This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/3/2018
Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey). Virgil’s Mephisto’s Firecracker. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1939. A large burning firecracker vanishes from a nickel-plated case (7” long), and in its place appears a vanished silk flag. The cracker reappears hanging from the back of a spectator, then explodes. With original push rod and wicks in mailing tube addressed to Virgil by P&L. Scarce.