Set Reminder2022-03-26 12:00:002022-03-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part II https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/salon-de-magie-the-klosterman-collection-part-ii-21954 Our second sale from Ken Klosterman's world famous collection of magicana, The Salon de Magie, is slated for March 26, 2022.
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Jaks, Stanley (Herbert Siegbert Jaks). Dr. Jaks? First Close-Up Case. Finely veneered and inlaid wooden box with lock, the interior lined in plush and divided into separate compartments, with one removeable shelf. Owned and used by the famed close-up magician and mentalist Dr. Stanley Jaks for table-to-table performances. Included in the box are a small metal Okito-type coin box, two packs of cards, a tiny metal Budhha fetish, a gimmicked celluloid cylinder, a wire lockpick, and a red drawstring bag. 4 ? x 4 ? x 5?. With decorative brass handle. Accompanied by a handwritten note by Jaks identifying the box as ?my first table-magic box / (1927) / presented to my friend / John McManus. / Stanley S. Jaks.? In later years, Jaks developed his storied Book of Mysteries, an elaborate close-up case fashioned in the form of a giant leatherbound volume, atop which he performed many of his tricks. This box predates the book by several years.