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Jaks, Stanley. Portrait of Dr. Jaks, Inscribed and Signed to Corinda. [New York], ca. 1958. Well-known bust portrait of the famed mentalist and close-up magician. 9 ½ x 7 ¾”. Mounted to a stiff card with Jaks’ printed name underneath. Inscribed and signed, “To Tony Corinda, with best wishes, Dr. Jaks, New York 1958.”This portrait hung in the London magic studio owned and operated by Corinda, whose classic book “13 Steps to Mentalism” is unquestionably the bible of the form, and which features many techniques used by Jaks.