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The Grossman-Nicholson Magic Collection Part 2

Sat, Jun 10, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Jun 11, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 40

P&L “Deluxe” Magic Set.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Bid Increments

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$30 $10
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$1,000 $100
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$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
[P&L] P&L “Deluxe” Magic Set. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1939. Large and elaborate magic set includes many P&L products, among them the Passe Passe Bottles, Card Box, glass Hindu Jug, Bran Glass, Rice Bowls, Coin in Ball of Wool, and many others. Case 23 x 16 ½”. With instructions (two booklets, one loose set), and vintage 8 x 10” photograph of a similar P&L set. An example of one of the largest and most expensive magic sets produced by Petrie & Lewis, sold by the firm’s magician-demonstrators at Abercrombie & Fitch in Manhattan in the 1930s.

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