Utility Tube. Carl Brema & Son. Philadelphia, ca. 1940s–50s.
A versatile brass apparatus in which a borrowed object, such as a folded bill, is placed into a tube and covered by a second tube. When opened by the spectator, the object has mysteriously vanished, changed in size or color, or reappeared in an unexpected manner. The apparatus allows for a variety of effects using small objects. Precision-made brass construction with the Brema monogram hallmark. Complete with original illustrated instructions, paper wrapping, and pictorial cardboard box. Light tarnishing and wear to the brass, with age-related wear and creasing to the instructions and box. Very good.
Utility Tube. Carl Brema & Son. Philadelphia, ca. 1940s–50s.
A versatile brass apparatus in which a borrowed object, such as a folded bill, is placed into a tube and covered by a second tube. When opened by the spectator, the object has mysteriously vanished, changed in size or color, or reappeared in an unexpected manner. The apparatus allows for a variety of effects using small objects. Precision-made brass construction with the Brema monogram hallmark. Complete with original illustrated instructions, paper wrapping, and pictorial cardboard box. Light tarnishing and wear to the brass, with age-related wear and creasing to the instructions and box. Very good.