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The Ricky Jay Collection

Sat, Feb 25, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 221

[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Original Chinese Magicians ...

Estimate: $600 - $1,200

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[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Original Chinese Magicians and Jugglers, Arr Hee and Asham. Plymouth: Leviathan Broadside Press ? I.W. N. Keys, 1860. Large letterpress broadside bearing a central woodcut of the jugglers presenting their knife-throwing feat, and advertising their appearance on a Christmas holiday bill in Devonport, along with George Barnwell and a ?refined colored entertainment? by Messrs. Sullivan & Son, and other theatrical turns. The magicians? eleven-part program is outlined in detail. 29 ? x 9 ??. Ragged edges with minor chips and losses; reinforced with tissue on the verso. Among the feats presented by the ?jugglers? are a favorite of Chung Ling Soo: eating fire, and then, from the smoldering cotton in the performer?s mouth, the production of 120 yards of colored ribbon, and then the production of a six-foot-long lighted candle from the mouth.