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8:00 AM PT - Jun 28th, 2009

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Leslie C. Smith Master Craftsman & Collector

282 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
(Apparatus) 5th Dimential

, May be Dell or Himber. Stainless card frame. Four torn corners...

400
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600
2
Lot 2
(Advertising) Hundreds of brochures


**WITHDRAWN** (Advertising) Hundreds of brochures and...

300
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600
3
Lot 3
(Albo, Robert) The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs

Video Set (with booklet) with The Magic Shop of the West Video...

250
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500
4
Lot 4
(Albo, Robert) Ten Vol.: Classic Magic W/ Apparatus


(Albo, Robert) Ten Volumes: Classic Magic With Apparatus. A...

3,000
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5,000
5
Lot 5
(Alexander) The Life and Mysteries of the Celebrate

d Dr. Q. 1921 first edition. Inscribed by Alexander to Carl Owen...

150
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250
6
Lot 6
(Apparatus) Three Items: Appearing Bird Cages.

Merv Taylor, ca. 1952. Three cages: 8 -inch, 14-inch, 18-inch...

700
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1,000
7
Lot 7
Four Volumes: Australian imprints

. Tricks & Diversions With Cards, Sydney, no date, chipped, spine...

150
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250
8
Lot 8
Autograph Book - Houdini, Thayer, Keating, Abbott


Autograph Book. An autograph book containing the autographs of...

100
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300
9
Lot 9
(Bacon, Francis) Sylva Sylvarum Sive Historia Natur

alis. No date (presumably 17th century), in Latin. (For English...

200
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400
10
Lot 10
(Apparatus) Ball Vase and Mallet

. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1930. Beautiful turnings by Floyd...

1,500
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2,000
11
Lot 11
(Apparatus) Ballot Box

. Carl Owen, Owen Magic, ca. 1967. Three different colored balls...

300
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600
12
Lot 12
(Apparatus) Two Items: Ballot Box and Divination

. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1930. BalBox: performer holds the...

800
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1,400
13
Lot 13
(Bambergs) Three Volumes: Quality Magic, 1921

, original pictorial boards, inscribed "very sincerely yours...

200
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300
14
Lot 14
(Bamberg & Parrish) Okito On Magic, 1952 Edward Dr

ane first edition. Deluxe edition, #76 of 200 numbered copies in...

200
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300
15
Lot 15
(Bertram, Charles) Isn't It Wonderful?

London, 1896. The deluxe, large paper edition in a special...

200
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400
16
Lot 16
(Bertram, Charles) Two Volumes: Isn't It Wonderful

, London 1896 with A Magician In Many Lands, London 1911. Both in...

200
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300
17
Lot 17
(Apparatus) Billiard Ball Rack

with complete set of Billiard Balls (4) and Shell. Thayer, Thayer...

500
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700
18
Lot 18
(Apparatus) Three Items: Billiard Ball Set

. 1 Klingo Balls Set. 1 Diminishing Billiard Ball. Thayer, Thayer...

500
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700
19
Lot 19
(Bibliography) Five Volumes: Biblio. of Conjuring


(Bibliography) Five Volumes: Bibliography of Conjuring, Serial No...

300
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500
20
Lot 20
(Biography) Two Vol: Devant's Delightful Delusions


(Biography) Two Volumes: Devant's Delightful Delusions by S. H...

200
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400
21
Lot 21
(Biography) Six Volumes: It's Fun To Be Fooled

by Horace Goldin, London, no date, first edition; Nothing Up My...

400
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600
22
Lot 22
(Poster) Blackstone, Harry Sr. Blackstone Orienta

l Nights. Erie Pennsylvania, Erie Lithograph Company, 1918. Size...

3,000
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4,000
23
Lot 23
(Catalog) Mr. Bland catalog

. About 1890, 144 pages, pictorial and printed boards.

200
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300
24
Lot 24
(Apparatus) Blue Phantom

. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1935. A blue checker jumps from top to...

400
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600
25
Lot 25
(Apparatus) Blue Phantom

. Carl Owen, Owen Magic, ca. 1968. Stack of checkers, the blue...

