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Literature of Legerdemain

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Featuring the collection of magic bibliographer Stephen Forrester, this premier sale will feature highlights from his library of rare, old, and unusual conjuring books from the seventeenth century to the present day. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 149

THAYER, Floyd (1877 – 1959). Floyd and Jennie Thayer’s Memb...

Estimate: $400 - $800
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THAYER, Floyd (1877 – 1959). Floyd and Jennie Thayer’s Membership Cards and Medallions. Including a wooden card for life membership in the Mystic 27 presented to Floyd Thayer, an engraved Honorary Life Membership Card in the Los Angeles Magigals for Jennie Thayer and her Magigals gold medallion or charm, a Los Angeles Society of Magicians card for Floyd Thayer and a Honorary Life Membership Card of engraved brass dated 1949, and Floyd Thayer’s 1959 (final) SAM Membership Card, plus his Engraved Honorary Life Membership card in the Pasadena MAgican’s Guild, accompanied by a small gold-filled charm for the club. In three folding window wallets as kept by the Thayers. A very good group.

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