Martinka and Co.'s 1899 "End of Century" magician's catalog. (1899)
Martinka and Company · leaf 54
pack of fifty-two cards . . Price, $1.25 207. The Mysterious Card and Candle. One of the audience is asked to take a card froirt the pack ; this is then placed by the performer in a pistol, and the person who chose the card asked to fire it at the lighted candle which has been burning on the table… … quite empty. Very ingeniously constructed, and useful for many card tricks. The boxes are very handsomely inlaid in yariously col- ored woods, and highly polished. . • . Price, 2.50 The cards are selected by the audience, then torn up and loaded in a pistol. It is then fired against the velvet…
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