Beschreibung:

invented by Stanley Petty, 12 painted wooden cubes with suit signs over a white background, in wooden frame with fold-down front and back and chrome handle, 260mm. high, [constructed by Eric C. Lewis, c.1935?]; a Wonder Screen, one of the four sections with angled fold-out panel, 400mm. high, [Davenport, c.1935?]; a giant matchbox containing large magnetised matches and a miniature magnetic spirit hand, two boards with similar matches arranged to spell “Clap” and “Ham”, the box 165mm. by 280mm., 60mm. deep; Squaring the Circle?, a painted metal cylinder with black felt inner container holding prepared cards to build a column or card “house”, and rectangular wooden cover with fretwork design on one side, painted red and yellow, 265mm. high, [Davenport, c.1960?]; a painted wooden box with separate lid and circular hole in base, 185mm. high.; Super Card Sword, with curved hilt, the elastic needing attention, with two spare lengths, 775mm. long, Harry Stanley Unique Magic; and two other card swords with single or double flap, both lacking elastic, 79 and 70mm. long; and a collection of close-up magic.including John Kennedy’s Animated Self-Lighting Cigarette; Living and Dead Test, Supreme Magic; Octave of Flowers, by “Lenz” the Oriental, Vampire Traffic Lights; Unique Al Koran’s Miracle Wallet; Counters of Chu Chin; Missing Film Star Mystery; and Thought-Rays, all three by Edward Bagshawe; Invitation to Lunch, by Val Evans, Holden’s Magic Shops; Siberian Handcuff Release, all with instructions, and a Jardine Ellis Ring, and three versions of the Ball through Glass.