Set Reminder2018-05-18 03:00:002018-05-18 03:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The David Baldwin Magic Collection II https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-david-baldwin-magic-collection-ii-22012 The second offering from David Baldwin's collection features automatons, magic apparatus (both vintage and modern), ephemera, Houdiniana, stone lithographs, broadsides, and mystery clocks.
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Okito (Tobias Bamberg). The Great Raymond?s Matter Through Matter. New York: Okito Maker, ca. 1908. A sheet of silk is attached to a metal wooden frame. A moveable target is placed at the center of the fabric, which wands, handkerchiefs and other object are passed through. When the target is removed, the silk is shown to be solid and unblemished. Hallmarked brass tag stamped ?Theo Bamberg/Maker/New York? attached to verso. Fine detailed decal work to the front and rear, emblematic of the Okito style. Star trap removable unlike other models. Owned and used by the Great Raymond. 18 ?? high. Metal fittings expertly restored by John Gaughan. (See Rauscher, The Great Raymond, page 295.)