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We offer for sale vintage broadsides, prints, engravings and other ephemera of the past. Please note that many of the engravings, - taken from the Illustrated London News, Harpers Weekly and other periodicals of the nineteenth century - are over one hundred years old. These historical artifacts are a wonderful adjunct to any magic poster collection. Unless otherwise stated, all items are guaranteed as originals.

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ORIGINAL 19th CENT. ENGRAVINGS, BROADSIDES ETC.
Listed prices do not include postage and insurance.

["ILN"= Illust. London News; "FL"= Frank Leslie's; "GP"= Gleason's Pictorial; "WH"= Harpers Weekly]


"Amateur thought-reading"
ILN, Oct 19, 1889, $95


ANDERSON, JOHN HENRY
at Melodeon Boston,9/25/1852, GP. $95

ASIAN MAGICIAN performs "butterfly on fan"
$150


BALANCING GOAT
ILN, Oct. 1, 1864. $45


BISHOP, W. IRVING
ILN, 6/23/1883. $55


CAPTURE OF A SPIRIT
Feb 7, 1880, The Graphic. $75


CHRISTMAS CONJURER
ILN, 1880's.
SOLD


[COUNTRY CONJURER]
1890, Germany. $95


[CUPS AND BALLS], "A conjuror aboard the Rangoon"
ILN, Oct. 14, 1876. $45


CHINESE FORTUNE TELLER
ILN, April 26, 1879.
SOLD


DE LA MANO
all c.1880
(a) striking broadside. Yellow paper.$195
(b) narrow handbill, w/several cuts. Great piece. $125
(c)sm 1 page blue programme, nice illust. $25
(e) Broadside, wider than (b) $95



[Disembodied Voice] Explanation of this popular illusion. Early 19th century. $ 65


EGYPTIAN CONJUROR on Steamship
ILN 11/2/1889, $ 75.00



THE ESCAMOTEUR
19th c. French.
$375.00
 


FEMALE MAGICIAN WITH RIBBOMS - from a German magazine.
N.D., $350



[Fawkes the magician] 1841
page from English periodical with Fawkes engraving at upper right.
$ 175



HARRINGTON
1850 engraving of early New England magician and ventriloquist. $35


HYPNOSIS by Daumier
For the Robert Macaire series. $ 95  


“THE INDIAN JUGGLER”
English political cartoon. $195


INDIAN JUGGLERS
"A Plant" ILN 9/5/1891 2 pg. engraving, $125
 


INDIAN JUGGLERS
1813 print from Ackermann's. c. 9-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches. $ 75.00

 


INDIAN MAGICIAN with his boy
Late 19th century. $50



JAPANESE JUGGLERS
ILN, 2/23/1867, $55


JAPANESE JUGGLERS
Harper's Weekly, 1867, $85

 


[JUGGLER]
1889, Germany. $65
 

 


Juggler of the Chateau D'Eeau
classic English print, hand tinted, early 1800’s. SOLD
 


LASTANDISH
broadside, 19th century. $325


LEGERDEMAIN
Illustrations from Encyclopedia c.1800. $95 each


MACALLISTER, The Wizard
GP, 11/11/1851. $75



[MAGICIAN AT COUNTRY INN]
1892, opens to two full pages. $ 125



MASKELYNE & COOKE'S
Automata.ILN 10/19/1878. $75



MASKELYNE AND COOK
anti-spiritualistic entertainment, 1878, The Graphic, London. $100



MASKELYNE AND COOK
Caricature from British paper. $65



MATERIALIZING MEDIUMS - recognition of a spirit
FL, 5/12/1888. SOLD



DO MONDE ILUSTRATE
Patrizio, 1875. $65



PALACE MAGICIAN
Exquisite engraving of magician performing in French Salon. c.188
5 $150


 


[PEPPER'S GHOST]
HW, 4/2/1864. $85



PHANTASMAGORIA
$ 65


PHILIPPE
fantastic full portrait of this 19th century perfomer. $375


[POLITICAL CARTOON]
19th century French. King listens to soothsayer. Note cups and balls on table! $ 375


[POLITICAL CARTOON]
from Punch, 1876, with spirit cabinet theme. $85


[POLITICAL CARTOON]
King on stage performs as Bosco. $ 325
SOLD


[POLITICAL CARTOON]
President Chester A. Arthur as a magician. Full cover double page from Puck, 1881.
SOLD


[POLITICAL CARTOON]
1891, “Wizard of Westminster. Full color! $550



[POLITICAL CARTOON]
Inexhaustible bottle theme. $25


[POLITICAL CARTOON]
Magic cauldron $25



RIBBONS FROM MOUTH
Finely detailed engraving of magician in courtyard, 1876. $150


 


ROBERT HOUDIN
ILN, 12/23/1848. $75



ROBERT HOUDIN
Spectacular engraving of his act, 1865. SOLD



ROBERT HOUDIN
Suspension illusion, clipped from 19th century French newspaper. SOLD



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RICE
19th century broadside with cut of cannonballs from hat. Vent. figures are also depicted. Previously in the Egyptian Hall collection. $875


SNAKE CHARMERS IN INDIA
ILN, Dec.4, 1875. $35


SPIRIT CABINET
FL 5/12/1888 $65

SPIRITUALISM
Politician as spiritualist Puck, 1887.
$ 65



SPIRITUALISTS
"Spiritualism &its delusions," FL, 4/2/1888. $ 55 


SPIRITUALISTS
"Experiments in mind reading" FL, 12/23//1882, $45


STREET CONJURER IN ALGIERS
Performs Cups and Balls. ILN, 3/16/1895, $65
 

THREE CARD MONTE ON A TRAIN
The Graphic, large format, $ 125




TOP HAT AND TAILS
1894 classic image of magician, form German periodical. SOLD


[TRANSPOSITION/APPEARANCE]
1896, Germany. $75


TREWEY
Portait and various shadowgraphic images from French newspaper, 19th century. $95



TREWEY
Spectacular shadowgraphic images of politicians of the time. $150



TRIAL OF SLADE
ILN version, Oct. 21, 1876. SOLD


TRIAL OF SLADE the medium
The Graphic, 1876. $125


TRUNK ESCAPE EXPOSURE
matted. $55


ZAMLOCH - 1905 broadside on linen.
The engraving on this broadside is a classic nineteenth century image. Nicely mounted on linen. $625

 


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