Mirror Vase. Kansas City, Donald Holmes, ca. 1920. Leaded glass candy vase which will transform one item for another, or in which items can appear or disappear. Silver-backed mirror and tin compartment. Vase stands 9 ¼” high. Mirror shows light chipping, not affecting working.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-02-02
[Donald Holmes] Three Donald Holmes-made magic props. Kansas City, ca. 1925. Including a Mirror Glass, Pudding in the Hat trick and Holmes’ Original Hat Production. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-02-02
Inexhaustible Vase. Kansas City, Donald Holmes, ca. 1933. Water is poured into a handsome, round, nickel-plated vase from which it vanishes. Then, a quantity of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-05-31
Bran Vase. Kansas City, Donald Holmes, ca. 1920. A quantity of paper shavings or bran transforms into a live guinea pig when placed in the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Flag Table. Kansas City, Donald Holmes, ca. 1919. The magician produces a spray of flags from a foulard draped over his shoulder. Mechanical table with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-02-02
Turntable Stand. Indiana, PA: Bob Kline, ca. 1950. Hardwood pedestal secretly rotates. Used in conjunction with a mirror glass. Includes Donald Holmes Mirror Glass. Modeled Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
[Close-Up Magic] Group of close-up magic tricks and gimmicks. From the collection of Bruce Cervon and including a miniature P&L Phantom Die, Anverdi-type Enchanted Ring, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-10-23
[Glassware] Six Magicians’ Glasses and Vases. Kansas City, Donald Holmes, ca. 1930. Including a mirror jar, matching straight glass, mirror glass, mirror vase, double-walled beer Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05
Turntable Stand. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1930. Low wooden stand on which the magician rests a glass. Mechanical stand allows the performer Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
Four magic props used by Paul Fox. Including a Donald Holmes-manufactured Mirror Glass, Spirit Change Bag (P&L), a Vanishing Wand (shell method, with silver tips; Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-10-23
Herman Homar/Norton magic trunk. Large theatrical trunk manufactured by Taylor Trunk Co. of Chicago which contains — in a remarkably well-preserved state — the bulk Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-05-16
