Auction details
Leslie C. Smith Master Craftsman & Collector
8:00 AM PT - Jun 28th, 2009
offered by
Owen Magic in conjuction with Auction Results
Azusa, CA 91702

Auction Description
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Bid Increments
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| 30 | 10 |
| 100 | 25 |
| 500 | 50 |
| 1000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 200 |
| 6000 | 500 |
| 10000 | 1000 |
| 20000 | 2000 |
| 50000 | 10000 |
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282 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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| 1 |
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(Apparatus) 5th Dimential, May be Dell or Himber. Stainless card frame. Four torn corners ... |
400 - 600 |
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| 2 |
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(Advertising) Hundreds of brochures |
300 - 600 |
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| 3 |
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(Albo, Robert) The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs Video Set (with booklet) with The Magic Shop of the West Video S... |
250 - 500 |
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| 4 |
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(Albo, Robert) Ten Vol.: Classic Magic W/ Apparatus |
3,000 - 5,000 |
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| 5 |
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(Alexander) The Life and Mysteries of the Celebrated Dr. Q. 1921 first edition. Inscribed by Alexander to Carl Owen,... |
150 - 250 |
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| 6 |
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(Apparatus) Three Items: Appearing Bird Cages. Merv Taylor, ca. 1952. Three cages: 8 -inch, 14-inch, 18-inch. S... |
700 - 1,000 |
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| 7 |
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Four Volumes: Australian imprints. Tricks & Diversions With Cards, Sydney, no date, chipped, spine... |
150 - 250 |
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| 8 |
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Autograph Book - Houdini, Thayer, Keating, Abbott |
100 - 300 |
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| 9 |
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(Bacon, Francis) Sylva Sylvarum Sive Historia Naturalis. No date (presumably 17th century), in Latin. (For English v... |
200 - 400 |
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| 10 |
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(Apparatus) Ball Vase and Mallet. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1930. Beautiful turnings by Floyd Tha... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
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| 11 |
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(Apparatus) Ballot Box. Carl Owen, Owen Magic, ca. 1967. Three different colored balls ... |
300 - 600 |
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| 12 |
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(Apparatus) Two Items: Ballot Box and Divination. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1930. BalBox: performer holds the bal... |
800 - 1,400 |
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| 13 |
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(Bambergs) Three Volumes: Quality Magic, 1921, original pictorial boards, inscribed "very sincerely yours, Oki... |
200 - 300 |
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| 14 |
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(Bamberg & Parrish) Okito On Magic, 1952 Edward Drane first edition. Deluxe edition, #76 of 200 numbered copies in ... |
200 - 300 |
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| 15 |
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(Bertram, Charles) Isn't It Wonderful? London, 1896. The deluxe, large paper edition in a special bindi... |
200 - 400 |
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| 16 |
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(Bertram, Charles) Two Volumes: Isn't It Wonderful, London 1896 with A Magician In Many Lands, London 1911. Both in... |
200 - 300 |
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| 17 |
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(Apparatus) Billiard Ball Rack with complete set of Billiard Balls (4) and Shell. Thayer, Thaye... |
500 - 700 |
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| 18 |
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(Apparatus) Three Items: Billiard Ball Set. 1 Klingo Balls Set. 1 Diminishing Billiard Ball. Thayer, Thayer... |
500 - 700 |
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| 19 |
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(Bibliography) Five Volumes: Biblio. of Conjuring |
300 - 500 |
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| 20 |
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(Biography) Two Vol: Devant's Delightful Delusions |
200 - 400 |
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| 21 |
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(Biography) Six Volumes: It's Fun To Be Fooled by Horace Goldin, London, no date, first edition; Nothing Up My ... |
400 - 600 |
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| 22 |
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(Poster) Blackstone, Harry Sr. Blackstone Oriental Nights. Erie Pennsylvania, Erie Lithograph Company, 1918. Size ... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
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| 23 |
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(Catalog) Mr. Bland catalog. About 1890, 144 pages, pictorial and printed boards. |
200 - 300 |
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| 24 |
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(Apparatus) Blue Phantom. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1935. A blue checker jumps from top t... |
