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Houdini's Double Fold Death Defying Water MysterySold for $66,000.00Houdini’s Double Fold Death Defying Water Mystery. American, ca. 1909. Houdini and his brother Hardeen escaped from this locked box, and the locked and liquid-filled milk can inside it.
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Houdini King of Cards LithographSold for $24,000.00Harry Houdini King of Cards. Chicago, National Printing and Engraving, ca. 1898.
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A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen’s Captivity…Sold for $78,000.00
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Hakluyt's Voyages...Sold for $48,000.00
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Twain's Huckleberry FinnSold for $21,600.00
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Houdini's Automatic Flowering Rosebush.Sold for $324,000.00This piece of apparatus now holds the world's record for the most expensive piece of magic memorabilia sold at public auction.
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X-Men. No. 1Sold for $3,400.00Marvel Comics, 1963. First appearance and origin of the X-Men (Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, and Marvel Girl) and Magneto
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Dracula Insert PosterSold for $15,000.00The only-known example of this insert poster for the 1947 re-release of Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi.
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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough RidersSold for $12,000.00Depicting one of the most popular and enduring features of Buffalo Bill’s show, the Virginia reel on horseback. In this portrayal, a gathering of men and women on horseback are shown on the open prairie, a section of them with brass instruments to accompany the couples’ dancing.
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Regina Music BoxSold for $10,800.00Regina 15 1/2" bow-front music box with twelve discs. Circa 1908. Coin-operated model. Two plays for five cents.
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California Travel PosterSold for $1,560.00Stan Galli's classic travel poster for Southern California - an iconic design.
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The Discoverie of Witchcraft First EditionSold for $45,600.00The first edition of this famous work by Reginald Scot, published in London in 1584.
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French Blow BookSold for $12,000.00[Blow Book] Ambigu Magique. French, ca. 1778. Marbled wrappers. Illustrated with hand-colored full page engraved plates.
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Cardini's Stage-Worn TuxedoSold for $72,000.00Custom-tailored tuxedo worn by Cardini in hundreds if not thousands of performances of his legendary act. Accompanied by a black seal fur top hat, boutonniere, dress shirt, collar, bow tie, spats, pocket handkerchief, and vest, together composing perhaps the most iconic costume of the most imitated magic act of the twentieth century.
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Archive of Movie Stills and Glamour PhotosSold for $22,800.00A 44-volume collection plus an additional unsorted carton, approximately 1,500 photographs (8 x 10”) in sum. This photographic archive documents Hollywood film stars, generally of the 1940s – 50s, with an emphasis on actresses.
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The Great Raymond's Hand of Fate, Made by OkitoSold for $36,000.00A painted wooden spirit hand (11 x 6 x 2") with green felt cuff and lace accent, handcrafted by Okito for The Great Raymond for his stage show, the trick was billed as "The Hand of Fate" and sometimes advertised on posters as the "mysterious hand."
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Dan Rice’s Blind Horse lithographSold for $12,000.00This small poster depicts the trained and "educated" horse who was an integral part of Dan Rice's circus. Perhaps most significantly, it was the first lithograph Strobridge produced for the circus.
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Faro Exposed; or The Gambler and his Prey.Sold for $24,000.00Alfred Trumble. Being a Complete Explanation of the Famous Game, its Origin and Development, and how its Skins are Worked. New York: Richard K. Fox, (1882).
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“The Trader” 5 Cent Cast Iron Cigar Trade Stimulator on Wood base.Sold for $16,800.00Mills Novelty Co. Chicago, ca. 1905.
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1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle Rookie No. 253Sold for $5,040.001951 Bowman Mickey Mantle Rookie No. 253. PSA VG 3 (MC).
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Goodall & Son Hand Painted Transformation Pack. London, ca. 1910.Sold for $6,000.0052/52. Excellent. The work of an unknown but talented folk artist, using a standard Chas. Goodall pack and cleverly transforming the pip cards and three aces.
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Four Japanese Woodblock Prints by Kawase HasuiSold for $8,400.00Including Hamamachi Kagishi (Fisherman's Wharf, Tokyo), Isetatsu, 1939; Yoshino zaodo (Zaodo Temple at Yoshino), Watanabe, 1950; Autumn Scene at Shiobara, 1922; and Azuma Kyo (Azuma Chasm), Gintaro, 1943.
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Mandarin Magician Automaton Clock.Sold for $33,600.00Paris: J.F. Houdin, ca. 1836. Magnificent ormolu decorated eight day chiming clock atop which rests an elaborately decorated and highly detailed Mandarin conjurer, dressed in an elaborate robe with detailed floral patterns, a jaunty hat with tasseled top, and two dangling earrings.
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Chicago Coin Machine Co. Automated Speaker Band BoxSold for $8,400.00Deposit a coin in the jukebox and the curtains will open to show the animated manikin musicians play a tune.
