This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/25/2018
Fischer, Ottokar. Ottokar Fischer TLS to Dr. Samuel Cox Hooker. Dated Oct. 26, 1924, Fischer writes from Vienna, stating “David Bamberg…happened to spy the original orange tree trick of Robert-Houdin [in my collection].” He offers it for sale to Hooker, stating, “Regarding the price, I am no dealer in rare apparatus, therefore it is hard for me to judge what a piece of work like this is worth…”. On one 4to sheet of elaborate three-color letterhead, signed “O. Fischer.” Chips and folds.