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1829
THAYER TARBELL
ORANGE VASE

This pretty routine comprises the use of a very novel piece of apparatus, which somewhat resembles the old well know ball and vase principle, but of entirely different construction. A large orange (wood simulation) is removed from the vase and, while held in the hand, suddenly changes into two oranges. The newly produced orange then changes into a large orange silk handkerchief. The remaining orange is placed back into the vase and covered with the lid. The handkerchief in hand then transforms itself into the orange and, upon lifting the lid from the vase, the orange is seen to have vanished. Vase shown hollow and empty throughout.

1831
THAYER'S SENSATIONAL GROWING BALL

Magic from a Golden Age! A slow visible transformation of a growing ball. A small ball is put into the cabinet through the top, the front doors are opened and the ball visibly grows in size and slowly rolls out of the cabinet, showing a 6 inch ball.

1832
CROQUET BALL ILLUSION

A startling combination is offered: Placed in a row are three stands having thin undraped tops. Upon each stand, upright, is a beautifully decorated metal cylinder. Near at hand is a basket containing a number of ordinary solid croquet balls. The performer enters with the mallet in hand and, taking a ball from the basket, places it on the floor and gives it a rap with the mallet, proving both balls and mallet to be solid. The handle is then removed from the mallet head and the latter is dropped into the cylinder on the left, first showing the cylinder to be empty. The remaining two cylinders are shown empty and left upright on the tables. The mallet head is then removed from the cylinder on the left and placed under the center cylinder.

Now three balls are removed from the basket and dropped into the cylinder at the right, one at a time. The left hand cylinder is raised and shown empty. Under the center cylinder is the mallet head while in the right hand cylinder are the balls. This cylinder is carefully lifted and carried toward the audience. One, two, three -GO-! The tube is tossed in the air and the balls are gone! The center cylinder is lifted and in place of the malled head are the balls and, under the other cylinder, previously empty, is the mallet head which falls with a clatter to the floor.

The effect is absolutely the most bewildering one ever offered. The outfit is finely made and decorated and includes the three tables, cylinders, mallet, balls and accessories.

1939
OWEN CARD LADDER

This effect, circa 1924, has been painstakingly recreated by Owen Magic in a very Limited Edition. Three cards are selected from a deck - returned, shuffled and placed in a houlette. The houlette is set atop of a ladder and covered with a handkerchief. Upon command, the cards cascade down the ladder into a bowl below. The finale leaves the three selected cards suspended on the ladder - one at the Top, one in the Center and one at the Bottom! The houlette is uncovered and shown to be empty.

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