Sand Pencil. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L)/ Mysto Magic, ca. 1930s. Two examples, one chrome (4 ¾") and one wooden (5 ¼"), both with fitted caps and working tip releases, in a P&L box; together with a Mysto color lithographic advertising label (12 ¾ x 8 ½") and eight seven-ounce bottles of colored sand (from a modern supplier). Some paint chipping, else good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Sand Pencil. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1915. Toy devised by magic trick manufacturing firm P&L for writing with colored sand. Three pencils Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
Glass Through Hat. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1930. Sand-driven brass stand resembling a candlestick, which allows the performer to apparently pass a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
Glass Through Hat. New Haven, Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1930. Brass stand approximating the design of a candlestick, which allows the performer to apparently pass Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-01-30
Sand Canisters. New Haven, P&L, ca. 1935. A small metal canister fills a larger canister with sand repeatedly – the quantity of sand produced and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Four Nickels to Four Dimes. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1930. Brass and aluminum holder (1" diam.) transforms nickels into dimes. In original Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Soup Plate Production. New Haven, Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1915 [?]. An empty china bowl plate visibly fills with flowers or other small objects. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
Wonder Box. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1940. A quantity of silks is produced from a mirrored box (3 ¼ x 2 x Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
[P&L] P&L “deluxe” magic set. New Haven, Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1939. Large and elaborate magic set includes many P&L products, among them the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
[P&L] Dream Tube trick. New Haven, Petrie & Lewis (P&L) for Steen, ca. 1932. Handkerchiefs or a billiard ball are produced from an empty tube. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
Sympathetic Silk Stand. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1940. An apparently innocent nickel-plated stand facilitates the magical knotting and untying of three silk Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
