This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2022
HEART OF GLASS PENETRATION. Germany: Robert Farchmin, 1930s. Finely crafted hardwood frame holds a sheet of glass and two metal “targets” in the shape of a heart on each side. The magician inserts a sheet of red paper or celluloid into the targets, and then pierces the glass with a nickel-plated arrow. The arrow is removed as is the paper; the glass is unbroken. 12 x 9 ¾”. From the Circus Museum of Sarasota and Larson collections, and including Larson’s notes on the routine. A complete routine utilizing this prop was published in Punx’s “Magical Adventures and Fairy Tales” (1988), at page 18.