Parlor & Stage

The Collection

Al Baker Rice Bowls

  • Al Baker Rice Bowls Ca. 1960s | Hallmarked Louis Tannen

    A highly desirable model of the classic Rice Bowl effect. A favorite effect of Charlie Miller. Some wear to bowls.

Orrin’s Clickety Click

  • Orrin’s Clickety Click. London: J.F. Orrin, 1950s

    Four ping-pong balls resting on a stand vanish in mid-air when hit with a ping-pong paddle; the stand is covered, and the balls reappear on it.

    Vintage model manufactured before Davenports began constructing Orrin’s tricks.

Abdul's Fez

  • Abdul's Fez | Nielsen Magic

    A variation on the traditional Egg Bag. The Fez is a red cloth hat gimmicked like an egg bag. Show the inside freely, even put it on a kid's head or your own. Yet, whenever you want, just reach in and produce a large egg. Put the egg back in the fez and Presto ... it's gone.

Vanishing Candles

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Passe Passe Bottle

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Spirit Light

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Milk Pitcher

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Silk Cabby

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Miracle Mirro

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Magic Rabbit Die Box

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Block Penetration

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Zombie Ball

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Flip-Over Vanish

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Silk Fans

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Devil’s Jug

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Lovey Duck

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Bengal Net

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Dancing Hank

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Run Rabbit Run

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Owen ABC Blocks

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Hipity Hop Rabbits

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Chick Pan

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Domino Transposition

  • German Domino Transposition | Maker Unknown


    Said to be from the estate of Charly Eperny (1897–1974), a magician, scholar, and collector (unconfirmed).

    Born in France, Eperny began performing at 17 and survived WWI. He adopted the stage name Chiang Fu while in Italy, creating a Chinese-themed magic show.

    Charly was known for his innovative acts, including color-changing ties and jackets. Post-WWII, he moved to Austria, where he continued contributing to magic through performances and influential writings.

Square Circle

  • Square Circle | Owen Magic Supreme

    One of the classics of magic made by the premier manufacturer of Owen Magic Supreme.

English Die Box

  • This style of Die box with two doors in the front and two doors in the back, is often known as the English Die Box as it was popularized by Will Goldston  and others in England in the early 1900’s.

    This looks very similar to Die Boxes made by Davenport’s in the 1950’s and on but I am not 100% certain if it is made by them or not.

    A solid box with a nice heavy thud as the die moves from side to side until the final reveal at the end.

    Credit: Historical details provided by Martin’s Magic.

Rod Through Milk Bottle

  • Rod Through Milk Bottle

    Maker unknown. A metal rod passes through a bottle of milk inside a plain box. The rod is inserted from both sides and top to bottom.

Thimble Stand

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Bathing Beauty

  • Bathing Beauty | Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co., Ca

    This perennial small apparatus trick focuses on a banner showing a young woman at the seaside. The banner is rolled up and a piece of her costume is removed from the roll. Each time this is done, the banner is unrolled to show the picture of the woman has altered accordingly.

    When her final garment is removed from the rolled-up banner, the visual punch line is delivered: She is shown up to her neck in the ocean.

    This trick is the invention of British professional Fred Culpitt, who called it “The Seaside Poster.” This trick was in Culpitt's act not later than 1921.

    The trick was first marketed by the short-lived Blackstone Magic Company (without credit to Culpitt), and later by the Abbott's Magic Company.

    Historical details used with permission and copyrighted by Conjuring Credits.

Die Box- Unknown Maker

Silver Rocket Box

  • Silver Rocket Box | Tannen’s, ca. 1960s

    The magician presents a small stainless steel box and opens all four doors, clearly displaying the empty interior. After closing the doors, they proceed to produce a surprising quantity of handkerchiefs and other objects from within the box. Can be operated with one hand to display the empty interior and close the box. Excellent condition.

