This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2019
Reincarnation Head Casket. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. Highly decorated box with classic Thayer stencil work used in the Reincarnation illusion, in which the flesh of an assistant’s head visibly dissolves to a skull, and is then restored. 26 x 19 x 16”. With the original Thayer “mummy” head used in the effect in place of a skull various unfinished elements of the supporting bi-fold screen and table. Sold as-is.