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Sat, Dec 3, 2016 11:00AM EST - Sun, Dec 4, 2016 11:00AM EST
Lot 443

Victorian Manuscript, “Mind Reading A La Randall Brown.”

Estimate: $300 - $4,000

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[Mind-Reading] Victorian Manuscript, “Mind Reading A La Randall Brown.” Brooklyn, New York, 1880s. Unsigned, four pages, 4to, on versos of Prof. Michael Bohanna Magical Apparatus letterhead, detailing the secrets of the innovative performer J. Randall Brown used to perform mind-reading and second sight, including his uncanny ability to find, while blindfolded, a small object hidden within the performance hall. Later pencil annotations on the final page, also unsigned. [See Burlingame, Leaves from Conjurers’ Scrap Books, Chap. 7].

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