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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Shield and Spears Prop Made for Cecil B. DeMille by Carl Owen. Circa 1927. Decorative wooden shield with six spears protruding from it, crafted by Carl Owen during his days as foreman of the Thayer magic factory for a silent Hollywood feature, said to be The King of Kings directed by DeMille in 1927. Length 107?. Chips and holes in extremities and spear tips, but good overall. With later hanging brackets at the reverse. For decades, this ornamental piece of woodwork hung over the rear doors of the Owen Magic Supreme workshop in Azusa, California.