Bottled Spirits

  • Bottled Spirits | Rocky Clements, ca. 2020

    A self contained one man dancing handkerchief routine. No assistants, no electronics, no reels, and no special backdrop needed.

Multiplying Pipes

  • Multiplying Pipes, circa 1974.

    Four pipes appear at the performers fingertips one at a time in a surprisingly beautiful manner. Four gimmicked enameled brass pipes, original box and instructions.

Vanishing Alarm Clock

  • Vanishing Alarm Clock. Circa 1920s.

    A clock, covered by a cloth, hangs from a metal stand where it rings audibly. The cloth is whisked away, the ringing stops, the clock has vanished.

Tipsy-Turvy Bottles

  • Tipsy-Turvy Bottles | Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co., ca 1950

    The spectator's bottle and the magician's are never in sync as the tubes are turned back-and-forth. Mechanical version with metal bottles in chromed tubes.

Die Box

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Westgate Bowl Production

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Die Box

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Sam Dalal Card in Balloon

  • Vintage Sam Dalal Selected Card in Balloon.

    A freely selected and signed card vanishes from the deck and appears in a ballon, displayed on a metal stand. Handcrafted in brass apparatus, chrome plated, and easy to use.

    Use any deck of cards and any balloons.

    Includes original box with unique graphics. No instructions

No-Feke Card Frame

  • Cherchez La Femme | Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1935.

    Lacquered metal stand in red and silver accommodating three jumbo cards. The performer mixes the cards, which can be seen through holes cut in the stand, yet the spectators are unable to locate the queen.

Abbott’s Canary Cage

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Crazy Liquid

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Crazy Washing Machine

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The Lady Vanishes

  • Manufactured by Abbott’s Magic, ca. 1950.

    A “backstage” look into the vanish of a jumbo card, ending with the audience completely fooled.

    In very good condition. Minor wear to cloth.
    Size: 11.25 x 7.75"

    Includes carrying cloth case. No instructions.

Merv Taylor Dove Pan

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Block Phantom

Ring and Orange Box

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Joss House Drawer Box

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Cherchez La Femme

  • Cherchez La Femme | Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1935.

    Lacquered metal stand in red and silver accommodating three jumbo cards. The performer mixes the cards, which can be seen through holes cut in the stand, yet the spectators are unable to locate the queen.

Loyd Guinea Pig Box

  • Guinea Pig Box. Glendale: Loyd, ca. 1950. Hardwood cage holds a live guinea pig. The animal is removed from the cage and torn to pieces (or eaten), but the real animal is unharmed. 11 x 9 x 8 ½ ?. Finish worn, else good. Finely made.

Billiard Ball Stand

  • Billiard Ball Stand. Colon, Abbott’s Magic, ca. 1950. Mechanical stand facilitates the production of red billiard balls from mid-air. 17” tall. Some wear to paint. Overall, very good.

Devil’s Card Rise

  • Owen Magic Supreme. From ten cards, three are chosen. All ten cards are shuffled by a spectator and, by him, sealed into an envelope.

    The latter is placed in an open faced stand on the table, the envelope never leaving the sight of the spectators. One at a time the three selected cards arise out of the envelope.

    The latter is then removed, tossed to a spectator for opening.

    This done, it is found that only seven cards remain, the three selected ones having apparently really arisen up and out of the envelope.

    No sleight of hand is required either in the handling of the cards or the envelope.

    The exchange of the latter is accomplished so very, very effectively by the mechanical stand.

    It is somewhat similar to our Devil's Mail Box, but has the added rising feature.

    This is an effect which may be used in the parlor or on the stage. The apparatus is beautifully made and decorated and will be something you'll always be proud to own, display and work. Sold by Owen in 1959 for $27.50 (around $300 today).

Swirl-it-Box

  • Bob Kline. An open, empty cabinet suspended from a cord is spun rapidly. At the magician's command it visibly and instantly fills with silk handkerchiefs.

