This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/24/2024
[MAGIC AUCTION CATALOGUES]. Large Group of Auction Sale Catalogues. [V.p., ca. 1940s-2020s]. Approximately 75 volumes, including Catalogue of The J. B. Findlay Collection (Sotheby’s 1979, 3 parts), The Ricky Jay Collection (Sotheby’s, 2021), Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Books on the Theatre and Ballet (Sotheby’s 1978), Books on Conjuring and the Allied Arts, Apparatus and Ephemera (Sotheby’s 1982), Magic Featuring the Library of F. William Kuethe, Jr. (Swann, 2003), Catalogue of Manuscripts, Printed books and Autograph letters (Sotheby’s, 1942), Spring Magic Auction (Potter & Potter, 2018), The Golden Age of Magic Posters (Potter & Potter, 2016), and many more. 8vos and 4tos. Original bindings (a few hardcovers, some dust jackets, most in original wrappers). Many with prices realized laid-in. Some general rubbing, occasional soiling, wear. Very good or better. The Findlay sales (listed above), were instrumental in making magic books and apparatus a viable and important collecting genre.