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$1,500

351. Dante (Harry August Jansen). Dante the Magician’s stage-worn bow tie. Neatly tied cloth four-in-hand bow tie worn by the great Danish-American magician Harry Jansen, known to audiences worldwide as Dante. Accompanied by a dried flower boutonniere worn by Dante, and stub of one of Dante’s famous cigars. All three items were given to Dante’s principal assistant, Moi-Yo Miller, before his death and are accompanied by a letter of provenance.


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Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-10-26

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[Miscellaneous – History & Biography] Collection of 38 books on the history of conjuring and magic, or related subjects. Including Charles Bertram: Court Conjurer and Read more…


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[Miscellaneous] Selection of 23 illustrated volumes on magicians, automata, magic manufacturers, and other subjects. Including The P & L Book (1992) by Walker and Seaver; Read more…


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Potter & Potter

Date:
2010-10-23


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[Music] Magician’s music research archive. Including pages of notes, research, correspondence, facsimile sheet music, and other information relating to the music that accompanied many of Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2012-05-13


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300. [Photographs] Group of 12 framed magicians’ photographs. Including pictures of Dante, Harry Blackstone Sr. and Co., Harry Blackstone performing the Buzz Saw illusion, Virgil Read more…


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Date:
2013-10-26


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[Autographs] Group of 42 autographs of famous magicians. Including the signatures and inscriptions of Professor Hoffmann, P.T. Selbit, Horace Goldin, Frederick Culpitt, Dante, Edward Victor, Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2010-10-23


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[Brochures] An accumulation of over 50 magicians' advertising brochures of various sizes and dates. Included are advertising for the following performers: Ormond McGill, Brush, Roberta, Read more…


Auctioneer:
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Date:
2009-04-26


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[Broadsides] An accumulation of over 50 magicians' broadsides. Included are heralds for the following conjurers: Wallace, Brindamour, Frederik the Great, Luckner, Gwynne, Dante, Nicola, Lippincott's, Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2009-04-26