372. Fred Kaps’ Giant Matrix trick. ca, 1970.

372. Kaps, Fred (Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers). Fred Kaps’ Giant Matrix trick. Holland [?], ca. 1970. Three jumbo faux Chinese coins (2 7/8” in diameter), one matching shell, and one giant Chinese coin (5 ¼” diameter) for a coins across/matrix-type effect. Owned and used by Fred Kaps. Very good. With: A Dutch publication, Fred Kaps, and two examples of Kaps’ stage bills bearing his portrait (one laminated). Note: These items were not purchased in the 1984 auction of Kaps items. They were acquired from another collector, who claimed he purchased them from Kaps himself.