The Arvi Mysteries. Leeds, Alf Cooke Ltd., 1915. Three-sheet (38 ½ x 88 ½”) color lithographed poster bearing specters and ghostly female forms swirling about a pince-nez and moustache-clad magician, standing in front of the ocean. Designed by Jim Affleck. Minor restoration and over-coloring at folds, closed tears at borders. Linen backed, A-.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
[Arvi, Edouin] The Arvi Mysteries. [London], 1910. Die-cut wrappers, twine-bound, revealing a half-tone portrait of the illusionist. 24 pages. Illustrated with plates of nude women, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
The Arvi Mysteries. Leeds, Alf Cooke Ltd., 1915. Three-sheet (38 ½ x 88 ½”) color lithographed poster bearing specters and ghostly female forms swirling about Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-10-27
[Miscellaneous – Booklets] Stack of dozens of vintage booklets on various tricks, sleights, and techniques. Including Compiled Magic of ‘Doc’ Maxam Vol. 1 (1954) by Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
[Miscellaneous] Shelf of 17 Vintage Volumes on Hypnotism. Including Mind Power: The Secret of Mental Magic (1913); Impressions From the Unseen (1925); Mysteries of Hypnosis Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
[Miscellaneous – Classics] Shelf of twenty-one classic and vintage works on conjuring, magic, and puzzles. Including Sharps and Flats (1894) by Maskelyne; Letters on Natural Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
[Miscellaneous – Children’s Literature & Storybooks] More than twenty vintage magic books “for boys” and related works. Including six ‘Big Little’ books, four being Houdini’s Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
[Miscellaneous] Collection of over 250 vintage magic books and booklets. Including Conjuring Patter by Selbit (n.d.), Patter by Sid Lorraine (1938), The Magical Miscellany by Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-04-26
[Miscellaneous] Group of 22 Vintage Books on Conjuring. Including: Magicians’ Tricks and How They Are Done (1919); Indian Conjuring (1922); For Magicians Only (1923); Magic Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
[Mind-Reading] Group of Four Vintage Booklets. Including Secrets of Hazel Kolar, Queen of Mind Readers (ca. 1900); Mysteries of the Sance (1903); How to Read Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05
[Miscellaneous] Lot of vintage magic ephemera. Including a ca. 1900 Empire program featuring W.J. Hilliar as Novel Hand Shadowist and Fowler & Hilliar in a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
