This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2023
MALINI, Max (Max Katz Breit, 1873 - 1942). The Incomparable Malini. Circa 1920. Folded pictorial advertising brochure heralding the “most marvelous of master prestidigitateurs” and bearing four photographs of the famed impromptu trickster; in one image, he produces a rolled banknote inside half a lemon, and in another, a large basin filled with water is revealed at his feet. 8 1/8 x 6 3/8”. Old central fold, else very good. SIGNED by Malini in the lower margin, and further INSCRIBED AND SIGNED to Ricky Jay by Malini’s son Oziar Malini. Rare. See Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, p. 95.