Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I

Donald Holmes Clock Act. Kansas City, ca. 1935. Complete outfit for producing and displaying alarm clocks from an empty and borrowed hat. Includes twelve small nesting clocks in two styles, two Holmes Sandwich Watches, a matching ungimmicked giant pocket watch, six nesting standard Holmes alarm clocks, a giant Holmes Production Clock with internal ringing device, and an even larger faux alarm clock on its own velvet-covered stand with cast metal base. The props resting on a neat wooden table decorated in black and gold, with internal battery-operated clock ringing devices and a large load chamber to facilitate the production. Hanging clocks from the front of the table activates the ringers one at a time. Height of table (likely manufactured by Abbott’s), 31 ?". An impressive gathering.