Sold for:
$350

Vernon, Dai. Archive of Harlequin Act ephemera. Including three vintage Irving Desfor photographs, ca. 1939, in which Vernon performs the Wintertime in China, Salt Pour and an unknown trick; and a large scrapbook of Vernon-related news clippings and ephemera, most prominently an elaborate menu/program for the Rainbow Grill, including Vernon's turn on the bill as Harlequin. One photograph in poor condition; overall condition generally fair.


Potter & Potter

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2010-01-30

Archived auctions similar to 113: Archive of Harlequin Act ephemera. Including three Down arrow


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$475

[Manuscripts] Archive of book and trick manuscripts and notes. From the collection of Larry Jennings and including proofs and typed manuscripts for a variety of Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2012-01-28


Sold for:
$10,000

[“The Act”] Archive of typed descriptions of Cardini’s act. Including lengthy descriptions, some running to three pages, of each sequence of card, billiard ball, and Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06


Sold for:
$475

Vernon, Dai. Photo enlargement of Dai Vernon performing his Harlequin act, inscribed and signed. Recent enlargement of a photograph originally taken by Irving Desfor of Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2012-01-28


Sold for:
$400

Archive of Ascending Dragon memorabilia. Cardini played a leading role – a speaking part -- in this production, which opened in Boston in 1935. This Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06


Sold for:
$1,200

Perry, Mehitabel (1705-1797) Archive of Personal and Legal Papers: Collection of letters, promissory notes, inventories, land deeds, et cetera, c. 1705-1800. This collection is centered Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2012-11-18


Sold for:
$523

Myers, Moses (1753-1835) Archive of Correspondence and Documents. Eight documents relating to the successful international trading business of Norfolk, Virginia's first recorded Jewish settler, and Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2016-06-01


Sold for:
$26,000

[Houdini, Harry] Archive of Correspondence To Houdini From His First Manager, Martin Beck, Drawn From Houdini’s Files. Chicago, 1899 – 1902. Twenty-two pieces, comprising typed Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2016-04-09


Sold for:
$600

[Cruises] Cardini’s archive of cruise-related memorabilia. Including over one-dozen photographs of Cardini and Swan on various ships, both performing their act and in posed photos; Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06


Sold for:
$100

[Imitators] Archive of Cardini imitators ephemera. Including correspondence from vaudeville agents Pat Casey and The William Morris Agency, TLSs from other magicians (Julien Proskauer, I. Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06


Sold for:
$525

Jarrow, Emil. Important archive of Emil Jarrow ephemera. Collected by Jay Marshall, and including an informal contract and manuscript pages for a book of Emil Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2010-05-16