The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
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Lot 392
GOLDIN, Horace (Hyman Elias Goldstein, 1873 - 1939). Horace...
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
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GOLDIN, Horace (Hyman Elias Goldstein, 1873 - 1939). Horace Goldin Royal Illusionist. Capt. Potato Jones. Burnley: Central Printing Co. (Chas. Sowden Ltd.), ca. 1938. Half-sheet color poster picturing the topical illusion invented by Goldin to play on the story of Captain Jones, who snuck through a blockade at Santander to deliver a ship full of food to starving soldiers. 30 x 20?. Minor chipping in margins, old folds; A-. Unmounted. RARE; one of only a handful of these posters with which we are acquainted.Goldin described the working of this illusion in the fortieth anniversary issue of The Sphinx (March, 1941). In effect, a suitably garbed member of Goldin?s troupe vanished from a crate filled with potatoes, only to reappear in the audience seconds later.
