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Summer Magic Auction

Tue, Jul 24, 2018 03:10AM EDT
Lot 163

Box of Miscellaneous Books, Pamphlets, Catalogs and Ephemera Related to Magic.

Estimate: $250 - $450

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$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
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$100,000 $10,000
Box of Miscellaneous Books, Pamphlets, Catalogs and Ephemera Related to Magic. A varied and ample archive from a working magician?s collection. Catalogs, price lists and supplements from Owen (1949, 1951), Thayer, and Atlanta Magic Co.; books of jokes and patter including Funny Talk for Magicians (1945); convention programs, name badges and souvenirs from The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians and Society of American Magicians; booklets on topics such as juggling, the business of magic, billiard, coin and card tricks; magazines such as The Bat, Phoenix, Coven, Magical Digest, Magical Bulletin, Genii, the Sphinx, and The Linking Ring (approx. 50 issues spanning 1940s ? 50s); books on dove magic, cigarette tricks, and witchcraft; business cards affixed to several unbound scrapbook pages; Christmas cards; instruction sheets; type written and hand drawn notes; printing block; theatre programs; a TLS from Dell O?Dell; and others. Overall good to very good condition.