Set Reminder2024-08-17 12:00:002024-08-17 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection Part III https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-part-iii-21901 Our final offering from the collection of Ricky Jay will be a collection of curious characters; an anomalous auction of extraordinary objects advertising learned pigs, fireproof women, and so much more.
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FOX, Richard K. (1846 ? 1922). The Richard K. Fox Purchasing and Supply Dep?t. Sporting, Athletic and Gymnasium Goods. New York: Richard K. Fox, [1890]. Colored pictorial wraps, profusion of illustrations. Tall 8vo. 336pp. Rear wrap detached. Sold together with six illustrated handbills issued by Fox, including one advertising a ?Magical Trick Bank.? A thick trade catalog the likes of which would only be surpassed by Johnson & Smith in the twentieth century. This book was issued by the publisher of the Police Gazette and includes magic lanterns, practical jokes, numerous magic tricks (using Peck & Snyder woodcuts), gambling supplies, and games, puzzles, and a host of other novel goods.