400
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600
26
Lot 26
(Apparatus) Three Items: Bob Stull Genie Silk Tube

. Holmes Egg Pan. Chrome Metal Pixie Box. Great pieces to add to a...

600
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800
27
Lot 27
(Bookplates) A wonderful album

containing about 150 magician's bookplates, dealer stickers and a...

300
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600
28
Lot 28
(Booth, John) Ten Vol: John Booth Book Collection


(Booth, John) Ten Volumes: John Booth Book Collection, 8 inscribed...

300
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500
29
Lot 29
Boy's Own Conjuring Book

. Dick & Fitzgerald, New York, dated 1860 on title page. Original...

100
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200
30
Lot 30
(Apparatus) Brahman Rice Bowls

. Petrie-Lewis Mfg, ca. 1960. Spun brass bowls that change from...

200
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400
31
Lot 31
(Buckley, Arthur) Three Volumes: Card Control

, 1946 second edition, enlarged: Principles and Deceptions...

100
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150
32
Lot 32
(Buffum, Richard) The Brema Brasses

, 1981, #164 of 350 copies numbered and signed by the author. This...

150
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250
33
Lot 33
(Burlingame, H.J.) Three Volumes: Around The World

With A Magician And A Juggler, Chicago 1891; Leaves From...

300
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500
34
Lot 34
(Apparatus) Cannon Ball Vase

. Owen Magic, ca. 1982. This work of art turned personally by L.C...

2,000
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4,000
35
Lot 35
(Apparatus) Two Items: Card Box. Double Cigarette

Loads. Merv Taylor, ca. 1950. One of the premiere builders of...

300
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500
36
Lot 36
(Apparatus) The Card Cutter

. The Owen Magic Card Trimmer and Re-Cornering Signature Set. ca...

3,000
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4,000
37
Lot 37
(Apparatus) 3 Items: Card Houlette

. Lock Flap Card Box. Slate of Fate. Owen Magic, ca...

300
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600
38
Lot 38
(Apparatus) The Card Ladder

. ca. 1924. Recreated by Owen Magic, 1992. Manufactured to the...

4,000
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7,000
39
Lot 39
(Card Magic) 37 Volumes: Expert Card Technique


(Card Magic) Thirty Seven Volumes: Expert Card Technique by Jean...

500
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1,000
40
Lot 40
(Apparatus) Four Items: Card Sand Frame

, Small and Large. Locking Card Box. Card Houlette. Thayer, Thayer...

700
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1,000
41
Lot 41
(Playing Cards) Nine Volumes: The Devil's Picture

Books by Mrs. Van Rensselaer, London 1892; Prophetical...

250
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400
42
Lot 42
(Apparatus) Card Tripod. Petrie-Lewis Mfg

, ca. 1940. A selected card is torn up and placed on the tripod...

100
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300
43
Lot 43
(Catalogs relating to books) Nine Catalogs: "Magic

ana": An Illustrated Catalogue of Books, No. 3, by A. Margery; A...

150
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250
44
Lot 44
(Catalog Reprints) Four Catalogs: Ernest Basch, #1

05 of 250; Mr. Bland, #45 of 250; Otto Mauer, #62 of...

150
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250
45
Lot 45
(Caveney, Mike) Carter The Great. 1995. #218

Of 1000 numbered copies, this inscribed "To My Mentor Les Smith...

300
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600
46
Lot 46
(Caveney, Mike) Three Volumes: The Great Leon

, presentation copy with Showmanship for Conjurors by The Great...

200
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400
47
Lot 47
(Apparatus) Change Bag

. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1937. This beautiful classic utility...

200
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400
48
Lot 48
(Chapuis, Alfred and Edmond Droz) 2 Vol: Automata


(Chapuis, Alfred and Edmond Droz) Two Volumes: Automata: A...

250
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400
49
Lot 49
(Charvet, David) Jack Gwynne, 1986, hardbound

first edition, #228 Of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author.

200
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400
50
Lot 50
(Chatto, William) Facts and Speculations

on the Origin and History of Playing Cards. London 1848. Bound in...

200
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300
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