Jack Hughes 

Four half-crown are placed on a stand. A whiskey glass is placed on a small base and covered with an inverted pint glass. A foulard is thrown over them and ONE BY ONE the coins are taken off the stand and vanish.

Each coin is heard to fall into the whiskey glass with a distinct 'RING'. The foulard is removed, the coins poured from glass to tumbler.

A cheeky classic from the golden age of British magic. “Fifi the Card Pecker” is a bizarre, feathered contraption with undeniable charm. A spectator selects a card and returns it to the deck, which is then dropped into a metal pail. With a dramatic nod, Fifi dips her beak—and triumphantly retrieves the chosen card. Scarce.

Mechanical novelty effect. A drooping daisy displayed in a flower pot is watered and rises upright; after a brief interval, the flower wilts again, permitting repetition of the effect. Compact in scale but plays big.

A canine twist on the classic Run Rabbit Run. Bonzo, the mischievous pup, darts back and forth between his kennel and the bone store, always a step ahead of the magician as children shout his whereabouts. Constructed in wood, silk-screened in vivid colors, and built in the larger Hughes style. Sturdy, colorful, and full of laughs—a Hughes classic for children’s shows. Hallmarked

A rare Hughes creation in which a live dove vanishes when the magician snaps a photograph—only for the camera itself to instantly transform into the very cage containing the bird. The apparatus consists of a camera mounted on slender metal legs, standing 42” tall inclusive of cage.

This is the only known example of the prop manufactured by Hughes, built expressly for the cabaret act of his daughter, Bernice (performing as Lynn Sharon). Detailed instructions and provenance are documented in Jack Hughes World of Magic, Vol. II, pp. 24–26.

An extremely rare eight-ball version (most examples use five). Invented circa 1937 by Jack Hughes as a follow-up to Coins in Glass, later licensed by Abbott’s and introduced in the U.S. in 1947 as Hole in One.

A marked ball is freely selected. Two nested glasses are shown sealed, the remaining balls arranged around them, and the tray covered. In an instant, the chosen ball is invisibly extracted and appears inside the sealed glass. The effect may be repeated immediately.

Jack Hughes Magic catalog and price list. Sixteen pages with illustrations of the latest available effects at the time. Date of publication unknown.

A cornerstone work documenting the inventive mind of Jack Hughes, World of Magic, Volume 1 presents a wide cross-section of his original thinking in close-up and stand-up magic. The book captures Hughes’ practical, methodical approach to construction and routining, with effects characterized by clarity, economy of method, and strong audience impact. First edition

A small box which is attached to a “wall” is constantly shown to be empty and yet a white ball placed inside it, vanishes, transposes and even changes color. The audience suspects there is something concealed at the back of the wall but the perform proves them to be wrong.