$9,000
The Sphinx. William Hilliar, et al. V1 N1 (Mar. 1902) – V52 N1 (Mar., 1953). Complete file, bound in matching blue buckram volumes, spines stamped in gold. Very good condition. Alfredson/Daily 6420………………………...An outstanding file of this most prized of all magic periodicals, and arguably the most important in the history of conjuring. Chronicling virtually the entire first half of American magic in the 20th century, The Sphinx is at once a resource for collectors, performers, and historians, a font of endless information. The condition of most files — the few complete files that exist — varies widely in that issues published in the 1910s and 20s are often encountered in tattered and ragged condition due to the cheap paper on which they were printed; this file is, on the whole, in remarkably good condition and would be the pride of any discerning conjurer's library, though a handful of issues not originally bound in have been laid in to individual volumes.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-10-23
