$400
McGuire, Eddie. Two-page letter from Eddie McGuire to Charlie Miller. Dated March 3rd, 1936. On Providence Biltmore stationery, McGuire writes a fascinating but bizarre letter in the third person, the typed signature on the second page reading “Don Romano,” one of his many aliases. The missive describes sessions with Dai Vernon, Walter Scott, considerable details about the manuscript that would come to be known as the Phantom of the Card Table (which McGuire tries to sell to Miller for $10), Howard Thurston’s recent illness, and a review of his own vaudeville act as the cigarette manipulator “Cortez.” “Best cigarette act I ever saw,” McGuire writes – about himself. Two 4to sheets. Closed tears to second sheet.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
