This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/16/2018
Transformation Bottle. Flein, Germany: Rudiger Deustch, ca. 1988. A large bottle is filled with dry lentils by a spectator, using the funnel and cup provided by the magician. When poured out of the bottle a moment later, they have changed to millet. The transformation can be repeated. Bottle 10 ¾” high. Interior of cup worn, else near fine. One of fewer than ten manufactured. See Albo, Classic Magic Apparatus Supplement II, page 25. Lots 216 – 220 are each from a series of fine recreations of classic magic props as described in Zaubermechanik by Johann Conrad Gütle (Nuremburg and Altdorf, 1794), crafted in a limited edition by noted German magic collector, performer, and historian Rudiger Deustch. The props, while constructed in modern times, rely strictly on the methods and technology described in Gütle’s text.