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Sleight of Hand - The Jeff Busby Collection

Sat, Aug 19, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Aug 20, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 116

Archive of Michael Skinner Correspondence.

Estimate: $250 - $350

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Skinner, Michael. Archive of Michael Skinner Correspondence. Spanning 1979 - 86, and including a handful of letters, notes, and postcards from Skinner to Jeff Busby, most one or two pages, many handwritten on Golden Nugget stationery. Skinner worked as resident close-up magician at this Las Vegas hotel for years. Accompanied by carbons of many of Busby's multi-page responses. A handwritten manuscript for Skinner's trick "10-Ace-Selected Card" routine accompanies the letters (likely written by Mel Brown), as do copies of articles about or by Skinner. Over 70 pages. Neatly organized. Sold with a collection of Skinner lecture notes.

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