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Photograph Signed by Howard Thurston, Maurice Raymond, and Eugene Laurant. [Buffalo, NY], 1914. Gelatin snapshot of the three magicians, signed by all three in black ink in the space below. 4 x 6”. Creases on left side of image and corners, old scrapbooking paper to verso. Copies of this photograph with the magicians’ signatures in facsimile were printed near the time the image was taken, however this is an original hand-signed photograph from Raymond’s collection. A rare item, probably the only image signed by these three great magicians together. This photograph appeared in the April 1914 issue of The Sphinx, accompanied by an account of a dinner the three men shared at the Hotel Statler in Buffalo, NY. While the magicians were not out to entertain, the correspondent writes that the trio’s “wit and repartee” slowly attracted the attention of the entire dining room. At the end of the meal, Thurston befuddled their “surly” waiter by changing his tip from a penny to a $20 gold coin, and again to a silver half dollar.