Sold for:
$1,900
$1,900
Blackstone, Harry. Harry Blackstone Sr.’s Perennial Bouquet. Boston, Joseph Frustaglia (for Holden’s Magic), ca. 1941. A barren green bouquet visibly blooms red flowers at the magician’s command. With a letter of provenance tracing the ownership of the bouquet from the manufacturer to Blackstone, to Blackstone’s assistant George Johnstone, up to the current owner. The opening of the Blackstone Sr. show was billed as the Enchanted Garden, in which he produced feather flower bouquets, a red rose bush, and related effects such as this perennially-blooming bouquet.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-11-01
