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Winter Magic Auction

Tue, Nov 19, 2019 10:30PM EST
Lot 228

Photograph of Okito and Company.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Okito (Theodore Bamberg). Photograph of Okito and Company. New York: Otto Sarony, ca. 1920s. Matte-finish silver print of Okito surrounded by assistants in Chinese robes. Sarony blind-stamp and credit in negative. 10 x 8?. Large brown stain lower right, spotting and smudging in margins; printer?s notations in graphite on verso, indicating the image may have been intended to be printed in the magic and horror pulp magazine Tales of Magic and Mystery.