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$600

Chautauqua, Lyceum and advertising brochures, a collection. Over 40 advertising circulars of different sizes, including many elaborately lithographed, embossed and bound. Performers represented include: Stuart Cramer, The Floyds, Lockman (escape artist), Frederick Eugene Powell, Tarbell, Evans Brown, Frye, LaFolette, R.W. Hull, Davis, Laurant (two different), Mora, Homar, Adrian Plate, Paul Fleming, Robert Wassman, Thurston, Joseffy, and many others. 1900s-1950s. An impressive collection. Condition fair to good. Should be seen.


Potter & Potter

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2009-04-26

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Germain, Karl (Charles Mattmuller). Germain advertising brochure and scene plot. The first being a colorful advertising brochure illustrated with photographs of many of Germain's greatest Read more…


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Maro, Edwin (Walter Truman Best). Portrait of Maro, signed by Karl Germain. Ft. Madison: Courtright, ca. 1907. Half-length portrait in boudoir card format of the Read more…


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Laurant, Eugene (Eugene Greenleaf). Laurant the Man of Many Mysteries. Wichita: The Western Lithograph Co., ca. 1932. Five-color poster advertising the show of this popular Read more…


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Chicago, Goes Litho., ca. 1906. Handsome window card shows Maro, an early and successful Lyceum and Chautauqua magician, producing scores of cards, ribbons, and even Read more…


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Potter & Potter

Date:
2017-02-04


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Maro (Walter Truman Best). Maro Prince of Magic. Chicago, Thayer & Jackson Stationery Co., ca. 1906. Two-color offset window card (14 ¼ x 18 ½") Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2011-03-26


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Maro (Walter Truman Best). Maro Prince of Magic. Incubation a la Magique. Chicago, Goes Litho., ca. 1906. Color lithographed window card (13 x 18”) showing Read more…


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S. S. Henry's Find the Lady. Cincinnati, S.S. Henry, ca. 1930. A magic trick similar to the game of Three Card Monte. No matter how Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2011-10-29


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Davis, Richard. Coming. The Man Who Mystifies. Davis. Kenton, The Scioto Sign Co., ca. 1929. Four-color window card (14 x 22") depicting a charming caricature Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2011-03-26


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$1,600

Spirit Paintings. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer & Co., ca. 1920. Stage-size frame and stand into which a blank canvas is placed. A spectator names a Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2009-04-26