$250
Russell, Billy. File of Diagrammed Typescripts and Photos by Russell Explaining His Magic Tricks. Batavia, N.Y., 1920s—30s. Including a folder bearing tipped-on playing cards on the cover, showing Russell in performance of the Crystal Prison Trick, as explained within, and addressed to Donald Holmes, filled with drawings by Russell accompanying the text, with a tipped-in folder containing threaded playing cards necessary for the effect and photos showing the magician performing that trick; 13 photos exposing the magician’s “Floating Ball”; and diagrammed typescripts or letters by Russell for effects comprising “Rising Cigarettes”, “Spirit or Haunted Chest”, “The Framed Dice”, and “Milk Trick”.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
