Cardini’s parakeet houlette, wand and cards. Four chosen cards would be pulled from the pack by Cardini’s trained budgie, even though it sat in a long-stemmed Lucite houlette. With a deck of number cards and a wooden wand with metal tips on which the bird would perch. Ca. 1950s. Houlette 14” long. Wand 15 ¼” long.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
Cardini’s parakeet houlette and cards. Cards selected from a deck of numbered cards would be pulled from the pack by Cardini’s trained canary, even though Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
Card Rising Wand. Likely German, ca. 1920. Several cards are selected and returned to the pack. The cards are placed in a metal houlette attached Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-05-16
Tom Sellers' Rising Cards. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1939. Cards are selected and shuffled into the deck, which is placed in a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
Tom Sellers' Rising Cards. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1939. Selected cards rise from a handsome wooden houlette one at a time. Cards Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-10-29
