$200
Thurston, Howard. Group of three photographs. One a formal 8 x 10" bust portrait, the other candid full-length snapshots of Thurston in the 1930s (stamped "Morris Magic Den" on versos); in one of the candid photographs he is accompanied by his fourth wife, Paula Marks. 8 x 10" with considerable wear and pinholes at corners, snapshots in very good condition. As a boy in Ottawa, Vernon met Thurston. While dining together at Vernon's home, the young magician fooled the great "champion" card manipulator with effects drawn from Thurston's own popular book on card tricks. With: A bi-fold black-and-white brochure advertising Thurston's appearance at the Uptown Theatre, Chicago (ca. 1928).
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-01-30
