Finger Chopper. London: Vampire Magic, ca. 1960. Precision-layered sheet metal chopper (5 x 2 ¼") cuts through a cigarette or other object but leaves a spectator's finger unharmed. Hallmarked. Minor surface imperfections; very good. Uncommon.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Finger Chopper. London: Vampire Magic, ca. 1960. Precision-layered sheet metal chopper (2 x 5”) cuts through a cigarette or other object but leaves a spectator’s Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
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
Finger Chopper. London: Lewis Davenport & Co., ca. 1940. The blade of a small guillotine passes through a spectator’s finger without harming it, but cuts Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Coin Pail. London: Vampire Magic [?], ca. 1940. Seemingly innocent chrome champagne bucket (7 x 7 ”) equipped with three chambers (two spring-loaded), plus ringing Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
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
Finger Chopper. French [?], ca. 1950. The chopper blade passes through a finger without harm but cuts the cigarette in half that lies below. Heavy Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
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
[McComb, Billy] Card Box. London: Vampire, ca. 1960s. Nickeled card box (hallmarked) inscribed to Billy McComb with sincere thanks/ Philip Duke of Edinburgh. The men Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Coin Pail. London, Max Andrews (Vampire Magic), ca. 1957. Mechanically complex but seemingly innocent champagne bucket that facilitates the production of coins from mid air. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
[Miscellaneous – Close-Up & Pocket Magic] Collection of over seventy classic magic tricks. Including Joe Berg’s Mento Card Box (Viking-Haenchen); The Box (Flying Carpet); Mirror Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
