Set Reminder2021-02-27 12:00:002021-02-27 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Select Secrets: Rare & Important Magicana https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/select-secrets-rare-important-magicana-21971 Our first magic auction of 2021 will be the first of its kind for Potter & Potter: a closely-curated selection of rare and important magicana. Just over 100 lots will go on the block, but what the auction will lack in quantity it will more than make up for in quality.
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J.K. B?hml?nder Magic Set. Nuremberg, ca. 1850. Magnificent and early kit made up of primarily wood-turned magic tricks, including two Egg Transposition Vases, Millet Bell (with often-missing bag), Rattle Vase, Magic Awl, Barrel Puzzle (possibly a later addition), Ball Vase, large and small Coin Vases, a metal Magic Funnel, paper Troublewit, and other tricks. With original broadsheet of instructions, in three languages. In a sturdy wooden paper covered box with lithographed label depicting a child conjurer before an audience, and behind him many of the props inside the box. Rippling and wear to paper cover, one panel of lid loose, one inked note to label. Props in near-fine, unused condition. 14 5/8 x 8 ? x 3 ??. Perhaps the earliest and finest magic set we have offered at auction. Sold together with a facsimile of B?hml?nder?s price list, circa 1840, and correspondence documenting the history of the set and B?hml?nder?s prominence as a ?master woodturner? and the various magic tricks and sets he offered from his Nuremberg factory.