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Lot 536

GALLOWAY, Roy. Magician’s reference scrapbook with instruct...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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GALLOWAY, Roy. Magician?s reference scrapbook with instructions and autograph items. [Ohio, ca. 1930s-40s]. Contemporary leather-bound notebook with leaves bound-in with three screws. Dozens of magic tricks taped to leaves from instruction books or magazines. With the International Brotherhood of Magicians symbol glued to front inner cover. AUTOGRAPHS INCLUDE A SMALL CARD SIGNED BY HARRY BLACKSTONE (1885-1965) ?Howdy from Harry Blackstone 1937?. WITH AN ORIGINAL CARTOON BY COMIC STRIP ARTIST AD CARTER (1895-1957) featuring 3 children talking about magician Dell O?Dell (1902-1962) with a manuscript caption: ?To a real artist Dell O?Dell from an admirer Ad Carter?. Cartoon approximately 5 ? x 6? on green cardstock on the back of a magic trick instruction. All autograph items are taped to leaves. About a dozen business cards taped to some leaves. Pink paper affixed to front cover (chipped and soiled). The usual wear, soiling one would expect for a working magician?s reference and scrapbook. Very good. Galloway was apparently a magician who toured Ohio and other locations in the 1930s. From the collection of Ken Klosterman and his Salon de Magie without his ownership markings.