Sold for:
$1,500
$1,500
Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar. Cincinnati, Strobridge Litho Co., ca. 1907. Three-sheet color lithographed bust portrait of an older Kellar on a blue background wearing a suit and monk-type collar and with his name in the foreground. Linen backed, good condition. Robert Lund, founder of the American Museum of Magic, opined that an entertainer was truly famous when his posters advertised not what he did, but only who he was. Kellar was one such entertainer.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-10-23
