Magic ephemera
A collection including Poster - The Great Sorcar, World's Greatest Magician
£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
102 x 75cm., folds, good colour. Aspy Lith Works, Madras 2;
Sorcar. (Poster), 55 x 45 cm, printed in India, folds;
Theatre Programmes featuring The Great Lafayette, Horace Goldin, Cheffalo Master Magician, The Amazing Mr Rooklyn, Richiardi, P.T. Selbit, Kalanag with Gloria, Charles Morritt, Herr Carl Stackemann (with Autograph letter signed), Long Tack Sam, Ethel May, W. Dornfield, Frederick Culpitt, Leipzig, The Great Lyle, Jack le Dair, Dr. Walford Brodie, P.C. Sorcar, The Great Levante, The Great Raymond, Virgil and Julie, The Great Nicola, Grand Festival of Magic, Mr Perty Abbott, Chinese Magic, Silent Mora, Blackstone Magic Show, Houdini, Edward Victor, Jasper Maskelyne, Alexander, Gus Fowler, Jarrow, Siems, Madame Car Hertz, Carter, Franson, in secol folders in blue cloth case;
Dante the Magician [Harry August Jansen] A quantity of ephemera including numerous programmes and stagebills, in black plastic folder; and 1 Sorcar poster [Duke of York's Theatre: The World's Greatest Magician Sorcar with his full Indian Company and Orchestra in Mysteries of India, 51 ax 31cm. framed (2 folders & 1 framed poster)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson