Set Reminder2024-06-08 12:00:002024-06-08 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Magicana: Featuring the Collection of Peter Hackhofer https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/magicana-featuring-the-collection-of-peter-hackhofer-21905 This sale will highlight selected material from the collection of the late Peter Hackhofer. Built up over several decades as a dealer and seeker of the unusual, his holdings included an extensive library, unusual stone lithographs from the great illusion shows of yesteryear, and art of all types with a magic theme.
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[PULPS]. Group of 8 magic pulps. V.p., 19th century. Including: two Frank Tousey ?How To? guides (How To Do Tricks; How To Do Sleight of Hand); Conjuring; or Magic Made Easy (New York: New York Popular Publishing, ca. 1880); The Great Wizards? Hand Book of Magic, or Parlour Entertainment; The Parlor Conjurer (Johnson Smith); Wonderful Book of Conjuring Tricks (on brittle, thin paper with scattered losses and stains); and (2) ?Physique Amusante? (originally inserted with 19th century magic sets). 8vo and 12mo. Condition fair to very good.