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The David Baldwin Magic Collection II

Fri, May 18, 2018 03:00AM EDT
Lot 338

Group of Correspondence to Walter Gibson from Various Magicians.

Estimate: $500 - $750

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Gibson, Walter. Group of Correspondence to Walter Gibson from Various Magicians. Primarily 1930s?40s. Including John D. Lippy, TLS, regarding his application to I.M.C. (?at last there is a magic society started one can work up in?); Joe Hayman, TLS, on post-war life in London; Thomas C. Worthington, TLSs [2], regarding articles in Worthington?s magazine Osiris, and the application process to the Osiris Society; Floyd G. Thayer, TLSs [2; one signature rubber-stamped)], his response to Seven Circles, reminiscing on their last visit together; U.F. Grant, TLS and several invoices; Walter Harris, TLSs [6], on numerous I.M.C. and Seven Circles-related editorial affairs and decisions; W.W. Durbin, TLS, requesting dues for membership in The Linking Ring; and TLSs and ALSs from H.W. Korb, John Petrie, David Kemp [4], John Northern Hilliard, Bernard M.L. Ernst, James Wobensmith, Julien Proskauer, S.S. Adams, and John Mulholland; plus a Horace Goldin engraved mailing cover typed to Gibson, and a TLS from J.E. Pierce to another I.M.C leader, Joe Lightner.