The Davenport Collection
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Bunny Bill origami item

Bunny Bill origami item

This is made from page 130 of Robert E Neale’s book ‘Folding Money Fooling’. The book is Copyright 1997 by Robert Neale. Published by Kaufman and Company. See the book for the folding details and how you can make the rabbit apparently appear in the hat. This particular rabbit has been made with a piece of paper which is black on one side and white on the other, very effective for creating a white rabbit in a black top hat.

The book ‘Anthology of Love Poems’, collected by S Wynne Burne

The book ‘Anthology of Love Poems’, collected by S Wynne Burne

The first edition of this book was originally created and sold by Stanley Collins. It enables the magician to predict a word that is chosen at random. Davenports purchased the rights in 1942 and sold copies like this one that had been printed by Archie Byford. Included are L Davenport instructions. For further details on this edition of the book see Chapter 26 of the Edwin A Dawes book ‘Stanley Collins: Conjurer, Collector, and Iconoclast’, published by Kaufman and Company in 2002. See also Ref. no. N1337.

Bunny Bill origami item

Bunny Bill origami item

This is from page 130 of Robert E Neale’s book ‘Folding Money Fooling’. The book is Copyright 1997 by Robert Neale. Published by Kaufman and Company. John Davenport folded this bunny from a £10 note. See the book for the folding details and how you can make the rabbit apparently appear in the hat.

‘Heart Homily’ origami item by Robert E Neale

‘Heart Homily’ origami item by Robert E Neale

This is from page 46 of Robert E Neale’s book ‘Folding Money Fooling’. The book is Copyright 1997 by Robert Neale and published by Kaufman and Company. John Davenport folded this heart from a £10 note. See the book for the folding details and the story which this heart allows you to tell, as you make it change its orientation.

Stanley Collins’ Transcendental Book Mystery

Stanley Collins’ Transcendental Book Mystery

This book enables the magician to predict a word that is chosen at random. The book title is ‘Anthology of Love Poems’, collected by S Wynne Burne. This is the original edition put out by Stanley Collins. For further details see Chapter 26 of the Edwin A Dawes book ‘Stanley Collins: Conjurer, Collector, and Iconoclast’, published by Kaufman and Company in 2002.