$3,600
Okito (Tobias Theodore Bamberg) Contract for Okito's Employment with Howard Thurston. On Thurston's engraved letterhead printed by the Strobridge Litho Co., the contract states that Okito's salary will be $150 per week, "...with travelling expense and baggage paid." Dated September 11, 1911. Signed by Bamberg and Howard Thurston. Light wear at extremities and folio folds; Good condition. Okito wrote about his time with Thurston in a serialized series of articles for The Sphinx. He would later relate that during his tenure on the show, he introduced Thurston to his wife (which may or may not be true). Okito presented his hand shadow act (and was billed as "Europe's Great Shadowist") on the Thurston show.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-01-30
