The History and Use of the Lippincott Box

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The History and Use of the Lippincott Box

Max Maven in Genii said:
“Jack Lippincott invented an efficient device for vanishing or producing a small object. Today it is best known under its inventor's name as "The Lippincott Box." But, when it was first marketed by Holden's in 1949, the title was “Quarter Go.”

John “Jack” Wright Lippincott (10/14/1909 – 10/15/1994)

Malcom B. Lippincott (12/05/1895 – ?)

In the 1940s, The Lippincott Box was marketed by the Max Holden Magic Shop as “Quarter Go.”

It was marketed by Harold Martin, of Martin’s Magic

Lippincott's Quarter Go was reviewed by Don Alan in Genii 1958 December:

“This is an old favorite of mine and is an excellent pocket trick. A marked quarter is placed under a handkerchief and given to spectator to hold. A beautiful wooden padlocked chest is placed upon another spectator's palm, and an unprepared glass tumbler is placed on top of the chest.
The handkerchief is held over mouth of glass.
Spectator drops coin into glass.
It is heard to clink. Handkerchief is whisked away and the chest is unlocked by spectator and contains the marked quarter.

A Martin's Magic Shop ad in Genii indicates that the routine was by Mal Lippincott

Hoffman’s Modern Magic (1876) describes The Watch Box

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