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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HERRMANN, Alexander (1844?96).?HERRMANN THE EMINENT PRESTIDIGITATEUR HANDBILL.?New York: Liebler & Maass, ca. 1890. Folded lithographed handbill or brochure picturing the Mephistophelean conjurer in a bust portrait on the front, a scene with a devil, skeleton, and damsel drinking wine on the rear, and images of the Cremation, New Black Art, and Strobeika illusions on the interior. 5? ? 35/8". Old central fold, chips in borders. RARE; the first example we have encountered.