$1,100
Flight of Time. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer[?], ca. 1929. Impressive stage-filling effect in which six alarm clocks vanish from a low trestle-like stand and reappear one at a time, ringing, at the ends of ribbons hanging from a chromed stand some distance away. Larger stand 58 x 66”. Ribbons are modern replacements, some wear to fabric covering of vanishing stand and metal holders behind ribbons and sliding track mechanism; fair condition overall. Houdini’s final American tour included a version of the Flight of Time, though his apparatus worked in a manner entirely different than the version offered here. Note: The fifth photo shown here (not included with the apparatus) shows Rossetti and Co., ca. 1911, with a stage full of Thayer-made apparatus in the foreground, and a Flight of Time in at the rear of the stage - presumably also made by Thayer.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-02-02
