Coffee or Candy Vase. European, ca. 1910s. Heavy, finely crafted brass vase which transforms candy or coffee into dry silk flags. With gilt-banded paper tube, probably added later. 15” tall. Fine.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
Coffee Vase. European, ca. 1930. Handsome chrome-plated canister that transforms cotton balls or cloth into hot coffee. 14 tall. Very good. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Germain’s Improved Coffee and Wool Trick. London: Ornum’s Magic, ca. 1907. Metal vase (4 x 13”) with cardboard cover and shallow lid is filled with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Coffee Vase. European [?], ca. 1920. Cotton batting transforms into hot coffee when placed inside the vase. Nickel plated brass vase stands 11 " high. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-10-29
Coffee Vase. European, ca. 1910. Hot coffee poured in to this vase is transformed into dry silk flags. With original paper cover, often absent. 8 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-10-27
Coffee Vase. European [?], ca. 1930. Large chrome-plated canister that transforms cotton batting into hot coffee. 15” tall. Crack in gimmick not affecting use, else Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Rice Vase. European, ca. 1900. Handsome nickel-plated vase. A quantity of rice, placed in the nickel-plated vase’s interior, vanishes or transforms into another object. 6” Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Rice Vase. European, ca. 1880. Brass vase with lid that will change a quantity of rice into a small egg or other object. Brass with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-05-13
Snuff Vase. European, ca. 1890. Nickel plated vase which mysteriously changes one item for another or causes items to vanish. 7” high. Very good. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-02-02
Color Changing Ball Vase. European, ca. 1900. Finely turned boxwood vase with lid which changes the color of a ball placed inside, or vanishes a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-01-28
Coffee Vase. Porto: Magiarte, ca. 1960. Cotton or paper placed in the vase transform into steaming hot coffee when covered with its lid. Includes a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
