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Daniels, Paul. Paul Daniels’ Chop Cup. London: Ken Brooke’s Magic Studio, 1960s. A Ken Brooke Master Chop Cup owned and used by Paul Daniels for years in one of the most iconic one-cup routines in magic that helped make him famous. Spun aluminum cup, Height 4”, mouth diameter 3”. Wear and minor denting from extensive use on stage. An iconic prop that helped make Daniels’ reputation.Daniels (1938 – 2016) developed his style as a magician – an unmistakably funny, fast, and chatty style – as a “working act” in the rough-and-tumble workingmen’s clubs of England. It was due in great part to his work in those venues that many of his trademark routines were developed. All of them served him well in the years that would follow as one of England’s best-known television personalities, perhaps none more than the Chop Cup. At its peak, his BBC program “The Paul Daniels Magic Show” was viewed by some 18-million people – approximately one third of the entire population of Britain. This cup was obtained by his longtime producer John Fisher from Daniels himself.