Set Reminder2023-02-25 12:00:002023-02-25 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-21935 This was Potter & Potter's first sale from the singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera.
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TREWEY, F?licien (1848 ? 1920). PORTRAITS OF F?LICIEN TREWEY. Paris: Photo du Globe, ca. 1890. Four images of the famed French juggler, pantomimist, and magician with a newspaper in his hands; in the fourth image, he reacts to the news. Boudoir card format with photographer?s printed mount, 8 ? x 5 1/8?. Old notation in lower margin, minor foxing. Though best remembered as a variety entertainer of great skill ? Trewey was the self-proclaimed ?master? of hand shadows, chapeaugraphy, juggling and balancing feats, mimicry, and magic tricks ? he was also an early exhibitor of motion pictures under the auspices of his friend Louis Lumi?re.