- DAI VERNON'S THAYER DIE BOX. LOS ANGELES:
F.G. THAYER, ...Dai Vernon's Thayer Die Box. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1935. Handsome hardwood die box with double door feature and brass hardware. Black die with white...
[more like this] - TARBELL TREASURE CHEST. LOS ANGELES:
F.G. THAYER, CA. 1...Tarbell Treasure Chest. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1945. Small brass-bound wooden chest is opened, tipped forward, and shown empty. It is closed, and...
[more like this] - SILK CABBY. LOS ANGELES: F.G. THAYER,
CA. 1940. ATTRACT...Silk Cabby. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. Attractive wooden cabinet is shown empty, yet handkerchiefs pushed through holes in its sides vanish, change...
[more like this] - RICE VASE. LOS ANGELES: F.G. THAYER,
CA. 1930. HANDSOME...Rice Vase. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Handsome gesso over wooden turned vase finished in gold which vanishes a quantity of rice placed inside...
[more like this] - RICE, ORANGE AND CHECKERS. LOS ANGELES:
THAYER, CA. 194...Rice, Orange and Checkers. Los Angeles: Thayer, ca. 1945. An orange, a quantity of rice, and a stack of checkers magically transpose under two lacquered...
[more like this] - BLACK RAPPING HAND. LOS ANGELES: F.G.
THAYER, CA. 1930....Black Rapping Hand. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Ebony-finish wooden hand with velvet and lace cuff raps out answers to questions posed by the audience....
[more like this] - PRIVATE PAT. LOS ANGELES: F.G. THAYER,
CA. 1942. A DOUG...Private Pat. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1942. A doughboy-themed version of the Bonus Genius vanishing doll. Complete with two figures and ÒtentÓ (often...
[more like this] - NEW WONDER SILK CABBY. LOS ANGELES:
F.G. THAYER, CA. 19...New Wonder Silk Cabby. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. Wooden cabinet (7 _ x 5 x 3 _") on raised feet, stencil-painted in colors with dragons, in...
[more like this] - GLASS PENETRATIONGlass Penetration.
Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer [?], ca. 1935. A piece of glass held in a wooden frame is pierced by a metal rod or pen, yet is shown unbroken a moment later. Finely made of hardwood,...
[more like this] - BLUE PHANTOM.Blue Phantom. Los Angeles:
F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A red checker mysteriously travels through a stack of yellow checkers when covered by a decorated metal tube. 17Ó high. Handsomely redecorated in blue,...
[more like this] - THAYER GHOST SHOW ILLUSION.[Blueprints]
Thayer Ghost Show Illusion. Los Angeles, ca. 1950. A version of Pepper's Ghost. 18 x 15". Old mailing folds....
[more like this] - MULTIPLYING BILLIARD BALLS.Multiplying
Billiard Balls. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer and others, ca. 1930s. Fifteen solid balls comprising at least three complete sets of the popular stage trick in which solid wooden...
[more like this] - HAUNTED CABINET AND CHECKERS OF QUONG
HI.Haunted Cabinet and Checkers of Quong Hi. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1929. Club-size version of the Checker Cabinet effect, as manufactured by Thayer. Dragon motif on...
[more like this] - CARD STAR.Card Star. Los Angeles: F.G.
Thayer, ca. 1940. Selected cards appear on the points of a wooden star when the pack is thrown at it. 21” high. Minor wear....
[more like this] - CARDART.Cardart. Los Angeles: Lloyd
Chambers (for Thayer), ca. 1938. A dart thrown at a spinning wheel with cards attached to it unfailingly selects the spectator’s chosen pasteboard. Large 12-card model....
[more like this] - BONUS GENIUS (VANISHING DOLL).Bonus
Genius (Vanishing Doll). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1942. Hand painted wooden doll vanishes from under a small red cloak. Doll painted to represent Blonde girl. One gimmicked,...
[more like this] - BONUS GENIUS (VANISHING DOLL).Bonus
Genius (Vanishing Doll). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1920. Hand painted wooden doll vanishes from under a small red cloak. Dolls painted to represent flappers; two different...
[more like this] - BILLET CHANGING BASKET.Billet Changing
Basket. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Cleverly designed basket exchanges one stack of billets for another. Wooden basket, fabric lined. 7 x 11 x 5 ½”....
[more like this] - WU-LING PAGODA MYSTERY.Wu-Ling Pagoda
Mystery. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer & Co. ca. 1944. A short cabinet is shown empty and then, a moment, later, is filled to overflowing, as if by magic. 6 ½ x 11 x 6". Original...
[more like this] - SILK CABBY.Silk Cabby. Los Angeles:
F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. Wooden cabinet allows for the magical change, production, vanish, or restoration of silk handkerchiefs placed inside. 7” long. Finish worn....
[more like this] - STOCKS OF SOLOMON.Stocks of Solomon.
Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A set of wrist stocks with metal hasp from which the magician can quickly and easily escape, even though the stocks have been examined...
[more like this] - MYSTO DIE AND FRAME (JUMBO).Mysto Die
and Frame (Jumbo). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. The magician places a stencil-painted wooden cube depicting dragons into a wooden frame resting on a pedestal. A ribbon...
[more like this] - BOX, TRAY, AND SCREEN.Box, Tray, and
Screen. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. A box is built up, piece-by-piece on top of a three-fold screen. A massive production of livestock is then made from within. Designed...
[more like this] - CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLERCircle
of Sir Godfrey Kneller (German/England, 1646-1723) , "Portrait thought to be of Lady Sophia Bentinck, daughter of William Earl of Portland", oil on canvas, unsigned, 64 1/2...
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