Set Reminder2023-02-25 12:00:002023-02-25 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-21935 This was Potter & Potter's first sale from the singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera.
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BOGARDUS, Adam (1834 ? 1913). Capt. A.H. Bogardus & Son Eugene. New York: Metropolitan Litho, 1880. Half-sheet monochrome stone lithograph bearing a central full-length portrait of the sharpshooter and his son, surrounded by vignettes of various trick rifle shots, including shooting backward over the shoulder with the aid of a looking glass. 24 x 19?. Laid down to flexible cardstock, a few areas spotted and repaired; B+/A-. Bogardus and his sons traveled with the Buffalo Bill show. He is credited with the invention of the ridged glass ball trap, as well as the popularization, in part, of trap shooting as a sport.