$800
Maro (Walter Truman Best). Maro Prince of Magic. Incubation a la Magique. Chicago, Goes Litho., ca. 1906. Color lithographed window card (13 x 18”) showing Maro producing a great quantity of articles from the coat of a spectator, including livestock, cards, and coins. Minor wear at edges. A- Maro first made a name for himself as a photographer, saxophonist, guitar player and music teacher. He move to Chicago after learning the tricks of the conjurer’s trade, he began touring Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits through rural America. In both venues, he was a bona fide star. His peers included Karl Germain, Edwin Brush, and Ed Reno. Maro’s summers were spent in Leland Michigan, where he built a stately home named Maronook. It was there he tutored John Elder Blackledge, who went on to become a successful platform speaker and magician in his own right. Maro died of typhoid fever in 1908, at the age of 39, at the height of his career.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-07-27
