Sold for:
$600
$600
43. Checker Fantasy. North Hollywood, Merv Taylor, ca. 1950. Wooden cabinet and metal tube which allow the magician to cause a stack of large checkers and a tall glass tumbler to transpose between the cabinet and the tube. Checkers 4” in diameter, cabinet 13 ½” high. Very good.Bill King’s notes state that the cabinet was purchased by its previous owner directly from Taylor, who manufactured it as a prototype. The trick was never put in the Taylor line or catalogs.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26