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Sat, Dec 16, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Dec 17, 2017 11:00AM EST
Lot 24

Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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Thurston, Howard. Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet. Cleveland: The Otis Litho. Co, ca. 1928. Striking one-sheet color lithograph poster depicts a Willy’s-Overland Car vanishing in mid-air at Thurston's command. 41 x 27”. An unrestored copy, with torn lower right corner, scattered losses and tears to margins, and scattered losses to image mainly along folds. C+.

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