This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2022
HAINES, RONALD. RONALD HAINES’ PRESENTATION WAND AND MASONIC FEZ. 1950s. Including a solid brass wand with wooden presentation stand bearing an engraved brass plaque presenting the wand to Haines from the “friends and members of the Queen City Mystics,” and a black felt Masonic Fez encrusted with rhinestones spelling out “Oola Khan / Magician” above and below a central bust medallion. Wand length 14 ¼”. The hat with Haines’ name written inside in ink. Ronald Haines was a stalwart of the Cincinnati magic community and took up the mantle of John Snyder Jr.’s trick card manufacturing concern, renaming it Haines’ House of Cards. The company, still in operation today, was a primary supplier of specially-prepared cards, gimmicked decks, and pitch items for decades. Haines was an early mentor to, and lifelong friend of Ken Klosterman.