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The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins

Fri, Jan 25, 2019 10:30PM EST
Lot 427

Signed and Inscribed Portrait of Joseffy.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Joseffy (Joseph Freud). Signed and Inscribed Portrait of Joseffy. Circa 1910. Handsome ? length portrait of the famed mechanician/magician in white tie and tails, and holding a magic wand. 5 ? x 9 ??. Very good. This photograph was extracted from the scrapbook of David P. Abbott; Abbott?s monograph The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy (Lot 320) remains the best record of Joseffy?s many mechanical magical creations.