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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STONE, Solomon.?THREE BOOKS ON LIGHTNING CALCULATION AND TRICK MATHEMATICS.?Including: Solomon Stone?s Marvelous Mental Calculator. New York: NY Popular Publishing, ca. 1880. Hand-colored pictorial wraps. ? Sol. Stone?s Short Cut Arithmetic or Figures Made Easy. Circa 1880. Yellow pictorial wraps (half of lower lacking). ? and another, in orange pictorial wraps with an image of Stone at the blackboard on the front and a bust portrait on the verso. Together three ephemeral works describing a host of shortcuts and arithmetical tricks used by Stone throughout his career on Barnum?s sideshow and elsewhere. See?Exemplars, page 238.