$275
312. [Stage Money] Tommy Windsor’s collection of Stage Paper Currency. Estimated at 2,000 or more items, with possibly 200 to 300 different. Various sizes, with considerable duplication of some, being primarily stage currency with some play money and various related items. A few of the imprints include Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, Senator Crandall, Harry Albacker, Karrell Fox, Al Flosso, Harold Martin, George and Betty Johnstone, Vernon Lux, S.S. Adams, Foo Ling Yoo, Abbott’s, Sandorse, Mollo, Schoke, Buhla, Fred Kaps, Murray A. Sumner, Ace Gorham, PCAM convention, Sterling Magic, Abra Cadaver, Marquis the Great, Les Guest, Prince Mendes, Lou Tannen (Houdini image), Gylleck, Marcus Show of 1916, Carolyn Trask, Aladdin, Soapy The Clown, Cedric of London, Larry Hess, Hermann, Blondgene, George Jason, Carrado, “Granny Harris,” Larry Keenan, Reno (1948 PCAM convention), various Canadian issues, U.S. and U.K. novelty bills, merchant scrip, coupons and cutouts, foreign currency, political (including NRA with FDR vignette), Truman Prosperity Dollar, Lyndon Johnson, Dickie (Nixon), McGovern, George Wallace, some with advertising overprints, several hundred reprinted CSA bills, and more. Includes some printer’s mockups, and notation indicating that this collection was assembled by magician Tommy Windsor. 1920s-60s. Condition generally good. Should be seen.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
