This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/24/2024
[SCRAPBOOK]. Scrapbook of Magic Ephemera and Photographs. 1940s – 60s. Wire-bound sketchpad converted into a scrapbook of magic memorabilia, likely by Dr. Edwin Dawes. Approximately 125 items, including clippings, clipped autographs, and business cards, but primarily composed of postcards and photographs of many performers. Many items SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the subjects. Magicians represented include Jay and Frances Marshall, Chris Van Bern (including a variety of postcards, some SIGNED), Ken Brooke, Dai Vernon (photograph from his British lecture tour in the late 1950s), Tom Harris, Channing Pollock (SIGNED RPPC), Sooty, Chris Matheson (presenting a blindfold drive), Harold Taylor, Richardi Jr. (SIGNED photograph), Dante, Servais LeRoy and Talma (portrait postcards), Oswald Williams (SIGNED photograph), Walford Bodie (RPPC), John Ramsay (signed RPPC and several photographs), Les Levante, David Devant (SIGNED portrait postcard), De Vega, Bill Stickland, Celeste Evans, Emillie d’Alton (Mrs. Carl Hertz), Edgar Benyon, Jasper Maskelyne, Will Goldston, and many more. Most items well-preserved and neatly mounted with photo corners. Largest 7 x 9”. An impressive collection of mid-century magic memorabilia, with many desirable items.