The David Baldwin Magic Collection II

Raymond, Maurice F (Morris Raymond Saunders). Ticking Watch Box. Circa 1908. A borrowed watch placed in the small wooden box can be heard ticking inside. When the box is unlocked a moment later, the watch is gone, and the ticking has stopped. The watch is reproduced elsewhere. Fine hardwood box with brass inlaid top. Mirrored back in lid, brass ticking mechanism engraved “Freund Brothers.” Owned and used by the Great Raymond. Two modern keys. Good working condition; restored by Daniel Nied and John Gaughan. (See Rauscher, The Great Raymond, page 298. The watch box was a common magic prop of the Victorian era and later. Ticking versions, such as this one, were prized by professionals and expensive in their own right due to the hidden mechanics.)