Set Reminder2024-06-08 12:00:002024-06-08 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Magicana: Featuring the Collection of Peter Hackhofer https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/magicana-featuring-the-collection-of-peter-hackhofer-21905 This sale will highlight selected material from the collection of the late Peter Hackhofer. Built up over several decades as a dealer and seeker of the unusual, his holdings included an extensive library, unusual stone lithographs from the great illusion shows of yesteryear, and art of all types with a magic theme.
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CLARK, Keith (Pierre-Jacques Fays, 1908 ? 1979). Manuscript and Drafts of The Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks. Circa 1935. Approximately 1000 4to sheets both typed and in longhand, together comprising the first edition in manuscript/draft form of Clark?s seminal work on tricks with cigarettes first published in 1937. Included are countless hand-corrected typed chapters for the work, along with dozens of preparatory sketches, suggested cover designs, drawings for the action of ?tonguing? a cigarette, and hundreds of pages of notes and drafts of complete chapters in Clark?s hand.Manuscripts for classic instructional textbooks are uncommon in the magic field. See also lots 224-5 for memorabilia from Clark?s long stage career as both a musician and magician.