Just Curiosities

Manufacturer/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company, Detroit, Michigan.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item # 3101 “Balancing Glass On A Card” consists of two cards and instructions to balance a glass on a card.

Number of Pages: 60.
Date: 1940.
Publisher/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very good – punch cut in several pages in the front of the booklet.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 32.
Date: unknown.
Publisher/Distributor: Ralph A. Freundlich, Clinton, Massachusetts.
Condition: Good – Covers detached.
Notes: Wehman Bros. book.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company, Detroit.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Fair – envelope torn, marker missing, glasses not useable.
Description: Item # 3128 “Card Marker and Spectacles” allows you to read the backs of cards.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Changing Aces” is a trick where the aces move from one pile to another.

Manufacturer/Distributor: S. S. Adams.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – minor rust on rings.
Description: “Chinese Linking Rings” is a trick where metal rings link and unlink magically.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Appel.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – box soiled.
Description: Item # 2544 “Cigarette Catcher” is a trick that magically produces cigarettes.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold in Johnson Smith & Company catalog.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good.
Description: “Cigarettes To Matches” is a trick that looks like a pack of cigarettes and turns into a box of matches.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1949.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Coin Flipping” is an instruction sheet to teach you how to do coin flipping.

Manufacturer/Distributor: De Land’s.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – envelope torn.
Description: “De Land’s Knock Out Card Trick” is a trick where a spectator names a card and it appears in a handkerchief.

Manufacturer/Distributor: S. S. Adams, Neptune, New Jersey.
Country of Origin: Belgium.
Age/Date: 1913.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “De Land’s Automatic Playing Cards” is a deck of cards where you can read the back so you can tell what card it is.

Manufacturer/Distributor: S. S. Adams, Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1913.
Condition: Good – box slightly torn.
Description: “De Land’s Automatic Playing Cards” is a deck of cards where you can read the back so you can tell what card it is.

Manufacturer/Distributor: S. S. Adams.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “De Lands Daisy Deck” is a deck of cards where you can read the back so you know what card it is.

Manufacturer/Distributor: E-Z Magic.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “E-Z Magic Bottle Trick” is a trick where you can put things in a bottle with liquid but when turned upside-down the liquid does not come out.

Manufacturer/Distributor: E-Z Magic.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “E-Z Magic Cigarette Thru Handkerchief” cigarette through a handkerchief without damaging the handkerchief.

Manufacturer/Distributor: E-Z Magic.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “E-Z Magic Gravity” allows you to suspend two glasses upside-down.

Manufacturer/Distributor: E-Z Magic.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good – box top missing.
Description: “E-Z Magic Liquid Appear” empty glass put in container comes out full of liquid.

Manufacturer/Distributor: E-Z Magic.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Fair – razor blades are rusty.
Description: “E-Z Magic Razor Blade Trick” I don’t remember what you said!

Manufacturer/Distributor: E-Z Magic.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “E-Z Magic Sure-Shot Dice Box” allows you to shake any set of dice desired.

Number of Pages: 64.
Date: 1923.
Publisher/Distributor: Western Printing and Lithy Company, Racine, Wisconsin.
Condition: Good.
Notes: “Egyptian Dream Book” is a small book that is supposed to tell you what your dreams mean.

Number of Pages: 64.
Date: 1911.
Publisher/Distributor: Wehman Bros., 158 Park Row, New York, New York.
Condition: Good – front cover piece missing.
Notes: “Egyptian Dream Book” is a book that is supposed to tell you what your dreams mean.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Shackman.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: El Torero” is a device that looks like a sword goes through the bull’s head.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Franco-American, New York, New York.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good – one end missing on box.
Description: “El Torero” is a device that makes it look like the toreador is cutting off the head of the bull.

Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – missing metal rod.
Description: Item # 513 “Feats Of Magic Block & Ring Magic Trick” where a ring replaces a block on a rod.

Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item # 515 “Feats Of Magic Cup & Ribbon Magic Trick” ribbon is transferred through cups to holes through plunger.

Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinios.
Country of Origin: USA
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item # 514 “Feats Of Magic Magno-Coin” is a trick that vanishes a coin using magnetism.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: ?????????????
Description: “Finger Chopper” appear to chop a finger while chopping carrot.

Number of Pages: 40.
Date: 1935.
Publisher/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company, Racine, Wisconsin.
Condition: Very good.
Notes: none.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Fair – bulb is deteriorated, box end missing.
Description: “Flip-O-Boy” flips your tie up as a joke.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Flower Appear In Buttonhole” is a trick where a flower magically appears on your coat lapel.