Warehouse 13, Alfred Hitchcock Pinwheel Artifact

original movie prop

As fourth season episode No Pain, No Gain opens, Myka and Claudia are disguised as geishas in Kyoto, having infiltrated a meeting where the private sale of a rare and highly dangerous artifact is about to go down.  At the right moment, Myka lifts this unassuming pinwheel toy off a table and spins it, sending out waves of multicolor petals which quickly render the buyer, seller, and their bodyguards unconscious.  Although this handy artifact is not directly named or discussed in the episode, the Warehouse 13 website described it as having belonged to famed master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock, and capable of inducing extreme vertigo and rapid unconsciousness when the vanes are spinning.

Simple all-metal pinwheel, max length 17" (43 cm).

From VIP Fan Auctions & NBCUniversal.