Coin Pail. London: Vampire Magic [?], ca. 1940. Seemingly innocent chrome champagne bucket (7 x 7 ”) equipped with three chambers (two spring-loaded), plus ringing mechanism, for the Miser’s Dream routine in which the magician produces an endless cascade of coins from thin air. Very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Coin Pail. London, Max Andrews (Vampire Magic), ca. 1957. Mechanically complex but seemingly innocent champagne bucket that facilitates the production of coins from mid air. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Finger Chopper. London: Vampire Magic, ca. 1960. Precision-layered sheet metal chopper (2 x 5”) cuts through a cigarette or other object but leaves a spectator’s Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Finger Chopper. London: Vampire Magic, ca. 1960. Precision-layered sheet metal chopper (5 x 2 ¼") cuts through a cigarette or other object but leaves a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Coin Pail. Azusa, Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1990. Metal pail innocent in appearance, but secretly facilitates the production of silver coins from the air. Made Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-10-27
Startling Coin Pail. Colon: Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., ca. 1946. Specially designed pail drops coins one at a time without the performer reaching inside the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Latest Coin Pail. Colon: Abbott's Magic, ca. 1961. Champagne bucket-type pail facilitates the performance of the Miser's Dream. Heavily chrome plated. Gimmicks with twenty-four coin Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Crystal Ladder Coin Pail. Colon: Abbott's Magic, ca. 1965. Coins produced from mid-air are dropped down the ladder landing in the hammered brass pail at Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
[McComb, Billy] Card Box. London: Vampire, ca. 1960s. Nickeled card box (hallmarked) inscribed to Billy McComb with sincere thanks/ Philip Duke of Edinburgh. The men Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Crystal Ladder Coin Pail. Colon: Abbott's Magic, ca. 1965. Coins produced from mid-air are dropped down the ladder landing in the hammered brass pail at Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Coin Pail. Chicago: Roterberg [?], ca. 1912. Brass champagne bucket that facilitates the magic trick known as the Miser's Dream, in which the performer plucks Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-10-29
