Utility Tube – Petrie & Lewis

Clear celluloid tube, bound with metal bands that allows the production, vanish or exchange of silks or other small items. c. 1939. Condition: Very Good.

This is a giant version of the venerable Petrie & Lewis classic. 12\" tall x 3\" in diameter. Made of heavy gauge chromed steel with numerous vertical metal bars, as opposed to the usual four bars fou

This is the medium (7") size tube with two "bullet-loads", allowing silks to be produced from both ends. Complete with tube, both loads and all rings. Condition: Near mint.

Tube with bullet loader for production of silks. Condition: Very Good.

Scarce and just effective now as when it was first released in the 1940's. Water is poured into a large nickel - plated cylinder, which is then capped with paper and placed in a handsome metal stand.

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 silk handkerchiefs are then produce

[P&L] Dream Tube trick. New Haven, Petrie & Lewis (P&L) for Steen, ca. 1932. Handkerchiefs or a billiard ball are produced from an empty tube. Objects can also vanish or be changed when placed in the

BOGERT TUBE (PROTOTYPE). New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1930. A nickel-plated canister is placed in an upright stand, and filled with water, then capped with paper, forming a drumhead. The magic

Commando Screen. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1935. Small metal tri-fold screen is shown on both sides and formed into a triangular tube. The magician reaches inside and produces a quantity of

Large change bag with tasseled bottom. This classic utility device eliminates the need for sleight of hand to vanish, produce, or change silks or other small objects. Made with a hardwood handle, bras

Patriotic Rockets. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1940. Performer instantly knows which of the three colored wooden pegs ("rockets") is hidden in the brass tube (5 ¼" long). With box and instru

Another classic. The over-sized firecracker vanishes from a metal tube, only to re-appear on a kid's back. Condition: Good.

Passe Passe Bottles. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1940. A bottle and glass magically change places underneath two separate metal tubes. Uncommon yellow paint variant, likely produced for Kante

Mechanical Passe Passe Bottles. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1949. Comedy effect in which a bottle and glass change places underneath two separate metal tubes. Three-bottle "repeat" model, wit

Petrie & Lewis (P&L) New Haven, Ct. This was acquired by Bill in 1974 from Ray Goulet while Bill was on his honeymoon at the IBM/SAM convention in Boston. Bill said that he used this as his closer in

Die Box Effect. New Haven, Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1939. Unusual transposition effect in which a die magically passes from a small box to a larger, longer box. All components made of sturdy paper-co

Nest of Boxes. New Haven, Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1940. Set of five nesting cardboard boxes, each covered with a different patterned paper. A vanished coin appears inside the smallest of the boxes,

Cords of Cairo. New Haven, Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1935. Cords running through two separate wooden pillars act in sympathy; when one is pulled, the other retracts, and vice versa - even after a visi

Chick Pan. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1950. Empty metal pan produces a live chick or other objects after the lid is clamped on and removed. Claw feet. Tiered lid with copper-colored accent r

Wonder Box. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1940. A quantity of silks is produced from a mirrored box (3 ¼ x 2 x 2") shown empty on all sides. With a "modernistic" crackle finish. Very good. Tra

Flower Production Basket. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L) [?], ca. 1940. Wire basket gimmicked to produce spring flowers. 8 ½ x 13". Flowers included. Good condition. A curiosity, as the basket was i

Vanishing Bowl of Water. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1930. A brass bowl resting on a painted tray is filled with water. The bowl is covered and lifted from the tray. When tossed into the air, the b

Six-Shot Lota/Hindu Jug. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1940. Spun copper jug for the production of six or seven shots of liquor in an "any drink called for" presentation, with a cord and two co

Mephisto's Firecracker. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1939. A large burning firecracker vanishes from a nickel-plated case (7" long), and in its place appears a vanished silk flag. The cracker