hillcountrymagic
$45.00
Condition: Very good. Includes ad copy but not insturctions. Item is easy to operate.
The Comedy Sun Flower (originated by Mysco’s Magic and released by Abbott’s Magic Co. circa 1942) is a self-contained visual comedy transformation prop for stage and MC performance. The outfit consists of:
The Gimmicked Flower: A die-cut mechanical flower mechanism with articulated yellow petals and a central orange felt core.
The Visual Effect: Throughout the performance, the magician wears an apparently standard white carnation in their jacket lapel. At any point, the white carnation instantaneously expands and transforms into a massive yellow sunflower over three times the size of the original carnation.
Mechanical Construction: Self-contained mechanical spring design requiring no elastics, engineered to avoid wear or tearing even after hundreds of performances.
Abbott’s Magic Company (Colon, Michigan) was famous for producing durable, instantly recognizable comedy visual props during magic’s golden age. The Comedy Sun Flower is a classic "running gag" prop for emcees, clowns, and platform performers. Accompanied by historical documentation detailing its 1942 Abbott's debut (priced at $3.75 original retail), this die-cut vintage prop is a fantastic collectible for enthusiasts of 20th-century Michigan magic manufacturing and classic visual gag apparatus.
