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158. Giant Production Bird Cage. North Hollywood, Merv Taylor, ca. 1955. A round, collapsible stainless steel bird cage that can be produced from thin air; the cage opens to a circumference of approximately 60". Very good. Scarce. According to Bill King’s notes, this is the very first giant cage manufactured by Merv Taylor, and was owned and used by the Midwestern magician V-Roy (Virgil Roy Hampton), sometimes billed as the “Barnum of the Sticks”.


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2013-10-26

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