Coin Ladder. American, ca. 1900. As the magician produces coins from mid-air, he deposits them in a hat that rests atop the ladder. On command, the coins penetrate the crown of the hat and cascade down the ladder in a zig-zag fashion, dropping into a glass dish held below it. Glass front held in nickel-plated frame, concealing sand-driven mechanism, with elaborate spring-loaded trigger and receptacles for the flowing grains. With a shield at the rear concealing the mechanism allowing the performer to work the effect surrounded. Height 35”. From the Circus Museum of Sarasota collection. Rare. This coin ladder is similar in design – but not identical – to those manufactured to order by Carl Brema. The device may have been constructed by Edward Beadle, an early builder of custom magic apparatus for Kellar, Adelaide Herrmann, and Frederick Eugene Powell.
Coin Ladder. American, ca. 1900. As the magician produces coins from mid-air, he deposits them in a hat that rests atop the ladder. On command, the coins penetrate the crown of the hat and cascade down the ladder in a zig-zag fashion, dropping into a glass dish held below it. Glass front held in nickel-plated frame, concealing sand-driven mechanism, with elaborate spring-loaded trigger and receptacles for the flowing grains. With a shield at the rear concealing the mechanism allowing the performer to work the effect surrounded. Height 35”. From the Circus Museum of Sarasota collection. Rare. This coin ladder is similar in design – but not identical – to those manufactured to order by Carl Brema. The device may have been constructed by Edward Beadle, an early builder of custom magic apparatus for Kellar, Adelaide Herrmann, and Frederick Eugene Powell.
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