This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/14/2024
Jumping Matchbox. [London: Jon Martin?], ca. 1940s. Novelty matchbox that hops around on two concealed metal feet. Includes the turnkey. Approx. 2 ½ x 1 ½ x ¾”. Working. Good.From the estate of Oliver MacKenzie, who attributed the prop to Martin. MacKenzie was a customer of the well-known maker of precision magic apparatus; that said, no other examples of a matchbox of this description made by Martin are known.