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ALAN, Don (Donald Alan McWethy). Don Alan’s Worm in Apple Apparatus. 1959. Don Alan’s personal worm prop for his iconic snake basket routine performed on The Ed Sullivan Show and at the London Palladium. Internal snake basket mechanism originally purchased from Richard Himber in 1959; the custom worm head was sculpted by John Shirley. Prop is housed in a paper bag. Includes two apples, extra parts, pieces, and two letters of provenance signed by Don Alan, dated 1989. Worm rises to 23”. Wear from years of use. A unique prop owned and used by one of the best-loved close-up magicians of the twentieth century.