This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/26/2022
Nest of Boxes. Circa 1910. Fine set of seven hardwood nesting boxes. A borrowed ring, watch, or other object vanishes from the magician’s hands only to reappear in the smallest of the nested, locked chests. Handles of interior boxes inset in each lid. Fine nickeled handle to largest box, which measures 8 ½ x 7 x 5 ½”. With original key. A few minor chips to veneer, but overall very good condition. From the Hooker collection, and accompanied by a note in the hand of Charles Larson stating: “The finest nest I have ever seen / Dr. Hooker’s Collection June 15 – 1937.” Larson purchased parts of the Hooker collection through Tannen’s Magic Shop in the 1930s.