Set Reminder2023-10-28 12:00:002023-10-28 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection Part II https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-part-ii-21921 Unusual relics were the hallmark of Ricky Jay's storied collection. This second auction from his archives features an astonishing array of the fantastic, the funny, and the flabbergasting.
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BUCK, J.M.?THE SEVENTH WEEK OF THE INEXHAUSTIBLE BOTTLE!!! ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL TO BE THE WONDER OF THE WORLD!!?Bristol: J.G. Powell, Printer, 1850s. Handsome pictorial letterpress broadside for this itinerant conjurer presenting the ?Any Drink Called For? routine popularized by Anderson and Robert-Houdin, in which water is poured into a bottle, but five different liquors are then poured out of it on command. Attractive woodcut of Buck on stage in the upper third, with the image of several demons toting bottle-shaped placards below. Also advertised is the ?Ethereal Suspension.? 29? ? 9?". One chip expertly repaired; A-. Linen backed.