David Nixon Large Set (Red Box)

£40

“This was I believe the largest of the David Nixon sets. Please see the pictures to get an idea of its condition. Unfortunately as with most sets the lids were never in great condition the corners usually gone. And often something marring the face of the lid.

With this box one of the corners has gone and some tape has held it shut at some time.

The contents… As usual the tape has come away with the passage of time. And the metallic colored items have some “mottling” not sure if that’s the right word but the best I can come up with.

Over the last few years, I had a spate of collecting all and every magic set that came my way, many of them incomplete. However, after having to downsize the shop, I don’t have the room to keep them all. So, I have sorted through them all and, in this case particularly, have managed to make several complete sets (in fact, I think more than complete in some cases).

There never quite seemed to be a set pattern as to everything that would be in these boxes. I did come across a small list of everything they actually did for these. Interestingly, you could actually buy each and every trick separately.