May Magic Auction
Sat, May 2, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 127
Bodie, Walford. Walford Bodie Empress Theatre Playbill. Bri...
Estimate: $400 - $600
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| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
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Bodie, Walford. Walford Bodie Empress Theatre Playbill. Brixton: Brixton ?Free Press,? 1904. Letterpress playbill on pale yellow paper. 15 x 5?. Two small modern stickers adhered on verso, faint old folds, minor closed tears. This advertises Bodie?s so-called ?Bloodless Surgery,? by which numerous ailments including paralysis were supposedly cured. The medical establishment deemed the performer a quack.
