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THBLooping the Loop. Berlin: Conradi, ca. 1920. The magician p...
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From J.N. Maskelyne's toolbox to rare Houdiniana (posters, handcuffs, autographs), David Devant's passport to a magic trick that helped predict the outbreak of WWII, Robert Harbin's sketch for the Zig-Zag Girl and Al Delage's Sub Trunk, our December sale of magicana was a closely-curated offering of real rarities. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
From J.N. Maskelyne's toolbox to rare Houdiniana (posters, handcuffs, autographs), David Devant's passport to a magic trick that helped predict the outbreak of WWII, Robert Harbin's sketch for the Zig-Zag Girl and Al Delage's Sub Trunk, our December sale of magicana was a closely-curated offering of real rarities. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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Looping the Loop. Berlin: Conradi, ca. 1920. The magician produces six red billiard balls and displays them in cups around the perimeter of a cluster-like stand. On command, and while the performer is some distance away from the device, the balls visibly vanish from the cups, penetrating the bottom of the stand one at a time, falling downward on the roller coaster-like track attached to it, making a final rollercoaster-like loop and falling into a waiting top hat at the end of the path. After all six balls have traveled down the track, the magician reaches inside the waiting hat and produces a giant cannonball or billiard ball to conclude the routine. Includes all accessories as produced by Conradi, including the giant ball production for the climax, a folding silk opera hat, nickel plated display stand for giant ball, winding key for internal motor, and nickel-plated hat stand. Clockwork mechanism operated by a single lever below the ball cluster/ball stand. Height 73” (inclusive of ball cluster). Small portion of mechanism in need of adjustment or minor repair. One of only a handful of the original models constructed by Conradi to have survived the last 100 years. A remarkable and RARE mechanical magic prop from a bygone era of flashy stage apparatus.
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