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London: David Allen & Sons, ca. 1906. A Moor, clad in a turban approaches a gong in an elaborate scene at the seaside, ready to strike it with a mallet as a demon urges him on. The illusion, devised by David Devant, involved a series of bewildering transpositions of three people, each taking place as the gong was struck. Overprinted for an Australian appearance by one of Maskelyne's touring companies at His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane. 19 7/8 x 29 7/8". A.


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Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2017-02-04

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Devant, David (David Wighton). David Devant by Arrangement with Maskelyne & Devant. Netheridge: Stafford & Co., ca. 1910. Handsome half-length portrait of Devant surrounded by Read more…


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Potter & Potter

Date:
2016-06-25


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$375

Cleveland: Schmitz-Horning Co. Litho, ca. 1908. Red-and-black lithographed three-sheet poster describes Germain's performances at St. George's Hall of London, the famous magic theatre operated by Read more…


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Potter & Potter

Date:
2017-02-04


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$250

[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


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$175

Devant, David. One page ALS on Maskelyne & Cooke's Provincial Company stationery. Dated October 5th, 1904 and mailed from the Philharmonic Hall, Southampton. The head Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2009-04-26


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$5,000

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


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$300

Devant, David. Maskelyne & Devant’s Mysteries Program. London, ca. 1906. Devant tops the bill at St. George’s Hall with his “magical problems” and Beau Brocade. Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2015-05-31


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$500

[Devant, David] Large Photograph of David Devant and British Magicians. [London, ca. 1910]. Likely a portrait of members of the Magic Circle, in addition to Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2016-02-06


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$4,600

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


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$100

[Miscellaneous] Group of over 15 miscellaneous vintage magic books. Including Sharps and Flats by Maskelyne (1894; poor condition), Spirit Mediums Exposed by Samri Frikell (Walter Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2014-04-26


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$350

[The Magic Circle] First Annual Magic Circle Grand Séance Souvenir Program. London, 1906. Handsome small folio-size souvenir program. Among the fourteen acts on the bill Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2015-10-31