This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/15/2020
Archive of Magicians’ Correspondence. Group of over 100 letters addressed to magician and magic collector Richard McKinney by a wide range of well-known magicians, magic collectors, and magic dealers. Among those individuals represented are Chris Charlton (a sizable quantity), Percy Abbott, C.A. George Newmann, John W. Frye, Lou Tannen, Don Redmon, Petrie & Lewis (a quantity), Owen Brothers, J.B. Findlay, Joe Berg, Walter Gydesen, Carl W. Jones, William Andrews, Oscar Oswald, Harry Leat, L.L Ireland, Ken Allen, Paul Fleming, Ray Muse, George Jenness, Ellis Stanyon, Jean Hugard, Fred Haenchen, Ed Reno, Dave Price, and many more. Most on pictorial or illustrated letterheads. Some mounted to album pages, others three-hole punched. Some original mailing covers retained. Primarily 1940s – 50s. Generally very good condition. An impressive representative collection of autographs and letterheads of magic dealers, publishers, and magic collectors of the mid-twentieth century, with fascinating content.