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Micro Magic and More
Miniature miracles from the workshop of Eddy Taytelbaum and the factories of the Tenyo Co. will be paired with vintage magic books, posters, and ephemera in our first sale of 2025. Among the highlights in the latter categories are the fabled magic and mentalism notebooks of Doctor Stanley Jaks. This is an online only auction; no printed catalog will be issued.
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Wunderkammer: The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection
Ghosts, ghouls, taxidermy, spirit photos, "talking boards," circus memorabilia, and oddities of all types will cross the block this February at Potter & Potter. Featuring selections from the personal collection of James Freeman and Kate Fugate, this sale promises to be equal parts bizarre, amazing, and remarkable.
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The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Part III
Our final single-owner sale from the Dawes collection is rich with conjuring curiosa of all types, including early broadsides, memorabilia from the Theatre Robert-Houdin, early and important magic textbooks, unusual Victorian apparatus, and bright stone lithographs from the golden age of the art.
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Punks, Monsters, Smut & Madmen: A Countercultural Cross-Section
From the hallowed halls of CBGBs to the mondo-trasho seats of American grindhouses, this countercultural offering will feature everything from the ridiculous to the sublime. Punk rock posters and flyers will cross the block beside outsider and self-taught art, Keith Haring originals ripped from the walls of the New York subway, spook show posters, and so much more.
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Vintage Posters
Our spring poster auction will showcase a full range of poster collecting categories in more than 500 lots, from travel, advertising, and music to sports, magic, theater, and design, as well as a selection of pictorial maps.
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Advertising & Coin-Op
Our first spring sale is set to feature a large and diverse advertising collection, including porcelain, litho tin, and hand-painted trade signs of all types from a noted Midwest collection. Complementing these pieces will be patent models of all types, and coin-operated machines in all popular categories, including slots and trades, vending, and arcade games.
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Celestial & Terrestrial Exploration
This auction will feature fine books and documents regarding human exploration of the land, sea, and sky. Chronicles of and relics from polar, north American, European journeys of the last three hundred years, as well as other areas of exploration will cross the block, alongside books and ephemeral objects related to American and Russian space exploration.
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Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia
Relics from the shows and life of the world's most famous magician - Harry Houdini - are set to cross the block this April. Vintage stone lithographs, "challenges" made to Houdini, autographs, and a remarkable link between Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle will be highlights of the sale. The auction will conclude with a strong offering of vintage magic memorabilia, including apparatus, posters, and books.