This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/30/2021
Floating Power. Cincinnati: John Snyder, ca. 1930. A wooden ball is threaded on a magic wand, which has been threaded through holes in the side of a small cabinet. The wand is then removed from the cabinet, yet the ball does not fall to its floor. The wand is replaced and the ball is seen at the center of the wand when the cabinet’s doors are removed. Height 12 ?". Hand painted dragon design to front panel. Paint rippling, else very good. Accompanied by a LOA signed by James Swoger attesting to the fact that this was John Snyder’s own example of the prop. Snyder manufactured high quality and exclusive props for magicians in limited quantities, including the Al-Jo Card Frame, The Atom, and others. His business was one of the first to produce gimmicked cards in great quantities, and would evolve into Haines House of Cards, a major supplier of trick decks.