    Approx. Dimensions: 11 x 5.5 x 7.5

    Very good condition.

Vase of the Genii

  • Vase of the Genii. Colon: Abbott’s Magic, ca. 1945.

    Nickel-plated vase into which water is poured. A moment later, a mammoth production of dry paper coils and silk handkerchiefs is made from inside, followed by a bottle of liquor. A live rabbit is then produced from the coiled paper on the floor. Height 15”. Good condition.

Chiang Mai Block by Magic Wagon

  • The performer holds the ends of the cords that are threaded through the holes on both sides of the block, suspending the block above the table and openly placed into the cabinet with the ends of the cords protruding from each side of the cabinet.

    The front door is now closed to secure the block and the ends of the cords are taken by the performer, wrapped over the lid and tied in a knot.

    On the performer’s command, the cords visibly penetrate through the block and the cabinet, leaving the cords in the performer’s hands and the block in the cabinet!

    The cabinet, block and cords can all be inspected by a spectator.

    The cabinet is 5 inch high with a 4 inch square footprint. The block is 2 inch cubed.

    Exquisite craftsmanship, finished in the finest possible coating with hand polishing and sanding in between.

Crystal Dove Cote

  • Owen Magic Supreme. A white dove makes an instantaneous appearance within the confines of a crystal clear glass box. The impossible nature of this feat is difficult to comprehend. No outside loads, mirrors, body work or anything to hamper the magician; just sheer magic in breathtaking beauty.

    Owen offered this in two versions: An all lucite crystal cote or wood framed glass.

Thayer Change Bag

  • Thayer Change Bag, ca. 1920s. Plush bag attached to a finely turned wooden handle painted black, which can be used to switch, vanish, or produce objects. Excellent condition.

Die Through Hat

  • Die Through Hat. Circa 1900. Handsome model of this classic effect. A die in a wooden frame penetrates the top of a hat on which the frame rests. Well made from wood. Frame, and 4 ¼” cube. Die missing one spot, else very good.

Chinese Flame Clock

  • Manufactured by Milson With, ca. 1975. A candle is placed into a tall cabinet decorated with Asian characters. The magician cuts through the cabin and candle with two large blades. When the doors of the cabinet are opened, the center of the candle is missing. Fine condition. Inquire

Card Rise Box

  • From the Estate of Edwin A. Dawes. Card Rise Box. [Oldham: Michael Heriot, 1909]. Small wooden chest with brass handles finished in brown and green, into which a pack of cards (from which several have been chosen) is dropped. The box opens of its own accord minutes later, and the chosen pasteboards rise from within. With original key. 5 ½ x 4 x 5 ¼”. Refurbished to working condition in the 1970s and accompanied by a letter of provenance explaining the history of the prop and the repairs conducted. Inquire

Ink to Goldfish

  • From the estate of Edwin A. Dawes. Ink to Goldfish (Tinten Pokal). London: Inzani-Henley, 1964.

    An etched glass vessel on a nickel-plated base is seen full of ink. Visibly, the black liquid becomes clear water with two goldfish swimming about inside. Based on the Klingl design.

    Original instructions. Height 8 ¾”. Near fine. Inquire

Blue Phantom

  • Blue Phantom. Alhambra: Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1955. A single blue checker travels through a stack of yellow checkers when covered with a decorated tube. Natural finish base. Height 16 ½”. Inquire

Fantastic Frame

  • Milson Worth. Three silks are seen tied to a rod running through an open frame with a door panel.

    The silks are removed and the door closed.  The silks are vanished and when the door is open they have returned to the rod!  Fine Condition. Inquire

Hindu Water Mystery

  • Owen Magic Supreme. A beautiful heavy gauge vase keeps refilling itself, no matter how often it is emptied. It is self-contained and the most perfect lota ever offered, with no soldered seams. A masterpiece of the spinners art. Inquire

Sinbad’s Silk Casket

  • Owen Magic Supreme Sinbad’s Silk Casket

    Specially made with 4 inch die for J.B. Bobo

    Effect: A three inch die is shown and then placed in a hat or any suitable container.

