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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T. Downes Magic Set. London, ca. 1880. Fine and elaborate early British conjuring set filled with turned wooden tricks, miniature cards, and brass apparatus for a wide range of classic effects. Included are large and well-made marble and ball vases, a large boxwood Skittle trick, magic wand, puzzle barrels, a Divination Bottle, coin boxes, a Devil?s Coin Bank, Cap and Pence with swiveling stack, and more. Instruction sheet describes methods for four or five effects and identifies the manufacturer. Plain paper box 13 ? x 8 ? x 2 ?? well preserved. Lid of one trick lacking, a few elements possibly added later, and internal wear to paper compartments, but overall an exceedingly handsome and well-preserved magic set of the Victorian era.