Owen Bros. Wood Card Box - Ca 1950s/60s - With Instruction Sheet - V. FINE - Af
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Owen Bros. Wood Card Box-Ca 1950s/60s-With original instruction sheet-v.FINE-
(No Reserve-Bid & the Item Will Sell)
ITEM: This is a...n Owen Brothers Wood Card Box, with wood flap and original instruction sheet. Wood appears to be maple. Vanish a card, change a card, etc. A standard magic item very finely made by one of magic's finest manufacturers.
DATE: Circa 1950s/60s. Owen Brothers stopped in the
SIZE: Box is 3 1/8 by 4 1/8 by 1 1/16 inches.
COND: A few scratches on one side. All is in otherwise very Fine, almost Mint condition. Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
Carl Owen (1889 - 1975), who studied mechanical drafting and architectural design, became an illusion builder for more then sixty years. Owen began working at Thayer in 1914 and bought the manufacturing part of the business in 1933 with his brother Emmett. Most of Thayer's blueprints up until 1943 were done by Owen. The business, Owen Brothers, continued until the 1960s, when it was bought by Les Smith who continued it on as "Owen Magic Supreme".Carl never performed magic. He would occasionally help as a backstage assistant for Thayer and others. During the 1920's, Howard Thurston came to Thayer with an idea for a girl's torso to vanish based on an idea from Cyril Yettmah. Yettmah's methodrequired a stage trap, but Thurston wanted to do it without one. Thayer and Owen came up with "The Girl Without A Middle" (also been known as "The Disembodied Princess" and "No Guts"). A few of the other illusions he developed were: The lock flap card box (wood) The locking and releasing mechanism for the Dr. Q spirit slates. The Alexander no-assistant nest of boxes The Thayer vanishing radio The vanishing cage of doves, developed from the vanishing radio.
PLEASE NOTE AND READ: Insurance costswill be added to the final shipping. For low cost items, insurance may beadded at no additional cost. With NO insurance, there would be no refundif lost or damaged. Actual total must be put on Customs Forms. ItemCANNOT be marked as a gift. Multiple lots can be consolidated into onepackage with one invoice. If you are bidding on more than one lot, do NOT pay right away. If you do PayPal, I have to ship the next businessday. Once you pay, I will put positive feedback on ebay. I do notwait as some other sellers may do. If you are not happy with the items, please email me to let me know. I work with buyers to resolve anyproblems. I pack items as if I were shipping them to myself. I havebeen selling on ebay for over 16 years, with 100% positive feedback. Read thecomments, do not just look at the numbers. I sometimes over-describeitems, with all known problems, so you will always know what you aregetting. Please email me with any questions.
(No Reserve-Bid & the Item Will Sell)
ITEM: This is a...n Owen Brothers Wood Card Box, with wood flap and original instruction sheet. Wood appears to be maple. Vanish a card, change a card, etc. A standard magic item very finely made by one of magic's finest manufacturers.
DATE: Circa 1950s/60s. Owen Brothers stopped in the
SIZE: Box is 3 1/8 by 4 1/8 by 1 1/16 inches.
COND: A few scratches on one side. All is in otherwise very Fine, almost Mint condition. Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
Carl Owen (1889 - 1975), who studied mechanical drafting and architectural design, became an illusion builder for more then sixty years. Owen began working at Thayer in 1914 and bought the manufacturing part of the business in 1933 with his brother Emmett. Most of Thayer's blueprints up until 1943 were done by Owen. The business, Owen Brothers, continued until the 1960s, when it was bought by Les Smith who continued it on as "Owen Magic Supreme".Carl never performed magic. He would occasionally help as a backstage assistant for Thayer and others. During the 1920's, Howard Thurston came to Thayer with an idea for a girl's torso to vanish based on an idea from Cyril Yettmah. Yettmah's methodrequired a stage trap, but Thurston wanted to do it without one. Thayer and Owen came up with "The Girl Without A Middle" (also been known as "The Disembodied Princess" and "No Guts"). A few of the other illusions he developed were: The lock flap card box (wood) The locking and releasing mechanism for the Dr. Q spirit slates. The Alexander no-assistant nest of boxes The Thayer vanishing radio The vanishing cage of doves, developed from the vanishing radio.
PLEASE NOTE AND READ: Insurance costswill be added to the final shipping. For low cost items, insurance may beadded at no additional cost. With NO insurance, there would be no refundif lost or damaged. Actual total must be put on Customs Forms. ItemCANNOT be marked as a gift. Multiple lots can be consolidated into onepackage with one invoice. If you are bidding on more than one lot, do NOT pay right away. If you do PayPal, I have to ship the next businessday. Once you pay, I will put positive feedback on ebay. I do notwait as some other sellers may do. If you are not happy with the items, please email me to let me know. I work with buyers to resolve anyproblems. I pack items as if I were shipping them to myself. I havebeen selling on ebay for over 16 years, with 100% positive feedback. Read thecomments, do not just look at the numbers. I sometimes over-describeitems, with all known problems, so you will always know what you aregetting. Please email me with any questions.
