Houdiniana
Sat, Apr 8, 2023 12:00PM EDT
Lot 151
SPIRIDON, Ignace (1869 – 1900) (after). Le Prestidigitaeur....
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
SPIRIDON, Ignace (1869 ? 1900) (after). Le Prestidigitateur. Berlin, Paris, and London: Goupil & Co. / [New York]: M. Knoedler & Co., [1884]. Delicately hand-colored photogravure depicts a scene in a richly appointed room, with a conjurer clad in black evening clothes holding his wand aloft with a green box in his other hand, the table behind him replete with apparatus. Two well-dressed spectators view the performance. Framed and matted to 24 ? x 20?. Not examined out of frame. A handsome image seldom encountered. See BM 1884,1108.37.
