Winter Magic Auction: featuring the Collection of Max Maven
Sun, Dec 14, 2025 12:00PM EST
Live Auction
Lot 27
[MIND-READERS]. Collection of ephemera on various mind-read...
Estimate: $250 - $400
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| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
[MIND-READERS]. Collection of ephemera on various mind-readers. Bulk American, early-mid 20th century. Dozens of items, organized in a binder and a file folder, and including advertisements, fliers, sheet music, book prospectuses, programs, letters, and related paper ephemera. Some magicians and subjects represented include: Ovette, Max Maven, Chandu, Julien Proskauer, George Newmann, Mahendra, Dariel Fitzkee, Nelmar, and The Zancigs. A portion of the items in file folder are addressed to Stanley Sokeitous, a magician/hypnotist from Philadelphia; some items in this folder also with Jack Chanin ownership signatures. Condition generally very good. Collection of Max Maven.
