Professor Heller's Magic Trick Cards, c. 1870s, Extremely Rare carved mother of pearl game token which I can't stop looking

which I can't stop looking at

1967) manages to feel totally cartoonish (I keep thinking it is actually going to start signing and dancing) but also pretty classy

I've found a few other old French hand-painted souvenir boxes

approx 4 3/4" across with handle

An interactive dial allows one to scroll through the codes or flag positions that correspond to each letter of the alphabet

Professor Heller's Magic Trick Cards, c. 1870s, Extremely Rare carved mother of pearl game token which I can't stop lookingYou know how much I love antique square corner no indices playing cards, so you can imagine how excited I was to find these antique magic trick cards! Even cooler to learn about the fascinating life of "Professor" Robert Heller (born William Henry Palmer; 18261878) the English magician, mentalist and musician who devised these (more about him below) and to find no other sets of these trick cards anywhere out there, at least that I can see. When