    The glass lined casket is displayed and placed on a table. Performer now removes the die from the hat and places it in the casket.

    He takes a number of silks and puts them into the hat. Suddenly, the die vanishes from the casket and the casket is filled with silks. The silks have vanished from the hat and the die 1s found in their place. Fine condition.

Spider Web Card Illusion

  • Owen Magic Supreme. A large colorful spider rests in the center of its web on a stand. A selected card is vanished, the web given a spin and a small spot appears on the web. As the spot grows larger it moves to the center in the grasp of the spider. When the web stops, it proves to be the selected card. Startling and self contained.

Pagoda Mystery

  • Owen Magic Supreme. This little pagoda may be used to exchange, vanish, or produce items, even glasses of liquid, and yet the cabinet may be shown empty at any time by merely raising the front panel. Fine condition.

P & L Dove Pan

  • Petrie and Lewis Dove Pan ca. 1960. Shows signs of use, otherwise in good working condition. Sold

Mikame Craft Production Chest

  • Mikame Craft three-door production box. Inquire

Demon Clear Nest of Boxes

  • The description in a Davenport catalog reads as follows: ‘A borrowed ring vanishes from a wand and is found in a clear casket securely tied within two other beautifully designed wooden caskets – a grand mystery.’ ca. 1950. Fair condition. Inquire

Silk Pedestal

  • Silk Pedestal. Berlin: Conradi, 1930s. Tall nickel-plated stand on which a cut crystal tumbler rests. A handkerchief vanishes, only to reappear in the glass isolated on the pedestal. Spring-loaded mechanism in good working order. Includes a finely made bottomless glass with plug by Willmann. Height of pedestal 14”. Inquire

Coffee, Milk, and Sugar

  • Coffee, Milk, and Sugar Trick. European, ca. 1910. Cotton, silk, and confetti placed in the separate parts of a metal coffee service transform into hot coffee, sugar, and cream. Nickel-plated construction, the largest item 8 ¾” high. Includes specially prepared coffee pot, creamer, and sugar bowl with lid. Minor tarnishing. Inquire

Head Chopper

  • This beautifully Owen-built one-person illusion miracle lacks not one single perfect detail. This sensational, baffling, thrilling effect may be adapted to either serious or hilarious comedy situations. Place a potato, carrot, or cabbage in the head opening and cut in half with one thrust of the glistening blade.

    Now, do the same with a person's head, the knife passing through the neck and out below, yet the victim never feels it. All done completely surrounded.

    Previous owner states this was the last head chopper built by Alan Zagorsky before closing the doors of Owen Magic Supreme. Fine Condition. Inquire

Floating Ball

  • Owen Magic Supreme, Floating Sphere. The lid of a handsome chest slowly opens at the command of the performer. A silver ball gracefully rises from the chest and floats over the performer. The ball hovers in midair, soars high and low, and follows the performer as if in complete actord with his will. Finally the ball settles gracefully back into the chest held by an assistant and the lid closes by itself. A bewildering and beautiful effect to hold an audience spellbound. Some damage to the chest. Fair condition. Inquire

Egyptian Water Box

  • Owen Magic Supreme Egyptian Water Box. Circa 1980. While I can’t verify this, I’ve read that only six were ever made by Owen. Based on the U.F. Grant effect, this version is slightly larger. Liquid poured into the chest may vanish or turn into wine. Inquire

Clatter Box

  • Clatter Box. Made by Ickle Pickle, ca. 1990s. A solid wooden box that comedically collapses into multiple pieces when the audience tries to open it. 6 ½ x 5 x 4 ½”. Very good condition. Inquire

Miracle Cage Vanish

  • Colon: Abbott’s, ca. 1960s.

