Set Reminder2021-06-19 12:00:002021-06-19 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Summer Magic Auction https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/summer-magic-auction-21966 Our June sale of magicana brought an array of ephemera dating to the Victorian era and beyond, features props and memorabilia from the careers of many heroes of magic, includes a wide array of choice and concludes with the third offering vintage and modern magic apparatus from the collection and workshop of Rüdiger Deutsch.
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[Magic Circle] Engraved Magic Circle Medallions of Essler Kessen. A pair of Magic Circle medallions engraved for Kessen, a society entertainer based in London. The smaller his M.M.C. medallion hanging from a blue silk ribbon and engraved in 1917, and the larger hanging from a red ribbon engraved with the date of his acceptance as a M.I.M.C. (Member of the Inner Magic Circle). Sold with an advertising brochure for Kessen, replete with press notices and Royal endorsements.Kessen, almost unknown to magicians of today, is cited by Cardini?s biographer, John Fisher as one of the performers who inspired the Suave Deceiver to become a professional magician.