Maskelyne, J. N. “Psycho” At Messrs. Maskelyne and Cooke’s Entertainment at the Egyptian Hall. Hand-colored print from the Illustated London News depicting Maskelyne and his famous whist playing automaton. Circa 1877. Handsomely framed. 17 ¼ x 15 ¼” overall. Not examined out of frame.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-04-26
Maskelyne & Cooke (John Nevil Maskelyne and George Alfred Cooke). Pre-Egyptian Hall Playbill of Maskelyne and Cooke. Science and Mystery, Mirthful and Inexplicable Wonders. Cheltenham: Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-10-29
Egyptian Hall Poster and Program. London, 1878. Comprising an embossed printed program for a Grand Evening Concert at the Egyptian Hall Drawing Room, (Kindly Lent Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-09-19
The Maskelyne Trunk. British, ca. 1900. Hump-backed escape trunk used in the famous magical playlet Will, The Witch and the Watch, at England’s “New Home Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-10-27
Maskelyne & Cooke. Royal Command Performance for Maskelyne & Cooke. London, Bettam & Co., 1875. Elaborate embossed letterpress program in four colors on thick pale Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-10-29
[Maskelyne and Devant] Autographs of The Maskelynes and David Devant. Fantastic grouping of autographs of the most important British magicians of the Victorian and Edwardian Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
Nottingham: Stafford & Co., ca. 1896. A swashbuckler, wizard, gnomes, ghosts, and demons fill the fantastical scene in this poster, based on the magical playlet Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-02-04
[Gambling] Group of Antiquarian and Vintage Books on Crooked Gambling. Including Card-Sharpers (1891) by Robert-Houdin; Sharps and Flats (1894) by Maskelyne; Monte Carlo: Secret Service Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-07-08
Kellar, Harry. Kellar program featuring Psycho. Boston, 1878. For an appearance at the Horticultural Hall, Kellar’s program includes his “wonders,” “psychometry,” Psycho (“a marvel alike Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Maskelyne, Jasper. Jasper Maskelyne program and signed bank draft. The program, annotated by an unknown spectator, is for an appearance at St. George's Hall on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-05-16
Maskelyne & Cooke’s Mysteries. The Artist’s Dream. London: Dangerfield, ca. 1894. Handsome lithographed poster depicts the stage illusion in which a painting of a woman Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-06-25
