Buatier De Kolta

He also resumed his performances as an amateur magician, and one was noticed by Hungarian impresario Julius Vida de Kolta, who persuaded him to make magic his profession.

His shows were immediately successful and he took the stage name Buatier de Kolta, acknowledging his debt to the impresario.

[2] In 1870, he started a European tour taking him to Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, and was invited to perform at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris.

The effect was a signature piece of Richiardi Jr – after he made the woman vanish, she apparently reappeared moments later from an empty trunk on the other side of the stage.

"[1] A 200 mm-side dice on a table grew up to 800 mm and opened to reveal a young lady inside, who often was Buatier's wife.