Sold for:
$375
$375
[Stock Poster] Paul F. Gemmill. Cleverest of all Magicians. Newport Kentucky, Donaldson Litho, ca. 1920. Half-sheet (19 ½ x 29 ½”) color lithographed poster depicting a magician with the tools of his trade surrounding him. Framed and glazed; not examined out of frame. As a young man, Paul Gemmill assisted Karl Germain, and later, with permission, performed using Germain’s name and props. Today he is best remembered as Paul Fleming, who, outside of a successful career as an Economics professor, operated, with his brother Walker Fleming, a business selling and publishing books on magic, The Fleming Book Company.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
