$475
[New York Magicians] Photographs and ephemera related to New York magicians, including scarce autographs. Included are nine sepia-toned photographs of Annemann, Dr. Jacob Daley, R.V. Heath, and other New York magicians, ca. 1939, taken by Irving Desfor. Accompanied by a blue presentation folder signed on its exterior by 27 of the most influential magicians of the era, including Dai Vernon, Dr. Daley, Frank Ducrot, Charles Larson, Paul Rosini, Nate Leipzig, Sam Margules, Annemann, Leo Rullman, Cliff Green, and others. On its interior, the folder includes a one-page typed appreciation of Al Baker written and signed by Elmer Ransom, and on the facing page, a handsome photograph of Baker signed and inscribed. Photographs and folder contemporarily mounted to board which is chipped at extremities; photographs in fair to good condition (but some edges chipped), folder in good condition. A remarkable set of documents from an influential era in the evolution of American magic.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-01-30
