Handmade Victorian Disappearance Magic Trick Flip Book sold landscape painting It comes from trees of

It comes from trees of the genus Guaiacum

Clearly it is an ink bowl at right

1979--a portrait of Pete J

Forged steel blade

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Handmade Victorian Disappearance Magic Trick Flip Book sold landscape painting It comes from trees ofI'll never resist a homemade magic trick, and a sweet little thing this one, late 19th century or so, with the exterior of the cardboard covered in lovely gold and lavender paper. It's hard to document, but the folio is hinged in such a way that it can be opened one way, then the other, but not both at once such that one could insert a coin, say, in the little blue paper pocket, then wave it around and open it the other way ta da, the coin has