Targetto. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A pack of cards flies into the air when fired on by the magician, yet the spectator's selected card is impaled on the target behind the houlette in which the deck was resting. Includes vintage toy guns (not original). Suction-cup-tipped dart activates the mechanism when fired. Tray 12 x 12". Good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Master Coin Tray. Los Angeles, FG Thayer, ca. 1935. Coins can be secretly added to a quantity already on the tray, or vanished from the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
Welsh Rarebit Pan. Los Angeles, FG Thayer, ca. 1920. Tall tin faux saucepan with wooden handle that allows the performer to produce livestock from a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-01-30
Radio Simplex Gazing Ball (a/k/a "Mecanno"). Los Angeles, FG Thayer, ca. 1930. A brightly chromed metal ball 5" in diameter into which the mind reader Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-01-30
Ball Vase. Los Angeles, Floyd Thayer, ca. 1930. A ball vanishes and reappears inside a wooden vase. Expertly turned from maple by Floyd Thayer. Ball Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Ball and Silk Vase Combination. Los Angeles, Floyd Thayer, ca. 1919. Finely polished wood, finished with black lacquer. An early example of a finely turned-to-order Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05
Here-There-Or Where? Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co. ca. 1930. A startling transposition trick in which a bottle, orange, and quantity of rice magically change Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
Dai Vernons Thayer Die Box. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1935. Handsome hardwood die box with double door feature and brass hardware. Black die with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Spirit Painting. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. An eerie and visible materialization of a picture on a blank canvas set in a handsome gessoed Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Multiplying Billiard Balls. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Group of fourteen finely turned wooden billiard balls painted in various colors, with two red shells. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Thayer Die Box. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A die vanishes from the box and reappears elsewhere. Blue and silver paint scheme. One double Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
