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The Ricky Jay Collection Part II

Sat, Oct 28, 2023 12:00PM EDT
Lot 45

BODIE, Walford (1869 – 1939). Scrapbook of Dr. Bodie Epheme...

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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BODIE, Walford (1869?1939).?SCRAPBOOK OF DR. BODIE EPHEMERA AND CLIPPINGS.?Small folio scrapbook assembled by noted magic collector James Findlay, and comprised of green cloth-covered boards bound in string, the interior filled with clippings regarding Bodie?s storied career as the ?electrical wizard?; a four page newsprint periodical titled New Light on the Great Bodie Versus Irving Case (1912), Thousands Buried Alive! Startling Revelations by Bodie (12-page chapbook, bearing the Doctor?s portrait on the front wrapper, margins trimmed close); an INSCRIBED AND SIGNED boudoir card-format bust portrait of Bodie, the signature in the margin rubbed away; typed and handwritten notations regarding Bodie and his family tree; a RPPC picturing his manor home in Macduff; a theatrical program advertising his ?electric life pills? and other theater programs, including his final appearance in Glasgow; and a host of pictorial news clippings and full-page news stories regarding Bodie, his home, and his various marriages. Contents generally in good to very good condition. Sold together with a trimmed Bodie broadside.