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Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins Part III

Sat, Feb 29, 2020 12:00PM EST
Lot 306

Early Scrapbook of Harry Blackstone (Bouton) Clippings.

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Blackstone, Harry. Early Scrapbook of Harry Blackstone (Bouton) Clippings. 1910s. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and notices from early in Blackstone?s career, paper covers with a ?Harry Bouton/Master Mind of Magic? label. Clippings mainly from Michigan newspapers, most dated 1913, advertising or reporting on the young magician?s shows, variously billed as Bouton, Bouten, and Booton. [14]pp. incl. covers. Some pages chipped or with cut-out columns; some clippings re-taped.