Sold for:
$500
$500
Vernon, Dai. Archive of 59 photographs of Dai Vernon's 1969 tour of Japan. Including candid and formal unpublished photographs of Vernon lecturing, touring and performing magic in Japan. More than half of the photographs include a young Larry Jennings, who accompanied Vernon on the tour. Nine images include the great Japanese magician Tenkai Ishida; one Tenkai portrait is signed and inscribed (in Japanese, presumably to Vernon). Image sizes vary. Condition generally good. With: A one-page TLS from Tenkai to Vernon, in English, written just after Vernon's tour of Japan.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-01-30
