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Spring Magic Auction

Tue, Apr 30, 2019 03:30AM EDT
Lot 74

[Correspondence] Large Archive of Magic Related Correspondence.

Estimate: $400 - $500

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[Correspondence] Large Archive of Magic Related Correspondence. 1900s/40s. Portfolio includes over 100 individual pieces of ephemera; ALSs, TLSs, handbills, and photographs. Most are addressed to William F. Baker (magician) by prominent magic collectors of magic-related material, members of magic societies, and a few by well-known magicians. Most notable TLS is by C. Alexander ?The Man Who Knows?. Other TLSs include Long Tack Sam, King Felton, Harry Hanaoka, Wallace the Magician, F.T. McIntyre, Karl the Magician, and Alexandre Abdullah. Very good.