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Sat, Oct 28, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Oct 29, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 186

Dancing Handkerchief (Casadaga) Cabinet.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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Blackstone, Harry Jr. Dancing Handkerchief (Casadaga) Cabinet. Bill Smith for Harry Blackstone Jr., ca. 1986. A borrowed handkerchief danced about the stage, first inside this cabinet, then in the performers hands. Constructed for Blackstone Jr.’s Atlantic City Christmas shows and designed with a Charles Dickens-like Christmas Story prop. Wooden cabinet with plexiglass doors. 44 x 19 ½ x 52”. Minor damage to right front foot. Accompanied by a COA signed by Gay Blackstone.

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