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Leslie C. Smith Master Craftsman & Collector
8:00 AM PT - Jun 28th, 2009

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Owen Magic in conjuction with Auction Results

734 N. McKeever Ave
Azusa, CA 91702
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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**WITHDRAWN** (Advertising) Hundreds of brochures and misce...

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 S...

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 Celebrated 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. S...

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 ...

100
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300
9 Lot 9

(Bacon, Francis) Sylva Sylvarum Sive Historia Naturalis. No date (presumably 17th century), in Latin. (For English v...

200
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400
10 Lot 10

(Apparatus) Ball Vase and Mallet. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1930. Beautiful turnings by Floyd Tha...

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 bal...

800
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1,400
13 Lot 13

(Bambergs) Three Volumes: Quality Magic, 1921, original pictorial boards, inscribed "very sincerely yours, Oki...

200
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300
14 Lot 14

(Bamberg & Parrish) Okito On Magic, 1952 Edward Drane 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 bindi...

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, Thaye...

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, Seri...

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....

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 Oriental 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 t...

400
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600
25 Lot 25

(Apparatus) Blue Phantom. Carl Owen, Owen Magic, ca. 1968. Stack of checkers, the blue ch...

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 ...

600
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800
27 Lot 27

(Bookplates) A wonderful album containing about 150 magician's bookplates, dealer stickers and ...

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 ins...

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 r...

200
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400
31 Lot 31

(Buckley, Arthur) Three Volumes: Card Control, 1946 second edition, enlarged: Principles and Deceptions, 1948 ...

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. Thi...

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 Conjure...

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 ma...

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. 1980. Houlet...

300
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600
38 Lot 38

(Apparatus) The Card Ladder. ca. 1924. Recreated by Owen Magic, 1992. Manufactured to the sa...

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 ...

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, Thaye...

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, Educatio...

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: "Magicana": 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, #105 of 250; Mr. Bland, #45 of 250; Otto Mauer, #62 of 250; Crambro...

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 L...

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 H...

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 i...

200
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300
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