This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/16/2018
The Soothsayer. Flein, Germany: Rudiger Deustch, ca. 1988. Spectators select a colored ball bearing a hand-painted number, and think of a word from one of four printed lists. The ball is dropped into the soothsayer’s open mouth, and when the performer returns to the room, he instantly knows the thought-of word. Complete with lists, balls, and resetting pins. Hand painted cabinet 10 ¾ x 7 x 7”. One of fewer than ten manufactured. Near fine. See Albo, Classic Magic Apparatus Supplement II, page 31.