Magic - Old and New - Conjuring from the 16-20th Century
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Aug 28, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 481
Collection of More than 25 Antique French Journals and Prints Relating to Magic. Mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century. Including 16 complete issu
Estimate: $300 - $500
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Collection of More than 25 Antique French Journals and Prints Relating to Magic. Mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century. Including 16 complete issues of journals including Le Sourire, Le Rire, Petit Journal Pour Rire, and others, whose pages feature artwork of magicians, plus a quantity of individually trimmed and mounted illustrations from those periodicals; a piece of sheet music, ÒLe FlaneurÓ (Paris, ca. 1870s) whose cover depicts Cups and Balls performer; a chromolithograph trade card of a magician; and other engravings, some colored.
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