Sold for:
$1,200
$1,200
383. Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Carte de Visite of Robert-Houdin by Disdéri. Paris, ca. 1860. Full-length photograph of the “father of modern magic,” taken in Disdéri’s Paris studio. The verso stamped with the photographer’s imprint. Very good. Disdéri began his career as a daguerrotypist, but rose to fame after inventing and patenting a method for producing small, card-mounted images like this one, known as carte de visites. He worked in a studio on the Boulevard des Italiens, in the same building as the Theatre Robert-Houdin.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26