*[SOLD]* Milson Worth Squeeze-Away Block *PREOWNED*

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RARE ORIGINAL POLYCHROME FINISH VERSION OF THE ED MASSEY EFFECT!
From the estate of a retired professional magician.

This magic prop has sold for between $180.00 and $350.00 in the past few years.
Currently, we cannot find another one available on the Internet.
And we haven't seen one in this green color since the 1970s!

DESCRIPTION FROM THE MANUFACTURER:
Magician shows a neat case in which are three blocks — two black and one yellow.
The blocks are removed and may be thoroughly examined.
The case has neither front nor back.
The blocks are replaced with the yellow block between the two black ones.
Now the performer slowly and deliberately pushes the two black blocks together.
The yellow becomes smaller and smaller until finally the black blocks are touching each other and the yellow block has vanished completely.
The case is swung around — the audience sees only the two black blocks.
The blocks are taken out of case and tossed out for examination — and the yellow block is discovered under a borrowed hat or glass.

DETAILS:
Size: 10.75" x 4" x 4.25"
Blocks: 3" cubes
Case finish: ORIGINAL polychrome green paint
You supply your own glass (or hat) and cover cloth.

Ed Massey invented this clever and original effect.
The first version of Squeeze Away Block first appeared in Blackstone’s 1929 Annual of Magic in a contribution written and illustrated by Massey.
Commercial versions started appearing in 1946.
This version was made by Milson Worth in the mid 1970s.
Milson-Worth was a partnership between Jim Simon (Worth Magic Novelty Company) and Charlie Johnson (Johnson Products and Milson Magic).
In the mid-1970s, Charlie's son, Lynn, merged it all into the Milson-Worth Magic Co., and became a major manufacturer of quality tabletop illusions and magic props.