Vintage Coin-Op "Magic Puppet Act" Tabletop Fortune Teller by Cragstan buenos ares Antique cleaver with wooden handle

Antique cleaver with wooden handle

MM - C-12534 - 021025

Pieces from Stuart came unassembled and hobbyists (with the right machines and hardware) could construct them at home and have a series of functional model engines

while the hand tray is modeled with naturalistic anatomy and shallow cupping to receive ash or the pipe itself

the end result were small chunks or "plugs" of tobacco

Vintage Coin-Op "Magic Puppet Act" Tabletop Fortune Teller by Cragstan buenos ares Antique cleaver with wooden handlec. 1950s; Craig Stanton Elmaleh, Inc. New York City, NY Tabletop coin operated fortune teller machine featuring a mechanical monkey musician staged behind a theatrical proscenium window. The figure is dressed in a red plaid jacket with yellow trousers and a green hat, holding a guitar beside a small microphone, all framed by bright pink printed curtains. A side panel reads "WATCH THE MAGIC PUPPET ACT! TELLS YOUR FORTUNE FOR TODAY! INSERT 5,"