88. Sherms Finger Chopper and ephemera. Being a shadow box-type collage including the Sherms all-metal finger chopper, packaging, instructions, and advertising for the product, and a small copper printing block used by Sherms to illustrate the item in its literature. 20 x 13 ¾”. Not examined out of frame.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
Finger Chopper. Bridgeport, Conn.: Sherms, ca. 1950. All-metal chopper (4 x 2 1/8") that leaves the spectator's finger unharmed yet slices through other objects. In Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Finger Chopper. North Attleboro: Tony Karpinski, ca. 2005. Mini guillotine-style finger chopper; blade drops from a distance and yet the finger in the stocks is Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Finger Chopper. Chicago: National Magic Co. [?], ca. 1940s. Precision manufactured chopper constructed of layered green, butterscotch, and black Bakelite with brass hardware for the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
91. Finger Chopper. California, Wallace Magic Co., ca. 1948. Sheet metal chopper cuts through a cigarette but leaves a spectator’s finger unharmed. Heavy, with removable Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
89. Finger Chopper. Colon Michigan, Abbott’s Magic, ca. 1945. Lacquered in red, gold, and black. Cuts through a cigarette, but not the spectator’s finger. Wooden Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
Finger Chopper. Alberta Canada, Micky Hades, ca. 1985. A spectator's finger is magically penetrated by a steel blade. Hardwood and metal, 5 ¼" high. Very Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
Hades' Improved Finger Chopper. Calgary, ca. 1985. Wooden apparatus (5 ¼ x 3") employed in the close-up guillotine routine, here incorporating the design innovation that Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Digitine (Finger Chopper). Speedway, Ind.: William Tresslar, ca. 1995. A blade nested between two red wooden blocks visibly descends into the performer's forefinger and the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Micro Shark Chopper. West Richland: Wolf's Magic (Chance Wolf), 2005. Figural metal finger chopper with jaw pouch and detachable base. Instructions included. Signed and numbered Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
[Miscellaneous] Two Magic Sets and Various Packet Tricks. London: L. Davenport & Co./Demon Magic and other manufacturers, 1920s – 40s. Including a “Demon Modern Card Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
