Set Reminder2023-02-25 12:00:002023-02-25 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-21935 This was Potter & Potter's first sale from the singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera.
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ETHARDO, Signor (1825 ? 1911). Hippodrome. Ethardo, Abachi & Mazus. Paris: Emile Levy, (1883). Lithograph in colors depicts the ascension of Ethardo ? perched atop a wooden and iron ball 30 inches in diameter ? up a 50-foot-tall spiral, as well as the precarious balancing feats of the ?Arab? contortionists Abachi & Mazus at the top of a pyramid-like structure made of graduated wooden blocks; the pair would balance, one on the back of the other, the lowermost acrobat balancing with one hand atop a large bottle. 24 x 15 ??. Corner chips, lower left clipped. Tax stamp at upper left. A-.