$1,600
[Instruction Sheets] Lifetime archive of magic instruction sheets, routines, other printed matter. Spanning the golden age of English and American commercial magic with apparatus (predominantly 1940s – 60s), hundreds of files containing many thousands of pages of loose instructional materials originally enclosed with magic tricks, apparatus, and other items; mostly originals, from notecard-sized individual slips to mimeographed sheets and lengthier illustrated manuals, often with the manufacturer’s or maker’s logo or credit; all manner of apparatus and fields of conjuring represented – from close-up coin and card effects to parlor apparatus to professional stage illusions, the contents provide an altogether unique panorama of comparative approaches to conjuring in recent times; the files neatly organized, in some cases according to type of prop, in other cases by manufacturer, or alphabetically by title; a tremendous resource to collectors, researchers, and performers alike.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
