The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins
Fri, Jan 25, 2019 10:30PM EST
Lot 479
The Great Lafayette.
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $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 |
The Great Lafayette (Sigmund Neuberger). The Great Lafayette. Circa 1909. Small-format window card bears a full-length portrait of Lafayette in Louis XIV-style costume, a fan or hat in one outstretched hand. Approx. 10 x 7?, tipped-on to a contemporary album page with the performer?s name lettered below the image in an unknown hand. Considerably chipped and worn; sold as-is. A friend and contemporary of Houdini, Chung Ling Soo, and other star magicians of the Edwardian era, Lafayette was part magician, part quick-change artist. His production was truly lavish, requiring corps of trained assistants, a trained lion, and a box car full of apparatus. He died tragically in a theatre fire in Edinburgh in 1911.
