This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/30/2021
Coffee, Milk and Sugar Trick. Rochester: Elmer Eckam, 1930s. Silver plated coffee service transforms paper shavings and cotton into hot coffee, milk, and sugar. With a matching tray. Each vessel bearing Eckam’s engraved name underneath the base. A handsome set. Eckam (1892 – 1963) was the proprietor of Art in Magic, a Rochester, New York-based supply house dealing in new and used magic props. He was also a noted escape artist who billed himself as “a second Houdini.”