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Lot 146
[POSTCARDS – MAGIC] Collection of Real Photo and Printed Po...
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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[POSTCARDS ? MAGIC] Collection of Real Photo and Printed Postcards of Magicians and Sideshow Performers. European, 1890s ? 1950s. Over 200 cards, mostly with divided backs, and many INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the subjects. Among the magicians featured are Uferini, Fred Torelli, Balton, Fran-Klint, Arvian, Viggo Jahn, Beckerelli, Forstini, Taft, Arivan, Gentleman Jack, Melachini, Woldemar, Manfredo (magic dealer), Chambly, Goldini, Tagrey, the Spidora illusion, and many more. Several lithographed in colors or hand-colored, and many showing full stages of props or stage illusions, or with vignettes from magic shows of the subjects. The bulk being RPPCs, and from the 1910s ? 30s. Condition generally very good, with a few duplicates, and a few tattered. An impressive collection of European magician-themed cards, several showing unpublished images of notable stage acts of the ?golden age" of the art.
