Australian illusionist’s iconic £1000 steel trunk mystery returns home 🧙✨ | ABC Australia

During the 1900s the Great Levante was a world-famous Australian illusionist. His acts ranged from simple conjuring tricks to high-stakes escapology. None of his tricks were more thrilling or iconic than the £1000 Steel Trunk Mystery, a substitution act where he would magically change places with an assistant who had been bound and locked into a steel trunk. After being overseas for many years Arts Centre Melbourne has purchased the trunk and it is now back in Australia.
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[@Teamman30]

Lovely to see this Video. Nice to know that the Trunk has gone back to Australia, I did the UK tours with Levante Show as an Assistant in 1955 and as Stage Manager in 1958. When he went back home at the end of 1958 he sold some of his Illusions, he sold his Canon to a Magician and my name and address with it as someone who knows the routine, so I went back out on tour with it. I never did know what happened to the Trunk until now

[@embecker9318]

Ohh hope to see it on display!