Adelaide Herrmann and Company. The Flight of the Favorite.

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Magicana of the Golden Age

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Jun 20, 2026

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Highlights of this closely-curated sale include remarkable rarities from the golden age of conjuring: a diverse array of Houdiniana, Victorian magic apparatus, relics from the stages of St. George's Hall, rare posters, select modern props, and choice ephemera. Purchase Catalog Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

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• Lot Description

  HERRMANN, Adelaide (1853 - 1932). Adelaide Herrmann and Company. The Flight of the Favorite. New York: The Metropolitan Printing Co., ca. 1905. One-sheet stone lithograph for the transposition effect presented in Mme. Herrmann’s vaudeville magic show. A Geisha character in one cabinet vanishes, reappearing in a similar box some distance away. Adelaide Herrmann stands at the front of the scene. Framed to 46 x 36". Recently restored and reframed. A TRUE RARITY; one of two known examples of this poster, the other held institutionally.

  This poster dates to the vaudeville career of Adelaide Herrmann, in the years following the death of her husband and co-star, Alexander, and following a subsequent partnership with her nephew, Leon. Madame Herrmann became a star in her own right in these years, working in vaudeville for many seasons with a stage-filling spectacle, and earning the moniker of the "Queen of Magic." 

  Dimension

  Weight: 20.00 lbs

  Condition

  Linen-backed; not examined out of frame. 

• Provenance

  Sold in these rooms as lot 397 in The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes, Part I on Feb. 24, 2024. 

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