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This page is being used to collect information about the history of the paperfolding design known as the The Magic Purse / Zaubertüte. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1955

This design appears in 'Faltet Mit' by Gerta Schumann, which was published by Rudolf-Arnold-Verlag in Leipzig, East Germany in 1955.

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In the same year, the design also appears, in 'Papier-Spiele' by Walter Sperling, which was published by Kemper in Heidelburg.

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This design also appears:

1956

As 'The Magician's Purse' in 'Paper Magic' by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne in London in 1956. The text says, 'Source ... Alex Housmann, Germany'.

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1963

As 'Coin Trick' in 'Folding Paper Toys' by Shari Lewis and Lillian Oppenheimer, which was first published by Stein and Day, Inc in the USA in 1963.

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As 'The Magic Cornucopia' in 'How to Make Things Out of Paper', a translation into English, published in 1961 by Sterling Publishing Co Inc in New York, of Walter Sperling's 1955 book 'Papier Spiele'.

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In 'Lustige Spiele mit Papier' by Walter Sperling, which was published by J Pfeiffer in Munich in 1963.

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