“Think-a-Drink” Hoffmann’s Portable Bar Act.

Hoffmann, Charles. “Think-a-Drink” Hoffmann’s Portable Bar Act. Being a custom-made carrying case of glassware, including shot glasses, cordial glasses, glass pitcher with lid, and other tumblers used for the “any drink called for” routine popularized by Hoffmann, a nightclub and vaudeville favorite. In a custom wooden and metal case, well made to securely hold the glasses in situ, the compartment marked to indicate the various drinks the glasses would eventually contain. Sold together with a candid photograph of Hoffmann on stage. With an LOA from magician Walter Sheppard stating that he purchased the act as Hoffmann’s the 1950s and that he believed the props to have been from Hoffmann’s act. Case 20 x 9 ½ x 11 ½”.