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Download PDFSleight of Hand • The Jeff Busby Collection
Our August 19th sale features the magic collection of Jeff Busby. Highlights include extensive archives of correspondence and ephemera related to the great sleight-of-hand artists of the twentieth century: Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Max Malini, Ross Bertram, Ed Marlo, Larry Jennings, Paul Fox, Michael Skinner, Faucett Ross, Cardini, and many more. The original Csuri notebooks will go on the block, along with Busby's library, an unparalleled collection of Paul Fox apparatus, as well as photographs, private notebooks, and more. Unpublished, unseen material - literally thousands of pages of "underground" manuscripts - will come to the market for the first time.
The Busby collection will be complimented by a selection of vintage magic posters.
Catalogs ship three weeks before the auction. The auction takes place at 10 am on Saturday, August 19th in our Chicago Gallery. Previews take place in the gallery from August 16-18 from 10am-5pm CST.
Auction Highlights
Lot 239 - Hilliard, J.N. Greater Magic, with over 250 Signatures. $800-$1,200
Lot 119 - Important Archive of Dai Vernon Correpsondence $5,000-$7,000
Lot 431 - Photograph of the New York Inner Circle $200-$300
Lot 355 - Dai Vernon's Twenty-Dollar Manuscript. $1,000-$1,500
Lot 68 - Jeanne Verner. Handmade mask for Danny Dew, ca. 1945. $2,000-$3,000
Lot 493 - LeRoy, Servais. Leroy’s Incredibly Marvellous Effect. Friedlander, 1912 $2,000-$3,000
Lot 20 - Bertram Cups. Toronto: Ross Bertram, ca. 1965 $700-$900
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Coin-Op & Advertising
Our September auction features choice coin-operated machines and vintage advertising. Over 250 vintage machines in a wide variety of categories will go on the block, including vending, slots & gambling, vintage arcade machines, and more. Vintage advertising items including posters, lithographs, and trade signs will also be going up for sale. The auction will be rounded out by a selection of quality vintage toys and general antiques.
Catalogs ship three weeks before the auction. The auction takes place at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 9th in our Chicago Gallery. Previews take place in the gallery from September 6-8 from 10am-5pm, CST.
Auction Highlights
Apple Vending Machine
Pulver Chewing Gum Machine
Sunny Boy
Fairest Wheel Trade Stimulator
Diamond Matches Dispenser
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Circus • Sideshow • Wild West
From Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey to Buffalo Bill, sideshow banners, carnival rides, carousel horses and more, our November sale will feature relics from the "greatest shows on earth." The auction will include posters, broadsides, costumes, personal memorabilia, carousel horses, carnival rides, Kelty photos, and more.
Catalogs ship three weeks before the auction. The auction takes place at 10:00 am on Saturday, November 18th in our Chicago Gallery. Previews take place in the gallery from November 15-17 from 10am-5pm, CST.