The Princess Mystic Vial by Joe Berg, Charles Miller

A great little outfit created by Joe Berg and Charles Miller that was very popular in the early days of the Princess Magic Shop in Chicago.  It can be adapted to many effects, and includes three as released.

I had a few issues with the cork and it does take some practice to be quiet, but it probably needs a different size cork to the one supplied (which is likely not the original, given that this effect is almost 100 years old).  But I think if you find the correct cork and spend an afternoon playing with it this could be a real winner and you’ll have something the other guy does not.

Effect: 1: The vial was shown empty and was closed with the cork. It was then covered with the tube, which also had been shown empty, and stood upright in the stand. A cigarette was vanished, and when the spectator himself removed the vial from the tube, the cigarette was found inside.

Effect: 2: The empty vial is covered and put into the stand as before. Then a box of matches is taken, and asking someone to name a number between one and ten, that number of matches is removed from the box and caused to vanish. They reappeared in the glass vial.

Effect: 3: A borrowed bill is marked, vanished, and caused to appear inside the vial. Only the one bill was used.

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