This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/12/2020
[Autographs] Collection of Owen Magic Supreme Guestbooks. Eleven autograph books/guest books from the Owen Magic Supreme factories in Alhambra and Azusa, California, filled with the signatures of the magicians, designers, circus promoters, and customers who patronized the famous magic manufacturing firm over the course of half a century. Among the autographs in these books are those of Doug Henning and Charles Reynolds (signing on the same day in late 1975; Henning signed previously in 1972), Don Bice, Fred Kaps, Eric Lewis, Michael Skinner, Ricky Jay, Siegfried & Roy, Dai Vernon, Mike Caveney, Johnny Thompson, Pepe Carol, Jonathan Pendragon, Mark & Jinger Kalin, Jeff McBride, makeup artist Rick Baker, Francis Martineau, Daniel Cros, Ayala, Reveen, Melinda Saxe “First Lady of Magic,” Rich Little, Paul Osborne, Joe Labero, Cyril Takayama, Channing Pollock (signing once as “Channing/Moss Beach”), Keith Clark, Marvyn Roy, Ray Grismer, Andre Kole (also signing as Robert Gurtler), Trolle Rhodin, Kirk Kirkham, Rooklyn, Chaudet, Ron Urban, Tihany, Hideo Kato, Jay Marshall, Peter Pit, Mike Caldwell, Disney artist Roland Crump, and hundreds and hundreds more. Signatures date from 1966 – 2020, with many autographs appearing more than once (and in some instances, dozens of times). Condition of books generally good, with wear and splitting to spines of earlier volumes. A remarkable chronicle of the great illusionists and magicians of the twentieth century and their association with Owen Magic Supreme.