Set Reminder2020-12-12 12:00:002020-12-12 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Winter Magic Auction https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/winter-magic-auction-21973 Our winter magic sale features apparatus and relics from the workshops and showroom of Owen Magic Supreme. Tracing its beginnings to the days of Floyd Thayer, Owen Magic maintained an impeccably high standard of quality and innovation in the construction of magic apparatus and illusions, for every major performer in the industry.
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Roy, Marvyn (Marvin Levy). Marvyn Roy?s Audience Lightbulb Tray. Alhambra: Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1977. Wooden cigarette-girl-type tray with silk neck ribbon, central socket for a giant 500-Watt Westinghouse Bulb, and rheostat, which allowed the bulb to be lit in the hands of an audience volunteer, as part of a longer version of Roy?s famous ?Mr. Electric? act. Tray 15 x 11?. Tray and wiring show considerable wear from use. Sold for display purposes only. Owen Magic Supreme constructed many of the illusions and props for Roy?s famous Mr. Electric Act, along with the other ?specialty? turns he performed, including the Magical Jeweler, his Puzzle Act, and others. This tray and the built-in gimmick were used as part of a corporate show presented by the Roys for General Electric.