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Magicana of the Golden Age

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Highlights of this closely-curated sale include remarkable rarities from the golden age of conjuring: a diverse array of Houdiniana, Victorian magic apparatus, relics from the stages of St. George's Hall, rare posters, select modern props, and choice ephemera. Purchase Catalog Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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Some Magic Dealers Past and Present Here and Abroad.
Lot 168

Some Magic Dealers Past and Present Here and Abroad.

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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Some Magic Dealers Past and Present Here and Abroad. Baltimore: Thomas C. Worthington 3rd, ca. late 1930s. The original oversized paste-up for this photograph printed and distributed by Worthington, featuring oval bust portraits of over 50 magic dealers including the Martinka Brothers, Carl Brema, Mayette, Voisin, Otto Hornmann, Servais LeRoy, Otto Maurer, Charles Carter, Will Goldston, and dozens more. Vintage black wooden frame, 24 1/2 x 19 1/2". A unique visual collage of the men who made and sold magic, based on Robert Ankele's design for his "Conjuring Lights" print, featuring famous magicians of the golden age of the art. 

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Foxing to surface, minor wear to frame; not examined out of frame. 

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Weight: 10.00 lbs

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Collection of Thomas Worthington; Museum of the American Circus (label to verso of frame with inventory number 1066); Ken Klosterman's Salon de Magie (stamp to verso). 

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