: Blue Phantom. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1935. A blue checker stacked among yellow checkers inexplicably travels to different positions while covered by a decorative metal tube. 17” high. Very go

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Blue Phantom.: Blue Phantom. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940s. Among a stack of wooden checkers, resting on a tiered wooden base and covered by a metal tube, the blue checker mysteriously changes its position bet

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Deck Changing Tray. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co., ca.: Deck Changing Tray. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1930. Mechanical mahogany tray facilitates the switch of one deck of cards or one small object for another. 6 5/8 x 9 ½”.

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Changing Tray. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co., ca.: Changing Tray. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1930. Mechanical wooden tray facilitates the switch of one deck of cards or one small object for another. 11 x 9 ½”. Good.

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Rising Card Tray. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co., ca.: Rising Card Tray. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1935. Selected cards magically rise from the pack isolated in a goblet on a shallow wooden tray. Tray 9 ¾” diameter. Light wear, but overall ve

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Devil's Mail Box/Devil's Card Rise. Los Angeles: F.G.: Devil's Mail Box/Devil's Card Rise. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1944. A lacquered picture frame on an elaborate base allows the performer to visibly yet secretly switch one envelope for anothe

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Multiplying Billiard Balls.: Multiplying Billiard Balls. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer and others, ca. 1930s. Fifteen solid balls comprising at least three complete sets of the popular stage trick in which solid wooden balls multiply

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Two Slat Card Frames. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, 1940s.: Two Slat Card Frames. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, 1940s. Including a jumbo and standard example, which change, vanish, or produce cards inside, visible through the slatted openings. The larger 8”

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The Money Machine/ Money Maker. Los Angeles: Thayer,: The Money Machine/ Money Maker. Los Angeles: Thayer, ca. 1930. Blank sheets of paper turn into dollar bills when run through the rollers mounted on the wooden stand (7 ½ x 5 ½"). Minor surface scrat

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Bonus Genius. (Vanishing Devil).: Bonus Genius. (Vanishing Devil). Los Angeles: Thayer Studios, ca. 1946. A Larsen-era version of the venerable vanishing doll effect. Red cloth ″cape,″ two Mephistophelean dolls (one gimmic

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Wrist Guillotine. Los Angeles, Thayer’s Studio, ca.: Wrist Guillotine. Los Angeles, Thayer's Studio, ca. 1947. A spectator's wrist is unharmed by the guillotine's blade which passes through it magically. Hardwood construction. 9 x 14 ¾". With instructi

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Magical Woodcraft. Los Angeles: Thayer & Christianer,: Magical Woodcraft. Los Angeles: Thayer & Christianer, ca. 1912. Publisher’s wraps, illustrated with photographs, including portraits of proprietors. 56 pages. Wraps chipped and with ink markings, ot

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Cardart.: Cardart. Los Angeles: Lloyd Chambers (for Thayer), ca. 1938. A dart thrown at a spinning wheel with cards attached to it unfailingly selects the spectator's chosen pasteboard. Large 12-card model. 18"

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Ali-Din (Elwyn Peck). Ask Ali-Din. He Knows. Los: Ali-Din (Elwyn Peck). Ask Ali-Din. He Knows. Los Angeles, Woolever Bros., ca. 1920. One sheet (28 x 42”) four-color poster depicting Ali-Din wearing a turban and staring through a crystal ball. Stri

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Turban Mystery. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A

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Turban Mystery. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A length of rope or a long turban is cut in half and placed in the box. When removed, it is restored. 8 x 8 x 4". Exterior somewhat distressed from age; very good.

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Turban Mystery. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A

Name: Turban Mystery. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A
SKU: 43294683
Price: 200 USD
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