Set Reminder2021-10-30 12:00:002021-10-30 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/salon-de-magie-the-klosterman-collection-part-i-21960 Potter and Potter is pleased to announce the first sale from Ken Klosterman's world famous collection of magicana, The Salon de Magie, on October 30, 2021.
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Elliott, Dr. James William. Dr. Elliott Experimental Pack of Cards. A pack of USPC 999 Steamboats bearing a typed label affixed to one side of the box stating, ?Experimental or ?practice? playing cards from the effects of the late Dr. James William Elliott, greatest card manipulator of his time, and originator of many brilliant sleights and effects used by present-day card experts. Died January 28th, 1920. Presented to The Worthington Collection by Clinton Burgess, New York.? The cards bear a series of numbers penciled on their backs. Burgess was largely responsible for the publication of Elliott?s Last Legacy, a controversial book of Dr. Elliott?s creations published several years after the Doctor?s death. The text was edited by Burgess, it was published by Houdini, who also considered himself a ?card king.?