$200
Powell, Frederick Eugene. Lot of Powell the Magician Ephemera. Including the souvenir program Testimonial to Frederick Eugene Powell (1929), Inscribed and Signed by Powell on the first page, with a few corrections to the text in his hand, and three contemporary newspaper obituaries of Powell laid in at the rear. Five manuscript notecards also tipped-in, apparently containing remarks on Powell preceding a performance, though the writer or speaker is unknown. The fifth card ends, “… and Bethany Grange is honored on this occasion by witnessing his typical refinement on the Stage of Magic.” Together with a Signed contract between Powell and Bijou Entertainment Co., through Western Vaudeville Association, for one week of performances in Evansville, Ind. (Dec., 1906); a ca. 1920s pictorial engagement leaflet for the “Distinguished Illusionist and Conjurer,” and one pictorial “Specimen Program”; a performance postcard (New York, 1934); an unused dollar-sized complimentary ticket to The Great Powell and Company; a pictorial Christmas postcard (1936); and a printed performance advertisement (1928) with the blank perforated ticket order form retained at bottom. Generally very good condition.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
