Die and Silk Casket. Alhambra, Owen Magic, ca. 1960. A die decorated with an Asian design and a silk handkerchief transpose magically between a borrowed hat and a glass-paneled cabinet trimmed with wood. 3” die, casket 11 ½” high. Very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Die and Silk Casket. Circa 1985. A large wooden die vanishes from a wooden box with glass sides and reappears elsewhere. Or, the die and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05
Silk Casket. London, Bland, ca. 1885. A handkerchief or two cloth balls appear inside this glass-sided casket. Black and gilt paint. 5 x 3 x Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-05-13
Die and Box of Flags. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, ca. 1919. A wooden die vanishes from a small mahogany box and reappears in a previously Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Paul Sormani Burlwood-veneered, Boullework, and Ebony Casket, France. late 19th century, top with burlwood panel set in ebony frame with floral boullework, conforming sides, with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-04-13
Die-A-Ball-Ic. Alhambra, Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1960. A Ping Pong ball is passed through a tube and changes color four times. Mechanical wooden tube decorated Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-05-22
Nu Die Mystery. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1960s. A wooden frame holds a small die, and a cord is threaded through both. When covered with a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
Silk Cabby. Alhambra, Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1960. An attractively decorated wooden cabinet in which silk handkerchiefs vanish, appear, changes colors, etc. Scarab motif in Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-07-27
Silver-Mounted Pocket Writing Casket, with snakeskin covering, studded decoration and silk-lined interior, containing two inkwells and pens, wd. 2 1/2 in.; a snakeskin-covered writing etui Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-05-03
Malachite and Brass-mounted Marble Perfume Box, Continental, 19th century, the domed casket with velvet- and silk-lined fitted interior with two cut glass bottles, lg. 5 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-10-15
Herrmann, Adelaide. Die Casket. European, ca. 1890. A wooden die placed in a burled wooden chest transforms into a bird or any other small object Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
