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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DONALDSON, Washington Harrison (1840?75).?WIZARD OF THE EAST. GIFT EXHIBITION.?Philadelphia: U.S. Book and Job Print, ca. 1864. Handsome letterpress broadside with three attractive woodcuts advertising a performance in Poughkeepsie New York at the Pines Hall. In addition to conjuring feats, the Wizard presents ventriloquism and ?the great act of impaling the human body to a board with huge knives.? 22? ? 8". Marginal stains, else very good. Donaldson, who was both a daredevil and magician, lost his life in a balloon ascension in 1875.