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8:00 AM PT - Jun 28th, 2009
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Leslie C. Smith Master Craftsman & Collector
282 items
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| 1 |
, May be Dell or Himber. Stainless card frame. Four torn corners... |
400 - 600 |
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| 2 |
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300 - 600 |
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| 3 |
Video Set (with booklet) with The Magic Shop of the West Video... |
250 - 500 |
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| 4 |
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3,000 - 5,000 |
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| 5 |
d Dr. Q. 1921 first edition. Inscribed by Alexander to Carl Owen... |
150 - 250 |
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| 6 |
Merv Taylor, ca. 1952. Three cages: 8 -inch, 14-inch, 18-inch... |
700 - 1,000 |
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| 7 |
. Tricks & Diversions With Cards, Sydney, no date, chipped, spine... |
150 - 250 |
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| 8 |
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100 - 300 |
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| 9 |
alis. No date (presumably 17th century), in Latin. (For English... |
200 - 400 |
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| 10 |
. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1930. Beautiful turnings by Floyd... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
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| 11 |
. Carl Owen, Owen Magic, ca. 1967. Three different colored balls... |
300 - 600 |
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| 12 |
. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1930. BalBox: performer holds the... |
800 - 1,400 |
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| 13 |
, original pictorial boards, inscribed "very sincerely yours... |
200 - 300 |
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| 14 |
ane first edition. Deluxe edition, #76 of 200 numbered copies in... |
200 - 300 |
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| 15 |
London, 1896. The deluxe, large paper edition in a special... |
200 - 400 |
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| 16 |
, London 1896 with A Magician In Many Lands, London 1911. Both in... |
200 - 300 |
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| 17 |
with complete set of Billiard Balls (4) and Shell. Thayer, Thayer... |
500 - 700 |
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| 18 |
. 1 Klingo Balls Set. 1 Diminishing Billiard Ball. Thayer, Thayer... |
500 - 700 |
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| 19 |
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300 - 500 |
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| 20 |
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200 - 400 |
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| 21 |
by Horace Goldin, London, no date, first edition; Nothing Up My... |
400 - 600 |
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| 22 |
l Nights. Erie Pennsylvania, Erie Lithograph Company, 1918. Size... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
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| 23 |
. About 1890, 144 pages, pictorial and printed boards. |
200 - 300 |
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| 24 |
. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1935. A blue checker jumps from top to... |
400 - 600 |
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| 25 |
. Carl Owen, Owen Magic, ca. 1968. Stack of checkers, the blue... |
400 - 600 |
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| 26 |
. Holmes Egg Pan. Chrome Metal Pixie Box. Great pieces to add to a... |
600 - 800 |
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| 27 |
containing about 150 magician's bookplates, dealer stickers and a... |
300 - 600 |
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| 28 |
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300 - 500 |
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| 29 |
. Dick & Fitzgerald, New York, dated 1860 on title page. Original... |
100 - 200 |
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| 30 |
. Petrie-Lewis Mfg, ca. 1960. Spun brass bowls that change from... |
200 - 400 |
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| 31 |
, 1946 second edition, enlarged: Principles and Deceptions... |
100 - 150 |
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| 32 |
, 1981, #164 of 350 copies numbered and signed by the author. This... |
150 - 250 |
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| 33 |
With A Magician And A Juggler, Chicago 1891; Leaves From... |
300 - 500 |
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| 34 |
. Owen Magic, ca. 1982. This work of art turned personally by L.C... |
2,000 - 4,000 |
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| 35 |
Loads. Merv Taylor, ca. 1950. One of the premiere builders of... |
300 - 500 |
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| 36 |
. The Owen Magic Card Trimmer and Re-Cornering Signature Set. ca... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
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| 37 |
. Lock Flap Card Box. Slate of Fate. Owen Magic, ca... |
300 - 600 |
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| 38 |
. ca. 1924. Recreated by Owen Magic, 1992. Manufactured to the... |
4,000 - 7,000 |
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| 39 |
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500 - 1,000 |
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| 40 |
, Small and Large. Locking Card Box. Card Houlette. Thayer, Thayer... |
700 - 1,000 |
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| 41 |
Books by Mrs. Van Rensselaer, London 1892; Prophetical... |
250 - 400 |
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| 42 |
, ca. 1940. A selected card is torn up and placed on the tripod... |
100 - 300 |
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| 43 |
ana": An Illustrated Catalogue of Books, No. 3, by A. Margery; A... |
150 - 250 |
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| 44 |
05 of 250; Mr. Bland, #45 of 250; Otto Mauer, #62 of... |
150 - 250 |
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| 45 |
Of 1000 numbered copies, this inscribed "To My Mentor Les Smith... |
300 - 600 |
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| 46 |
, presentation copy with Showmanship for Conjurors by The Great... |
200 - 400 |
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| 47 |
. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1937. This beautiful classic utility... |
200 - 400 |
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| 48 |
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250 - 400 |
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| 49 |
first edition, #228 Of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author. |
200 - 400 |
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| 50 |
on the Origin and History of Playing Cards. London 1848. Bound in... |
200 - 300 |
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