Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia

Lot #193:

Giant Miser's Dream Chalice. Circa 1910. Oversized chalice-...

Giant Miser's Dream Chalice. Circa 1910. Oversized chalice-like vessel on spun metal base with handles flaking it and a finial-topped lid. The magician produces coins from apparently thin air and deposits them in the vase. He clamps on the lid and when it is removed, the coins have vanished, or transformed into a small rabbit. Height 15 ¾". Kellar droppers in handles. An unusual variation of this conjuring prop and the first we have seen in this form.