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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The Soothsayer. Flein, Germany: Rudiger Deustch, ca. 1988. Spectators select a colored ball bearing a hand-painted number, and think of a word from one of four printed lists. The ball is dropped into the soothsayer?s open mouth, and when the performer returns to the room, he instantly knows the thought-of word. Complete with lists, balls, and resetting pins. Hand painted cabinet 10 ? x 7 x 7?. One of fewer than ten manufactured. Near fine. See Albo, Classic Magic Apparatus Supplement II, page 31.