Canary Cage. Portugal: Magiarte, ca. 1970. Painted metal cage (10 ¼ x 6 ¼ x 9") on ball feet, with unusual trapdoor concealment chambers below the feed stands for two birds, operated by depressing cunningly hidden buttons on the cage bars. Very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
143. Nest of Boxes. Portugal, Magiarte, ca. 1965. A vanished watch appears inside the smallest of a nest of wooden boxes. Largest box 6 x Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
185. Snuff Vase. Portugal, Magiarte, ca. 1965. Objects placed in the vase are transformed into other objects. 9 ½” high. Light tarnishing and wear to Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
167. Radar box. Portugal, Magiarte, ca. 1960. A divination trick in which the mind reader determines the arrangement of four numbered blocks in a closed Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
201. Take-Apart Vanish. Portugal, Magiarte, ca. 1960. A dove is placed into this small box. The box is disassembled piece by piece and the dove Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
223. Vanishing Wand. Portugal, Magiarte, ca. 1960. A wand is placed into a hand-painted metal tube. The caps of the tube are removed and the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
13. Beauty Contest. Portugal, Magiarte, ca. 1965. Bathing beauties of different nationalities, as well as their national flags, are chosen; the losers of the contest Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
40. Chalice trick. Portugal, Magiarte, ca. 1966. Liquid and confetti poured into this large chalice is transformed in to dry silks. Hexagonal and painted metal Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
44. Three Chinese Cubes. Portugal, Magiarte, ca. 1966. A silk handkerchief vanishes from the magicians hand, reappears in a tube, then transposes between three tubes, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
Appearing Canary Cage. After Martinka, ca. 1910. A brass birdcage in which the magician causes a live canary to appear. A similar cage was used Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-05-22
Multiplying Bottles. Carvachos Portugal, Magiarte, ca. 1990. After a bottle and glass tumbler magically transpose when covered by separate tubes, the bottles begin to multiply Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-05-13
