HOPKINS, ALBERT A. MAGIC: STAGE ILLUSIONSAND SCIENTIFI...Hopkins, Albert A. Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions. New York: Munn & Co., 1897. Publisher's pictorial cloth. Tall 8vo. Frontispiece behind...
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THORN, CHEVALIER ERNEST. DREAMLAND WITHCHEVALIER ERNES...Berlin: Arnold Weylandt, ca. 1905. Magnificent three-sheet poster shows Thorn, seated in a chair with his head bowed, dreams of scenes from his illusion...
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LEROY, SERVAIS (JEAN HENRI SERVAIS LEROY).LEROY. TALMA...Hamburg: Adolph Friedländer, 1912. Bright and colorful poster depicts top hat and whisker-clad magicians clamoring to the top of a small hill, in an effort...
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KASSNER, ALOIS. KASSNER DER GROSSE ZAUBERER.Hamburg:Adolph Friedländer, ca. 1929. Handsome color lithograph shows Kassner’s vanishing elephant, Toto, rearing up on two feet over the magician’s head. Kassner stands in the...
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KARLINI (LUDWIG TRINKA). KARLINI THEGREAT MAGICIAN.Vienna: Piller Druck, ca. 1930. Full color stone lithograph features a portrait of the magician clad in a tall black top hat, surrounded by several stage illusions,...
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HERRMANN, ADELAIDE. ADELAIDE HERRMANNAND COMPANY. HIND...New York: The Metropolitan Printing Co., ca. 1905. Most likely a representation of a feat of true “black art,” the poster depicts Adelaide Herrmann...
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BRINDAMOUR, GEORGE. THE GREAT BRINDAMOURMAGICIAN. THE ...Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho. Co., ca. 1903. Striking full color lithograph depicts Brindamour performing the Levitation illusion, his brunette...
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BLACKSTONE, HARRY (HENRY BOUGHTON).BLACKSTONE. THE WOR...Erie, Pennsylvania: Erie Litho. Co., ca. 1917. Iconic color lithograph depicts a striking portrait of the Chicago-born magician in his earliest days...
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BALABREGA (JOHN N. MILLER). BALABREGA.NewYork, The Metropolitan Printing Co., ca. 1880. Handsome color lithograph depicting a central portrait of “The Swedish Wonder” who began his career on stage as a boy. His...
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ANDRESS, CHARLES. ANDRESS AND HIS NOVELTYGIFT SHOWS.Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1917. A grisly self-decapitation is depicted in this still-handsome poster. Andress, in the style of his contemporary...
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ALBINI, LIEUTENANT. (FREDERICK BAXTEREWING). LEUT. ALB...1881. Two color broadside features a portrait of the British illusionist and touts his popularity. 11 x 33 ½". Significant losses and tears; C. Sometimes...
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HOPKINS, NEVIL MONROE. THREE VOLUMESON MAGIC.Hopkins, Nevil Monroe and Albert Hopkins. Three Volumes on Magic. Including Twentieth Century Magic (two edns, 1898/1904) and Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific...
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CSURI, FRANK. THE CSURI LEGACY.Csuri,Frank. The Csuri Legacy. Compiled 1950s. An apparently unpublished multi-volume work by Csuri, comprised of notes, indices, and illustrations describing nearly all of the...
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THURSTON MASTER MAGICIAN. MILLION DOLLARMYSTERY.Thurston, Howard. Thurston Master Magician. Million Dollar Mystery. Cleveland: Otis Litho, ca. 1928. Striking horizontal one-sheet poster depicts Thurston’s version...
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BURNING ALIVE – CREMATION ILLUSIONBurningAlive – Cremation Illusion. Azusa: Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1980. An assistant laying on a tray is slid into a casket. The lid is removed and the casket is set ablaze. When...
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BLACKSTONE THE WORLD’S MOST MYSTIFYINGMAGICIAN! ON-STA...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone The World’s Most Mystifying Magician! On-Stage in Person. N.p., ca. 1930s. Pictorial broadside depicting...
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COLLECTION OF OVER 60 PHOTOGRAPHS OFBLACKSTONE ON STAG...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Collection of Over 60 Photographs of Blackstone On Stage. All 8 x 10”, and including images both candid and posed...
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LOBBY PHOTO OF A BLACKSTONE STAGE ILLUSION.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Lobby Photo of a Blackstone Stage Illusion. New York: Nasib, ca. 1920s. Sepia print depicting the magician on stage with six illusions and with various...
