$80
Reno, Ed (Edward Munn Burdick). Group of three Ed Reno window cards. Including one small card printed in three colors, an oversized three-color card (poor condition), and a photographically-illustrated card in red and white. Ca. 1940. Sizes and condition varies. According to John Mulholland, "Reno was a self-taught magician and often most unorthodox in his methods. Though they were different they were excellent and he regularly amazed the magicians who came to see his shows as he always confounded the public. He had a kindly, genial manner and a constant good humor. Whereas he took his magic seriously and saw that his magic always was mystifying, he was never serious in manner of performance. He knew that the public wants to be entertained and invariably he entertained them. For a major part of his life he used a wand during his performances as, when he began, the wand was the symbol of the profession. However, even with using the wand he got in his soft good humor with the line, quoted by several generations of his admirers, "It's all in the Stick." (The Sphinx, May 1949).
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-03-26
