This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2022
CARD PIGEON AUTOMATON. Flein: Rüdiger Deutsch, ca. 2000. Handsome hardwood pedestal with burled top supports two faux marble columns and a brass perch on which sits a white bird. A card is chosen at random and placed in a decorative metal houlette before the pigeon. The magician then engages a music box in the base, and as the tune plays, the bird slowly descends toward the cards, grasps one pasteboard in its beak, and removes it from the pack. It is the selection. One of a limited number manufactured by Deutsch, based on plans in an early nineteenth century conjuring book. Height 18 ¼”. Good working condition.