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Davenport Collection website e-news #27 September 2025

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The September 2025 issue included:
– See Devant in action with his Magic Kettle, courtesy David Britland.
– Electric demon window automaton.
– Okito-made quality illusions.
– Okito: master magician and craftsman.
– The Baffler Box, the Novelty Trade and the Magic of 1905.
– A theatre chair from Maskelyne’s Egyptian Hall theatre.
– Making sense of a mosaic postcard.

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