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142. The Mysterious Desk. Rhode Island, Magical Recreations, 2004. A borrowed coin is dropped into a locked wooden box. It then travels the length of a ribbon, and into a glass some distance from the locked box. With hardwood fitted carrying case, props, and instructions. Carrying case measures 12 x 5 ¼ x 4”. From a limited edition. Fine. This effect was first published in John Wyman’s Hand-Book of Magic


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Date:
2013-10-26

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