This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/9/2023
Card and Watch Mirror. Flein: Rüdiger Deutsch, ca. 2000. Four cards are chosen and returned to the pack, which is shuffled. A pocket watch is borrowed from another spectator. The watch is then broken, and the pieces are stuffed into the end of a blunderbuss. The pack of cards is then thrown at a large mirror across the stage, and the four selections appear on panels in each corner of the looking glass. For a climax, the pistol is fired at the mirror and the centermost panel shatters. Inside, hanging from a hook, is the missing watch – now in perfect condition. Complicated mechanical prop on a nickel-plated stand with candle holders on either side of the mirror, resting on a folding nickel-plated stand; height 52 ½\. Hallmarked. One of only a handful manufactured and based on the Bartl and Willmann originals. Good working condition."