400 - 600 |
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| 25 |
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(Apparatus) Blue Phantom. Carl Owen, Owen Magic, ca. 1968. Stack of checkers, the blue ch... |
400 - 600 |
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| 26 |
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(Apparatus) Three Items: Bob Stull Genie Silk Tube. Holmes Egg Pan. Chrome Metal Pixie Box. Great pieces to add to ... |
600 - 800 |
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| 27 |
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(Bookplates) A wonderful album containing about 150 magician's bookplates, dealer stickers and ... |
300 - 600 |
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| 28 |
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(Booth, John) Ten Vol: John Booth Book Collection |
300 - 500 |
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| 29 |
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Boy's Own Conjuring Book. Dick & Fitzgerald, New York, dated 1860 on title page. Original... |
100 - 200 |
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| 30 |
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(Apparatus) Brahman Rice Bowls. Petrie-Lewis Mfg, ca. 1960. Spun brass bowls that change from r... |
200 - 400 |
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| 31 |
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(Buckley, Arthur) Three Volumes: Card Control, 1946 second edition, enlarged: Principles and Deceptions, 1948 ... |
100 - 150 |
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| 32 |
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(Buffum, Richard) The Brema Brasses, 1981, #164 of 350 copies numbered and signed by the author. Thi... |
150 - 250 |
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| 33 |
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(Burlingame, H.J.) Three Volumes: Around The World With A Magician And A Juggler, Chicago 1891; Leaves From Conjure... |
300 - 500 |
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| 34 |
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(Apparatus) Cannon Ball Vase. Owen Magic, ca. 1982. This work of art turned personally by L.C... |
2,000 - 4,000 |
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| 35 |
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(Apparatus) Two Items: Card Box. Double Cigarette Loads. Merv Taylor, ca. 1950. One of the premiere builders of ma... |
300 - 500 |
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| 36 |
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(Apparatus) The Card Cutter. The Owen Magic Card Trimmer and Re-Cornering Signature Set. ca.... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
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| 37 |
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(Apparatus) 3 Items: Card Houlette. Lock Flap Card Box. Slate of Fate. Owen Magic, ca. 1980. Houlet... |
300 - 600 |
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| 38 |
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(Apparatus) The Card Ladder. ca. 1924. Recreated by Owen Magic, 1992. Manufactured to the sa... |
4,000 - 7,000 |
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| 39 |
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(Card Magic) 37 Volumes: Expert Card Technique |
500 - 1,000 |
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| 40 |
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(Apparatus) Four Items: Card Sand Frame, Small and Large. Locking Card Box. Card Houlette. Thayer, Thaye... |
700 - 1,000 |
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| 41 |
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(Playing Cards) Nine Volumes: The Devil's Picture Books by Mrs. Van Rensselaer, London 1892; Prophetical, Educatio... |
250 - 400 |
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| 42 |
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(Apparatus) Card Tripod. Petrie-Lewis Mfg, ca. 1940. A selected card is torn up and placed on the tripod. ... |
100 - 300 |
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| 43 |
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(Catalogs relating to books) Nine Catalogs: "Magicana": An Illustrated Catalogue of Books, No. 3, by A. Margery; A.... |
150 - 250 |
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| 44 |
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(Catalog Reprints) Four Catalogs: Ernest Basch, #105 of 250; Mr. Bland, #45 of 250; Otto Mauer, #62 of 250; Crambro... |
150 - 250 |
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| 45 |
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(Caveney, Mike) Carter The Great. 1995. #218 Of 1000 numbered copies, this inscribed "To My Mentor Les Smith.... |
300 - 600 |
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| 46 |
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(Caveney, Mike) Three Volumes: The Great Leon, presentation copy with Showmanship for Conjurors by The Great L... |
200 - 400 |
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| 47 |
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(Apparatus) Change Bag. Thayer, Thayer Magic, ca. 1937. This beautiful classic utility ... |
200 - 400 |
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| 48 |
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(Chapuis, Alfred and Edmond Droz) 2 Vol: Automata |
250 - 400 |
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| 49 |
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(Charvet, David) Jack Gwynne, 1986, hardbound first edition, #228 Of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author... |
200 - 400 |
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| 50 |
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(Chatto, William) Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards. London 1848. Bound i... |
200 - 300 |



















































