Select Secrets: Rare & Important Magicana

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Dai Vernon’s Porper Cups and Balls. California: Porper Originals, ca. 1980. Set of three brass cups, four crocheted balls, and wooden wand with brass tips, custom made by Joe Porper and presented to Dai Vernon. Housed in a sturdy brass box with brass Vernon “spinning” coin inset in its lid. Box 9 ¾ x 3 ¾ x 3 ½”. Finish of box shows wear, contents near fine. One of the first sets of cups spun by Porper, who is well known as a manufacturer of fine billiard cues and supplies. Provenance: Porper to Vernon; Vernon to Larry Jennings; Jennings estate to present owner.