Summer Magic Auction
Sat, Jun 19, 2021 12:00PM EDT
Lot 41
Downs, T. Nelson. Portrait of T. Nelson Downs, Inscribed an...
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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Downs, T. Nelson. Portrait of T. Nelson Downs, Inscribed and Signed. Circa 1902. Full-length image of the manipulative magician performing The Miser?s Dream, a coin in the air before him and a hat in one hand. Plain mount, 6 1/8 x 4 1/8?. Inscribed and signed, ?To Eddie, my one best friend, T. Nelson Downs.?This portrait ? showing Downs executing the feat which made him famous, and which many say started a trend of specialized vaudeville magic acts ? is most likely inscribed to Eddie McGlaughlin, a fellow Iowan and one of Downs? closest confidants in the last twenty years of his life.
