Roydon’s Double Box Prediction Chest

Roydon’s Double Box Prediction Chest. Indiana: Harry Roydon, 1970s. The prediction of a newspaper headline or other event is revealed in the innermost of two locked, nested boxes. No special keys or small rolled billets. Spectator opens smaller inner chest. Walnut construction, brass hardware. Instructions. Uncommon. Roydon is best known as an inventor of pocket tricks including the magic-shop standards Crazy Cube and the Shrinking Die, among dozens more. His larger props, no less clever than the micro-miracles he devised, are genuinely uncommon, and no less clever than their smaller brethren.

This box is thought by many performers to be the ultimate prediction chest for practicality and effect. Hard to argue. It’s modern reproductions have sold for high dollars. This is the original! Brass hardware and brass ball feet. Excellent condition.

Estimate $700-1000