Set Reminder2022-03-26 12:00:002022-03-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part II https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/salon-de-magie-the-klosterman-collection-part-ii-21954 Our second sale from Ken Klosterman's world famous collection of magicana, The Salon de Magie, is slated for March 26, 2022.
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Robert-Houdin, Jean Eug?ne. Important Autograph Letter Written to Jean-Pierre Dantan. Dated February 9, 1849, the famed ?Father of modern magic? writes to his friend, the noted French artist and sculptor. Translated in full, the letter reads: ?My dear Dantan, I send you these two seats for my first representation, if you could come I would be pleased; friendly faces give me courage when it is necessary. It is so long I did not perform it (cost) me a little, I have been sick since a few days, I am doing better. If you could come let me know by mail.? On one sheet of Soirees Fantastiques de Robert-Houdin letterhead. Framed to 12 ? x 8 ??. Contemporary note in upper left in ink. Signed in ink, ?Robert-Houdin.? Rare.