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The Magic Collection of John Daniel

Sat, Mar 3, 2018 11:00AM EST - Sun, Mar 4, 2018 11:00AM EST
Lot 249

Collection of The Great Dante Photographs.

Estimate: $400 - $500

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Dante (Harry August Jansen). Collection of The Great Dante Photographs. 1930s—50s. Sixteen images total, including a real-photo postcard signed on the verso (“Best wishes/Dante the magician/1929”); portraits by Strand (New York), W.B. Edwards (showing Dante in make-up room backstage), Variety magazine press photo (torn corner), Irving Desfor, or not credited; snapshot of Dolly Jansen; snapshot of a crowd gathered outside a theater; and others. Several being later-generation prints. The largest 15 x 10”.

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