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THBEMERSON, Arthur. Arthur Emerson’s Magic Demonstration Table...
Lot 65
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EMERSON, Arthur.?Arthur Emerson?s Magic Demonstration Table and Case.?Washington, D.C.: Scotty York,?1970s. A specially made briefcase that can be reassembled as a demonstrator?s working surface. The lid forms the top and sides are removed from inside to form a box-like structure on which the presenter may perform. With three internal compartments made of cardboard. The front panel of the demonstration case has a Playboy rabbit logo and the initials ?AE? in large prismatic letters affixed to it, and below the handle a plastic plaque has been attached with the name ?Arthur Emerson? engraved in white. A blue close-up pad completes the setup. Dimensions (open), 17 x 11 ? x 12?. Worn from professional and repeated use.It was from behind this case that Emerson, surely one of the most successful and entertaining demonstrators of magic tricks of the twentieth century, presented tens of thousands of tricks, selling them to many thousands of customers over the course of decades as a magic dealer and as one half of the well-known Emerson & West company.Among the company?s greatest hits were packet tricks like Sympathetic Cards, Hamman Eggs, the Shaggy Dog Tale, and of course Jim Temple?s Color Monte, an effect consisting of three ungimmicked cards but with a clever routine and a reasonably witty script. The effect was so popular and?approachable?(from a performance standpoint)?as to become one of the best-selling card tricks of all time, with the sales surpassing 100,000 units years ago (the trick is still available from magic dealers).Emerson was a mainstay of magic conventions both in America and abroad for many years, and his demonstrations from behind this miniature stage were an attraction at those events in and of themselves.?Update: This is apparently one of only?a few such cases?hand made by close-up magician Scotty York. In later years, cases of a similar design, produced by a different builder, were produced in limited numbers and sold through Al's Magic Shop of Washington, D.C.?
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