$2,600
Martinka-Houdini-Flosso Spirit Clock. New York, Martinka & Co., ca. 1919. A glass clock dial with metal hand is displayed. When the hand is spun, it stops any number named by a spectator. Alternatively, the clock can be made to answer questions by pointing to numbers, as if its hand were guided by a spirit or ghost. Face measures 18” in diameter. With a letter of provenance from the owner who purchased it from Al Flosso’s son, Jackie, in 1981; and a Flosso catalog which features the clock in a photograph on the back cover. Wear to silvering on numerals, otherwise very good. One of Al Flosso’s prized possessions, and handed down to him upon his purchase of the Martinka/Hornmann business in the 1930s. The clock was, according to Flosso, among one of Houdini’s favorite items in the Martinka shop.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-10-27
