$650
[Magic Dealers] Intriguing archive of approximately 100 pieces of magic dealers'correspondence. Most on elaborate letterheads and containing correspondence from and signatures of significant figures in the field of magic invention, manufacture and retailing through the first half of the 20th century. Represented in this group are: Frank Lane & Co., Sterling Magic Co., The L & L Magic Co. (Vernon Lux, Mgr.), Hamley Bros., Will Goldston Ltd., The London Magical Co., Pioneer Magic Studios (ALS Lindhorst), Abbott Magic Novelty Co. (Percy Abbott), Petrie Lewis Mfg. Co. (J. Petrie), Grant's Magic Shop (TLS U.F. Grant), Art In Magic (Eckam), Nelson Enterprises, Oaks Magical Co., The Heaney Magical Co., Otto Waldmann, F.W. Conradi-Horster, Bert Wheeler's Hollywood Magic Shop, Caroselli's, John Snyder Jr., Kanter's, Grant's Magic Studios, The Magic Den (Lindhorst), The Yogi Magic Mart, Max Holden's Magic Shop, Carl Brema & Son, Arthur Felsman, Magic Company (w/pasteover for Hornmann Magic, TLS Prof. Hornmann), Martinka and Co. (two different), Hornmann Magic Company, W.D. LeRoy, Sherms, Donald Holmes, and many more. 1890s - 60s. Generally good condition. Should be seen.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2009-04-26
