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Spring Magic Auction

Sat, Mar 31, 2018 03:30AM EDT
Lot 538

Collection of Nineteenth Century Magic Related Illustrations.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Collection of Nineteenth Century Magic Related Illustrations. Mid to late nineteenth century. Sixty leaves extracted from various folio size magazines, including The Illustrated London News and The Graphic, many full page, a few are double page. Some of the subjects include ?Indian Conjurors,? ?Thought Reading,? ?Table Moving,? ?Prosecution of the Spirit-Medium Slade,? ?The Three Card Trick,? ?Amateur Thought Reading,? ?The Christmas Conjuror,? ?Mr. Philippe Physicien Chinois,? ??Indian Jugglers? (double page), ?Magic In India,? ?Juvenile Conjuring,? ?Native Conjuror?s Entertainment at Suez,? ?The Snake Charmer and the Sword and Basket Trick,? ?A Street Conjuror at Algiers,? ?An Egyptian Conjuror,? and others, with some duplication of images. Many pages not counted in total. Condition generally good.