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Harry Blackstone's Original Cartoon Album - The Rubaiyat of Omar BlackstoneSold for $35,000.00Featuring Art By 26 famous editorial cartoonists and comic strip artists, including Al Zaboly, Chic Young, Al Capp, Bob Dunn, and dozens more; each image drawn for Blackstone.
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Edward Kelty - Congress of FreaksSold for $6,000.00Congress of Freaks with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Sepia-tone gelatin print depicting the sideshow performers who toured with R.B.B.B.. Pictured here at Madison Square Garden are Clico the African Bushman, Jim Tarver the Texas Giant, Major Mite, and others.
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Houdini Water Torture Cell PosterSold for $114,000.00This rare three sheet poster depicting Harry Houdini performing his famous Water Torture Cell escape sold for a world record price - the highest price ever paid for a magic poster, and the second highest price for any magic-related object ever sold.
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Ed. Fey One Cent Finger Striker Gambling Machine.Sold for $42,000.00Rare countertop machine by the famed firm of Ed Fey.
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Anheuser—Busch Brew'g Ass'n Export BeersSold for $12,000.00Reverse-painted glass sign for the famous brewing concern. Handsomely framed.
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Chinese Imperial Dragon RobeSold for $21,600.00Circa early twentieth century. Small paper garment tags inside. Length 53”. Width 74”.
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S.W. Erdnase. The Expert at the Card Table. First Edition.Sold for $16,800.00Chicago: Author, 1902. Publisher’s light green cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with over 100 drawings “from life” by Marshall D. Smith.
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Goo Goo Gum One Cent VendorSold for $24,000.00American, ca. 1910s. Blue wooden cabinet with “Goo Goo Gum” in gilt lettering on both sides and cartoonish figures of a roller skating boy and a girl with straw held to her mouth.
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Pierrot Writing AutomatonSold for $34,800.00Switzerland: Michel Bertrand, ca. 1975. The Pierrot, seated at a writing desk replete with a brass oil lamp, holds a quill in one hand.
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All 4 Beatles Signatures on a “Yellow Submarine” Drawing.Sold for $7,800.00These autographs were collected in 1981 - during a period that found the Beatles generally unhappy with one other, and getting all to sign the same item was almost impossible.
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McElroy Talking SkullSold for $13,200.00Sculpted and made by the famous makers of ventriloquist figures, the McElroy brothers, George and Glen.
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Nail Through FingerSold for $600.00An early version of the venerable pocket trick, this one with the original packaging well-preserved.
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Nuclear Disarmament Poster by Keith Haring, 1982.Sold for $3,600.00Offset lithograph on smooth wove paper. Inscribed and signed in ink by the artist in lower right: “For Ken/Keith Haring/82”
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Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. First Edition.Sold for $22,800.00London: Jonathan Cape, [1953]. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s black cloth, central heart-shaped device stamped in red on front board, spine lettered in red with publisher’s device in red at foot.
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. 1884.Sold for $6,600.00The Astronomer-Poet of Persia…with an Accompaniment of Drawings by Elihu Vedder, signed by the illustrator.
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Sean Scully Heart of Darkness PortfolioSold for $9,000.00Signed Portfolio. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1992.
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Johnny Thompson’s Engraved Cups and BallsSold for $14,400.00Set of three finely engraved silver-plated copper “Miller” cups owned and used by Johnny Thompson – aka The Great Tomsoni – for his well-loved and well-known version of the classic sleight-of-hand routine.
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Rockefeller Center New York / New York Central LinesSold for $6,000.00Expertly restored lithograph designed by Leslie Ragan. Ca. 1936
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Mills 5 Cent Punching Bag / Boxing Strength Test Arcade MachineSold for $8,400.00Chicago: Mills Novelty Company, ca. 1903. Handsomely restored and working.
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Nevada Club Casino Neon Sign.Sold for $16,800.00A very large and impressive mid-century double-sided neon sign from Reno’s Nevada Club casino
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Sideshow Banner. Cavalcade of Wonders. Freaks Past & PresentSold for $28,800.00American, ca. 1930s/40s. Enormous entrance-type sideshow banner, painted canvas, which depicts a full cast of sideshow performers. Attributed to Fred Johnson.
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Pablo Picasso. Le PigeonneauSold for $37,500.00Artist proof hand-colored by Picasso. Paris: Jonquières and Berggruen, 1939. Printed by Robert Blanchet.
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Gaius Julius Caesar. The CommentariesSold for $14,400.00Quae extant. Accuratissime cum libris editis & MSS optimis collate, recognita & correcta. Edited by Samuel Clarke. London: Jacob Tonson, 1712.
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Moby Dick first editionSold for $60,000.00
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A General Map of the Ohio RiverSold for $16,800.00
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Thomas Hobbes' LeviathanSold for $21,600.00
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William Henry Jackson photo albumSold for $22,800.00
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Charles Dickens Christmas BooksSold for $28,800.00
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Signed Mark Twain setSold for $33,600.00
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