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Hayre Regular user Arkansas 194 Posts |
I purchased this vintage item (2 nesting aluminum or stainless tubes) without instructions. Does anybody have a set they could photograph for me...I can prove ownership of the item. I can tell the basic mechanism but need to clarify a couple of handling points if possible. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
For items from that period of time, there were no detailed instructions. They were typed on an very old manual typewriter, on paper with carbon sheets between them. The instructions usually only were any good, if you had the prop in hand, and it would only cover the working of puzzlement points. Like slide one tube inside the other while on a table. Instructions were usually less then a paragraph long. If is like the automatic fire bowl table, that used a spring loaded match to spin around, hit a sticker then light the wick, then they were half a page long. If you got a carbon copy, they were very difficult to read. Some of the wording did not make sense as they spoke differently back then. Forget about adjectives and even some words we don't use anymore.
I was very shocked at the instructions as well, I almost through them out, as they did not have any indications that they were instructions, or even the name of the company on them. They type was all fuzzy from hitting through all those carbon copies. |
Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
I just noticed the Richard Himber name, sorry for that. There is a book of what is suppose to be Richard Himber's effects he sold. I use to own it, but it made me what his props, and none were available when the book was published. You might search for it, and see if you can find a Contents page. Then look for a second hand copy, if no one can assist you in your quest.
It is not listed in the old Owen's Magic Supreme Catalog (who own the rights to Taylor products) so it is considered a Richard Himber product. Again, his instructions were only a page long at most. |
Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Richard Himber was a "society band leader. He worked the BEST dates in NYC. As a result he knew "THE" people to approach when he needed "something". When he learned about what came to be called "Himber Rings", he KNEW whom to contact. The props he sold were never CHEAP! (I had a set of the original Himber Rings.} The instructions were beautifully produced. I think I paid $500.00 for them. I had considered cruise ship work, and, possible trade shows. but, after more consideration, I decided not to pursue those areas. I decided to offer the rings for sale. I got my $500!
I had seen Himber do some great stuff at the IBM convention in Chicago, in 1950. He had some clever, off beat 'ideas"! We met a few years later, at a convention. Again, he had a half dozen props to show off! He was a "slick" New Yorker!!! Hayre...You might try contacting one of the members of the MAGIC COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION. Try googling, I usta belong, but that's a long time ago. Good Luck! Dick
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