Set Reminder2025-12-14 12:00:002025-12-14 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Winter Magic Auction: featuring the Collection of Max Maven https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/winter-magic-auction-featuring-the-collection-of-max-maven-21893 Orson Welles wrote of Max Maven: "Yours is the most original mind in magic." This December, Potter & Potter is pleased to offer the very sources of information that helped supply that original mind, in the form of Max Maven's extensive collection and working library.
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[DEVANT, David (1868?1941)]. Glasgow Society of Magicians (G.S.M.) Portrait. Glasgow: Studio Cecil, 1919. Oversized image of the Scottish magic club, with inscription verso dated 1956. Pictured are De Vega (Alex M. Stewart), Chris Van Bern, David Devant, Gustave Fasola, and Jack Ledair (each identified in pencil on the photo), among others. 9 ? x 11 ?. Scuffing, creasing, wear, and minor stains. Small loss to the upper right corner. [Together with] a 1947 summer season program for Maskelyne & Devant at the Westminster Theatre. [And] an advertisement for the book Wessex Wizardry by WM. G. Strickland (forward by Devant), with a short blurb from Devant. Stamped Los Angeles: Thayer Mfg. Co.