    A beautifully made bird cage containing live doves is covered with a cloth and made to vanish. Includes super sonic table base and cloth. Height 31”. A very nice example. Minor wear. Very good condition. Inquire

Duck Production Box

  • Duck Production Box. Alhambra: Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1960s.

    A very large mirror box that can be shown empty; then a massive production is made from within. Often used as a production for a live duck.

    Classic Owen black and gold paint accenting the natural wood finish. 12 x 18 x 12 ½”. Very good overall condition. Inquire

Hole in One

Flaming Head Chest

  • Vintage UF Grant MAK Flaming Head Chest

    Nice prop from MAK Magic circa 1985. Overall in good condition, but does show signs of wear from use. See photos for more details related to paint chipping and one hinge that appears to be slightly bent, but is still intact and fully functional. All mirrors are intact without cracks or chips.

    Includes the chest, torch, and torch tube cover which is most often missing.

    Box measures 13x9x13. Original instructions included.

    SOLD

Astroball

Davenport’s Wrist Chopper

  • You show your audience a guillotine which comprises a stand and a blade fixed into a wooden frame. The blade extends out either side of the frame so that it is always in view. There are two sets of holes in the frame. A large hole in the middle and a smaller set of three holes at the bottom. The frame can be opened and the blade assembly can be removed and shown to be quite normal. The blade is replaced into the frame and the frame closed. You now place your arm as far as it will go into the hole (or that of a spectator) and a carrot is placed in the centre of the three holes at the bottom. The blade is brought down and it is found that the carrot is cut in half, but the arm is completely unharmed. Excellent condition.

    Inquire

Appearing Candles

  • Appearing Candle. Alhambra: Owen Magic Supreme, 1970s. A tall white lit candle appears – without cover – in a low spun copper candlestick. Height (open) 16 ¾”. Paint chipped on bottom, otherwise good condition. Set of two. Inquire

Die and Silk Casket

  • Owen Magic Supreme. A large white die and silk handkerchief change places within the wooden pedestal. Beautifully made. Fair condition. Inquire

Talking Skull

  • From the estate of Edwin A. Dawes. Talking Skull. Circa 1940. Papier-mâché skull mounted on a glass column atop a wooden plinth clicks its jaw in answer to questions, once for “yes” and twice for “no.” With unusual camera/flashbulb trigger mechanism in the base used to operate the device. Height 11 ¾”. Chipping to paint, otherwise very good condition. Inquire

Rabbit Through Glass

  • A rabbit, or any other small object, passes through a solid sheet of circular glass held in an elaborate wooden frame supported by scrollwork accents, on a turned wooden base. Modeled on the Thayer/Owen design, but the manufacturer is unknown— perhaps you can solve the mystery.

Copenetro

Gambling Lecture / Cheating at Cards

  • Owen Magic Supreme Cheating At Cards is a complete lecture act for innumerable occasions such as lodge gatherings, service clubs, tele-vision, banquets, parties, etc. Owen furnishes the complete act including breakdown table case, six card decks, servante, holding racks, demonstration holdout, strippers, marked cards, shiner, daub and demonstration routine in a fully detailed picture book.

    A reputation builder that will enable a performer with very little previous knowledge or skill to present an extremely enlightening and entertaining act. Inquire

Auto Silk to Ball

  • A silk instantly changes into a red billiard ball. All metal construction with winding key. A few paint chips, else in good condition. Ca. 1920s. Condition good. Inquire

Spirit Time

  • Bob Kline, Kline Craft ca. 1989.
    A clock is set to any time while the magician's back is turned, yet he knows the time instantly. One of 24 units manufactured. Very good condition. Inquire

V-Roy’s 3 Card Monte

  • Three Card Monte owned and by the late great V-Roy Hampton (1906-1983). V-Roy was a longtime professional magician who appeared with a full stage show in theaters throughout the United States.

    Each card is made of wood with a sliding mechanism approx 8” x 11”. Fair condition. Inquire