Select Secrets: Rare & Important Magicana
Sat, Feb 27, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 100
Stebbins, Si (William Henry Coffrin). Important Archive of Si Stebbins Ephemera, Notes, and Publications.
Estimate: $800 - $1,500
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
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| $5,000 | $500 |
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Stebbins, Si (William Henry Coffrin). Important Archive of Si Stebbins Ephemera, Notes, and Publications. 1900s ? 40s. Including twelve pages of manuscript notes related to Stebbins? life and his card system, in the hand of Jay Marshall, who met Stebbins in Milwaukee in 1947; newspaper stories related to Stebbins nightclub work, a program for the 1945 Stebbins testimonial, a Stebbins blotter, table tent, nine different editions of the vest-pocket booklet explaining his card system (one with a lengthy inscription and signature by Stebbins), and a portrait of Stebbins out of costume with a lengthy inscription on the verso to Jay Marshall. A unique and significant archive related to ?Barnum?s Celebrated Rube.?
