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Spring Magic Auction

Tue, Apr 30, 2019 03:30AM EDT
Lot 181

Collection of Vintage Magic Props, Correspondence and Memorabilia. Collection of Horst Mueller.

Estimate: $250 - $350

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Collection of Vintage Magic Props, Correspondence and Memorabilia. Collection of Horst Mueller. Including a deck of Kalanag's own playing cards, marked "KN" on the backs, in original annotated box; Chinese Sticks (14? long); a wooden wand, said to have been given to Mueller by the magician Punx, and accompanied by two Punx signed letters; a Howard Thurston Franklin Mint token, in case; a wooden wand with metal tips said to have been owned by Irene Larsen; a plaster Magic Circle of Germany wall plaque (diam. 7?); miscellaneous decks of standard and giant playing cards by Piatnik and others; a file of correspondence including signed letters from Sorcar Junior, Herbert Paufler, M.M. Colborne (secretary to the Prince of Wales), Al Torsten, Mark Wilson, Rodolfo; vintage and reprint photos of magicians; and a David Copperfield souvenir program.