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[Stage Magic] Lifetime accumulation of stage and parlor tricks. Including a wide range of effects, among them a floating Zombie Ball, Temple Screen, various rope and jumbo card tricks, trick glasses, Chinese Sticks, Rice Bowls, chain escape, Soft Soap boxes, 5" Linking Rings, trick glasses, Milk Pitcher, Marconick's Silken Bombshell, silk handkerchiefs (a quantity), Fickle Fire, Vanishing Coke Bottles, a handsome Change Bag, Match to Flower, kid show tricks, candle tricks, Abbott's Hipity-Hop Rabbits (with Abbott decal, ca. 1948), Firebowl (Rings & Things, in original mailing carton), and much, much more, in two large cartons, many items with original instructions. Some duplication. 1950s – 80s. Over 100 different tricks at considerable original collector cost. Used but generally good condition. Should be seen. NOTE: Photographs show only a very small selection of items included in this lot.


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Date:
2010-10-23

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