$1,500
Massive Archive of Hundreds of Vintage Conjuring Photographs, Some Signed. Bulk American, early to mid-twentieth century. A superlative photo archive, spanning twelve volumes and containing several hundred images (8 x 10” or smaller) and including signed studio and publicity photographs and candid snapshots of numerous notable and lesser-known performers, including: Howard and Jane Thurston, “Doc” Nixon, Theo Annemann, Dai Vernon, Horace Goldin, McDonald Birch, Bert Allerton, Doc and Anne Mahendra, T. Nelson Downs, Sid Lorraine, Si Stebbins, Ed Marlo, Tony Slydini, George Schulte, Al Munroe, Great Leon, Bill Neff, Harlan Tarbell, Elmer Eckam, W.W. Durbin, Virgil, Frank Ducrot, E.A. Wilson, Mark Wilson, Monk Watson, Marshall Brodien, Roy Benson, Russ Walsh, Clarke Crandall, Eugene Laurant, John Mulholland Doug Henning, and many others; also including escape artists, mystics and mind-readers, banquets and gatherings, magic shops, and numerous early variety show, vaudeville, and amateur artists. Two albums with images pasted down, others tipped in with corner mounts. Should be seen.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
