Set Reminder2023-06-17 12:00:002023-06-17 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Summer Magic Auction https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/summer-magic-auction-21927 Our summer sale was an extravaganza of vintage and modern magic apparatus, featuring further selections from the collections of Jim Deloach and William Trotter. Rarities from the shops of P&L, Abbott's, Collector's Workshop, Thayer, Okito, and others will cross the block.
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[RAYMOND-GIBSON, Litzka (1901-1996)]. [BOUCHAUD, Sally (1931?2022), artist]. Original Oil Painting Portrait of The Great Litzka Performing with her Trained Rooster, ?China Boy.? [N.d., ca. 1970s]. Oil on canvas, small cloth mat with plaque (?Litzka Raymond Gibson?). Framed to 43 x 31?. Signed by Bouchaud at the lower right corner. On the verso of the painting is a taped note: ?On Loan to Ray Goulet - Museum of Magic - Watertown, MA? with Raucher?s sticker beneath this note. Fine. Author William Rauscher was a close friend of Raymond-Gibson?s husband, Walter B. Gibson (1897-1985), who commissioned this painting for Gibson. Litzka was a successful stage magician and harpist in her own right (her act included ?China Boy,? who would assist her with card tricks).