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The Salon de Magie Part IV

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Lot 286

CARTER, Charles (1874 – 1926). Carter the Great / Condemned...

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CARTER, Charles (1874 ? 1926). Carter the Great / Condemned to Death for Witchcraft. Cheats the Gallows. Cleveland: The Otis Litho. Co., ca. 1930s. Billboard-sized stone lithograph with an artist's rendition of Carter's gallows illusion. 106 x 80". Minor restoration to the edges and sheet breaks. Scattered scuffing and closed tears. Inpainting to original folds. Bright. B+. The props for this illusion were constructed by Floyd Thayer in his Los Angeles magic factory.