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Tarbell, Harlan. Tarbell’s rope spool and photograph. Wooden spool of rope stamped “H. Tarbell” at one end, possibly issued to students of his famous correspondence magic course. Accompanied by a vintage sepia-toned photo of Tarbell showing a rope trick to Adelaide Herrmann. The photograph was taken at the Hotel Rouclere in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Among Tarbell’s most acclaimed feats were his tricks with rope, including his famous Tarbell Rope Mystery.


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Potter & Potter

Date:
2012-10-27

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Tarbell, Harlan. Manuscript and illustration of rope magic chapter from the Tarbell Course in Magic. Typewritten by Harlan Tarbell and intended for inclusion in the Read more…


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Tarbell, Harlan. Harlan Tarbell’s checkbook and register. Leatherette checkbook cover gilt stamped with Tarbell’s name, with the register for 1951 filled with notes in Tarbell’s Read more…


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Tarbell, Harlan. Eyeless Wonder/ Hindu Rope Mystery. Chicago: Globe Poster, ca. 1955. Pictorial window card (14 x 22") printed in colors, advertising the magician and Read more…


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Tarbell, Harlan. Harlan Tarbell’s Rising Card glass, deck, color changing handkerchief, and signed card. Including goblet used by Tarbell in his rising card trick with Read more…


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Tarbell, Harlan. Group of Harlan Tarbell magic ephemera. Including a personal and important three-page TLS from Tarbell to John Mulholland discussing the similarities between the Read more…


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Potter & Potter

Date:
2012-05-13


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Tarbell, Harlan. Archive of Harlan Tarbell magic ephemera. Over 20 items, including photographs and later negatives, marketed tricks (Chinese Rope Chain, Zip-Over Rope), flyers illustrated Read more…


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Date:
2012-05-13


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Tarbell, Harlan. Coming in Person! Tarbell. Chicago, Globe Poster Corp., ca. 1945. Three-color offset window card (14 x 22") bearing two images of Tarbell. In Read more…


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[Tarbell Course] Baker, Walter. Archive of Walter Baker Course in Magic ephemera. Chicago, 1926. One dozen pieces of ephemera relating to the predecessor of the Read more…


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Date:
2012-05-13


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Tarbell Orange Vase. Johnston Rhode Island, Majic Brand Woodturning, 2005. A small orange is made to vanish and reappear in a lacquered wooden vase, or Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2012-05-13