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ARCHIVE OF OVER 250 HARRY BLACKSTONEPHOTO NEGATIVES.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Archive of Over 250 Harry Blackstone Photo Negatives. V.p., ca. 1960s—70s. Massive collection of black-and-white photo...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE’S 1920S–40S AGENTAND FAN CORRESPONDEN...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone’s 1920s–40s Agent and Fan Correspondence Archive. Two large cartons filled with thousands of...
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BLACKSTONE ASSISTANT MARY HARRIS’SSCRAPBOOKS.Harris, Mary (Mary Martell). Blackstone Assistant Mary Harris’s Scrapbooks. Two albums kept by Mary Harris, assistant to Harry Blackstone Sr., and filled with...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE’S OWN PHOTO SCRAPBOOK.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone’s Own Photo Scrapbook. Likely compiled in the 1940s, and filled with over 140 images, both studio shots and candid pictures of Blackstone,...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE’S 1926-27 SEASONSCRAPBOOK.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone’s 1926-27 Season Scrapbook. Collecting hundreds of newspaper clippings, including complete pages and feature...
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BLACKSTONE-STYLE PALANQUIN ILLUSION.Blackstone-StylePalanquin Illusion. Circa 1980. Modeled after the design of Blackstone’s original Palanquin. The cabinet is wheeled to center stage or carried in by four assistants. After...
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LEATHER TOP HAT FROM BLACKSTONE’SWHISKERS ILLUSION.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Leather Top Hat from Blackstone’s Whiskers Illusion. Circa 1930. Oversize hand-stitched thick leather top hat worn...
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CARTER THE GREAT. THREE ILLUSION PHOTOS,AND EPHEMERA.Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. Three Illusion Photos, and Ephemera. Six pieces total, including three photographs (8 x 10”) of Carter displaying stage illusions...
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JOHN G. HAUFF. STAGE ILLUSIONS EXTRAORDINARY.JohnG. Hauff. Stage Illusions Extraordinary. Chicago, 1910. Profusely illustrated. Catalog depicts large and elaborate stage illusions, with several prices crossed out and amended...
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STAGE-WORN CAPE FROM MILO & ROGER’SMAGIC ACT.[Milo and Roger (Arthur Brandon and Roger Coker)] Stage-Worn Cape from Milo & Roger’s Magic Act. Worn by Roger Corker as part of the highly successful comedy magic...
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CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928)
DESIGNFOR STENCIL DECORATION FOR 14 KINGSBOROUGH GARDENS, 1901 pencil and watercolour on paper, pencil annotations, later framedsheet size 21.9cm x 29.8cm (frame 40.3cm x 47.5cm)Provenance:...
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TIFFANY & COMPANY 18K YELLOW GOLD, ENAMEL,AND DIAMOND PENDANT WATCHTIFFANY & COMPANY 18K Yellow Gold, Enamel, and Diamond Pendant Watch, designed by Paulding Farnham; ca. 1893; the white enamel dial with painted...
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MAX BECKMANN, (GERMAN, 1884-1950), BACKBEND (ACROBAT), 1950, BRONZE, HEIGHT: 9 1/2 IN., (24 X 32.1 X 50.8 CM)MAX BECKMANN, (German, 1884-1950) Back Bend (Acrobat), 1950, bronze height: 9 1/2 in., (24 x 32.1...
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TIFFANY & CO. 18K GOLD, ENAMEL, DEMANTOIDGARNET, DIAMOND, AND RUBY OPEN FACE PENDANT WATCHTIFFANY & CO. 18K Gold, Enamel, Demantoid Garnet, Diamond, and Ruby Open Face Pendant Watch, likely designed by Paulding...
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TIFFANY & CO. 18K GOLD, ENAMEL, DIAMOND,RUBY, DEMANTOID GARNET, OPEN FACE PENDANT WATCHTIFFANY & CO. 18K Gold, Enamel, Diamond, Ruby, Demantoid Garnet, Open Face Pendant Watch, likely designed by Paulding Farnham;...
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"Magic: Stage Illusions and ScientificDiversions" by Albert Hopkins, 1897 first edition. Diversions Including Trick Photography" with 400 fascinating illustrations (including "chronophotographic" progression...
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1 vol. Sackville-West, V(ictoria).The Land. William Heinemann, 1926. With woodcut illus. by George Plank. First edition, #94/125 signed by Sackville-West & Plank. Printed on Japan vellum. Small 4to, orig....
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23 vols. (Leather Bindings.) Doran,(John). [English Subjects]: Habits and Men. London: R. Bentley, 1855. 3rd ed. * Queens of England. London: R. Bentley, 1855. 2 vols. Frontispieces. * Knights and Their Days....
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