Carter the Great’s Vase, Cone, Beans and Orange Trick.

Carter, Charles. Carter the Great’s Vase, Cone, Beans and Orange Trick. Chicago: Roterberg [?], ca. 1900. Classic transposition effect in which the location of a quantity of dry beans, a wooden skittle, and a small orange magically change. With nickel plated vase, height 9 ¾”. Paint on shells and skittle chipped. Owned and used by Carter the Great. Accompanied by a LOA. Carter was one of many conjurers from the magic’s “golden age” who adopted the performance of this trick after it was popularized by Alexander Herrmann, the most famous magician of the Victorian era.