Manipulator. New Haven, Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1930. Lazy tong-style holdout device measures 10 ½” fully extended. Hallmarked. With P&L box. Very good. An early version of this device for manipulating cards; later (and more common) incarnations were constructed without the lazy-tongs. See next lot.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Ultra Card Box (Thin). New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1935. Cupro-silver box approximating the look of a cigarette case makes possible the vanish, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Aquarium. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1949. A small rectangular aquarium full of water instantly fills with goldfish. 7 ½ x 4 x Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
P&L Cups. New Haven, Petrie and Lewis, ca. 1940. Set of three spun copper cups, each standing 3 3/8" high, with an opening 2 ¾" Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
Cups and Balls. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1930. Set of three spun copper cups for the "oldest trick in the book." With Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-10-29
Candlestick Coin Dropper. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1950. Spun copper candlestick conceals and secretly delivers a stack of coins into the magician's Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-10-29
Mystro Show Outfit. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1919. Mystro Show Outfit magic set, including six cardboard magic tricks and instructions. Boxes 11 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Horsman's Boy Magician Outfit. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis for Horsman, ca. 1919. Set with wooden props including Billiard Balls, Marble Vase Ball Vase, Wand, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Sympathetic Silk Stand. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1950. Apparently simple T-bar type stand facilitates the Sympathetic Silk trick. Copper base, chrome upright, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Silent Mora's Tube & Ring Trick. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1950. A small red ring vanishes, then reappears inside a capped metal Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Ribbon and Orange Trick. New Haven: Petrie and Lewis (P&L), ca. 1939. An examined orange is pierced by a large needle. When drawn through the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
