Set Reminder2024-02-24 12:00:002024-02-24 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-collection-of-edwin-a-dawes-part-i-21912 Equal parts scholar, author, historian, professor, and magician, Edwin Dawes was a singular figure in the world of magic and magicians, and the most prolific chronicler of conjuring history in the twentieth century.
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COOKE, Alfred (1877 - 1960). Embossed Business Card Case, Cards, and Handwritten ?Comp? Pass. Circa 1898. A leather business card case with unusual metal spring-loaded closure and ivorine internal tab, together with three engraved business cards for Cooke along with the words ?Maskelyne & Cooke.? On the verso of one card is his inked notation to his father, George Cooke, who was Maskelyne?s partner at the Egyptian Hall: ?Mr. Cooke / Complimentary and will you kindly pass / Mrs. Cooke and friend / A.S.C.?