This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/24/2024
Card Rise Box. [Oldham: Michael Heriot, 1909]. Small wooden chest with brass handles finished in brown and green, into which a pack of cards (from which several have been chosen) is dropped. The box opens of its own accord minutes later, and the chosen pasteboards rise from within. With original key. 5 ½ x 4 x 5 ¼”. Refurbished to working condition in the 1970s and accompanied by a letter of provenance explaining the history of the prop and the repairs conducted.