This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/28/2023
BLITZ, Signor (Antonio Van Zandt, 1810–77). CABINET PHOTOGRAPH OF SIGNOR BLITZ. Philadelphia: F. Gutekunst, ca. 1870. Full-length albumen photograph pictures Blitz facing another man, with a large ventriloquist’s figure in his hands. Cabinet card format on printed photographer’s mount, 6½ × 4¼". Verso bears penciled notation: “From Harry Houdini / Feby. 6/06.” RARE. Exhibited as part of Ricky Jay’s Extraordinary Exhibitions, Hammer Museum (Los Angeles). Exhibition tag retained.