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The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Pt. IV

Sat, Oct 25, 2025 12:00PM EDT
Lot 278

[NEWSPAPERS – MAGIC]. Collection of Vintage Magic Newspaper...

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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[NEWSPAPERS ? MAGIC]. Collection of Vintage Magic Newspapers. 1910s ? 60s. Over 50 examples including advertising newspapers issued by magicians and serial publications in newspaper format released by magic shops and theatrical organizations with magic-related or magician-related contents. Includes: The Magic Mirror (David Devant pictorial advertising broadsheet, 1912), The Express Budget of Mystery (Horace Goldin, 1919), The Magic Mirror (Chris Charlton, three different issues), The London Magical News (1920), The Daily Mail (Fred Russell, ventriloquist, promotional item), The Psychic News (1930s; various issued), The Magician (Levante; four different issues, ca. 1937), and issues of The Magnet, Hughes News, Magic News (Peter Diamond), Supreme Super News, I.B.M. News (1951), and others. Folio and smaller. The first collection of its kind we have offered.