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Houdiniana & The Davenport Magic Collection

Sat, Apr 9, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Apr 10, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Lot 455

[Miscellaneous] Box Lot of Magic Books and Associated Ephemera. Including Vols. 1 _ 4 of The Tarbell

Estimate: $150 - $250

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[Miscellaneous] Box Lot of Magic Books and Associated Ephemera. Including Vols. 1 _ 4 of The Tarbell Course in Magic (ex-libris Prynce Wheeler, three volumes signed by him on the pastedown); сHellstromismо by Alan Nelson; сPages from A MediumНs Notebookо (n.d.) by Nelson; nine scattered 1970s issues of the German magic magazine Magie addressed to Wheeler; a 1928 Thurston token; a MahdiНs Magic Circle сJunior Magicianо celluloid pinback (ca. 1930s); a wee book, Magic Tricks and How to Do Them (1938); souvenir cereal comic Donald Duck, Mighty Mystic (1951); a signed 8 x 10о portrait of David Copperfield; a vintage Harry Blackstone program; and more. Generally good condition.

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