The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
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Lot 430
OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1875 – 1963). Okito. [Floating Ball]...
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OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1875 ? 1963). Okito. [Floating Ball]. Marseille: Nicolitch, ca. 1920. Striking small panel-type poster bears a full-length image of Okito in costume performing his trademark feat, the Floating Ball, said to be one of the greatest mysteries in his stage show. 27 x 10?. A. Linen backed.Though the basic Floating Ball performed by Okito was invented by an Omaha loan shark, David P. Abbott, it was a combination of the ingenuity and stubbornness inherent in Okito?s nature that transformed what was a parlor trick (quite literally) developed for Abbott?s ?House of Mysteries? into a stage spectacle choreographed like a ballet performance.
