Billiard Ball Box. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, ca. 1925. Similar to the traditional die box, but performed with a white billiard ball. The ball vanishes from the cabinet and appears elsewhere. Gimmick for stealing ball from cabinet and “double door” are entirely different in this version than the traditional die box. 7 x 3 ¾ x 3 ¾”. Light wear to finish. Uncommon.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-02-02
Billiard Ball Tube. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, ca. 1920. Handsome wood turned tube. Magician can use the tube to vanish, produce, or exchange one billiard Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
Billiard Ball Box. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1925. Handsome wooden box, similar to a traditional die box, but performed with a white billiard ball. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
Billiard Ball Box. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, ca. 1925. A red billiard ball vanishes from the cabinet and appears elsewhere. Gimmick for stealing ball and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
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
Billiard Ball Rack. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, ca. 1920. Parlor-size four-cup ungimmicked ball stand. Used to display billiard balls the magician produces between his fingers. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
American Victorian Needlework, Rosewood and Marble-top Billiard Ball Holder, c. 1840, labeled William Morton, New York, with open shelves on reverse, trestle base, ht. 49, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-01-15
Ball and Handkerchief Vase. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, ca. 1920. A billiard ball placed in a wooden vase transposes locations with a handkerchief held in Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
Clingo Billiard Balls. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, Ca. 1925. Set of three white billiard balls and matching shell for the classic manipulative trick. Expertly turned Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-10-23
Clingo Billiard Balls. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, Ca. 1925. Set of four 1 5/8" white balls and matching shell for the classic multiplying ball trick. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
Rod, Ball and Ring Mystery. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. A ring magically links to a wooden rod on which a wooden ball is Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
