Sold2017Typed Letter Signed to Betty Jane Kolar.Thurston, Howard. Typed Letter Signed to Betty Jane Kolar. Chicago: April 10, 1930. On one sheet of Thurston’s letterhead, a note from Erlanger Theatre expressing his hope to meet with Betty Jane beSee Sold Price
Sold2017THURSTON, HOWARD. Thurston. World's Greatest Magician.Cincinnati: The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1909. Full color lithograph portrays Kellar's successor performing a rapid transposition illusion with the assistance of imps and gnomes. Assistants appear and dSee Sold Price
Sold2017Portrait of Howard Thurston, Inscribed to F.E. Powell.Thurston, Howard. Portrait of Howard Thurston, Inscribed to F.E. Powell. Columbus: Baker Art Gallery, ca. 1934. Handsome three-quarter length portrait of Thurston in a three-piece suit. Framed to an oSee Sold Price
Sold2019Howard Thurston Signed Neptune Motion Picture Effects,Thurston Howard Howard Thurston Signed Neptune Motion Picture Effects, Inc. Certificate A stock certificate from Neptune Motion Picture Effects, Inc. signed by Howard Thurston (1869-1936), the renowneSee Sold Price
Sold2017Thurston, Howard. Thurston the Great Magician.Thurston, Howard. Thurston the Great Magician. Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1926. Color lithograph panel poster bearing the portrait of a menacing devil figure whose hands extend below, grasping at impSee Sold Price
Sold2016Thurston, Howard. Thurston Pocket Mirror. Circa 1910.Thurston, Howard. Thurston Pocket Mirror. Circa 1910. Celluloid-backed oval souvenir pocket mirror (2 ¾ x ¾" at widest points) bearing a bust portrait of Thurston with imps whispering in his ears. MSee Sold Price
Sold2017Thurston Tan San Tonic Throw-Out Card.Thurston, Howard. Thurston Tan San Tonic Throw-Out Card. Late 1900s or 1910s. Recto bearing a halftone portrait of Thurston above the text: “Thurston/World’s Master Magician." Verso bearing Tan SaSee Sold Price
Sold2018Lot of Five Cut Signatures of Famous Magicians.[Autographs] Lot of Five Cut Signatures of Famous Magicians. Including Howard Thurston, Alexander Herrmann (2), Harry Kellar, and Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Largest 3 ¼ x 5”.See Sold Price
Sold2017Thurston’s Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet.Thurston, Howard. Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet. Cleveland: The Otis Litho. Co, ca. 1928. Striking one-sheet poster depicts a Willys-Overland Car vanishing in mid-air at Thurston'See Sold Price
Sold2017Downs, T. Nelson. Autograph Letter Signed to HowardDowns, T. Nelson. Autograph Letter Signed to Howard Thurston Regarding "The Art of Magic." Marshalltown, Iowa, March 27, 1932. On a plain sheet of paper (11 x 8 ½"), in black fountain pen, regardingSee Sold Price
Sold2017Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet.Thurston, Howard. Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet. Cleveland: The Otis Litho. Co, ca. 1928. Striking one-sheet color lithograph poster depicts a Willy’s-Overland Car vanishing inSee Sold Price
Sold2017Herrmann, Adelaide. Portrait of Adelaide Herrmann asHerrmann, Adelaide. Portrait of Adelaide Herrmann as Cagliostro, a Gift to Howard Thurston. N.p., ca. 1908; inscribed 1935. Gelatin silver print full-length portrait of the Queen of Magic in wizard'sSee Sold Price
Sold2019Thurston Good Luck Souvenir Pocket Mirror.Thurston, Howard. Thurston Good Luck Souvenir Pocket Mirror. N.p., ca. 1910s. Oval celluloid pocket mirror depicts the magician with imps whispering in his ears. Mirror somewhat tarnished as expected;See Sold Price
Sold2017THURSTON, HOWARD. Do the Spirits Come Back? ThurstonCleveland: The Otis Litho. Co., ca. 1928. Thurston holds a skull in his outstretched hands. Smoke curls from its open eye sockets, and from it comes a spectral woman, demons, ringing bells, and ghostlSee Sold Price
Sold2023THURSTON, Howard (1869 – 1936). Thurston’s Greatest Mystery...THURSTON, Howard (1869 – 1936). Thurston’s Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet. [Cleveland: Otis Litho], ca. 1924. Striking one-sheet poster depicts a Willys-Overland Whippet automobilSee Sold Price
Sold2015Thurston, Howard. Do the Spirits Come Back? ThurstonThurston, Howard. Do the Spirits Come Back? Thurston the Great Magician. Cleveland, Otis Lithograph Company, ca. 1926. One-sheet (27 x 48”) color lithograph poster. Depicts Thurston holding a skullSee Sold Price
Sold2016Thurston, Howard. Thurstons Greatest Mystery. TheThurston, Howard. Thurstons Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet. [Cleveland: Otis Litho], ca. 1924. Depicting an automobile filled with comely ladies vanishing in wisps of smoke above the head ofSee Sold Price
Sold2017Thurston, Howard. Pair of Illusion DemonstrationThurston, Howard. Pair of Illusion Demonstration Photographs. San Francisco: George Knight, ca. 1900s. Early sepia photos on cabinet-format mounts embossed with the studio name, depicting Thurston witSee Sold Price
Sold2015Thurston, Howard. Iasia. Vanished in the Theatre’sThurston, Howard. Iasia. Vanished in the Theatre’s Dome! Cleveland, Otis Lithograph Company, ca. 1926. One-sheet (27 x 48”) color lithographed poster. Depicts Thurston’s Iasia illusion in operatSee Sold Price
Sold2017Thurston, Howard. World's Master Magician – NewThurston, Howard. World's Master Magician – New Illusions for Vaudeville This Season. Philadelphia: Press of Haag & Parris, 1902; inscribed and signed 1935. Poster illustrated with a series of halftSee Sold Price
Sold2017Thurston, Howard. Inscribed and Signed Photograph.Thurston, Howard. Inscribed and Signed Photograph. New York: Strand, 1926. Silver print bust portrait of the illustrious magician, inscribed and signed to the original owner in the lower center marginSee Sold Price
Sold2017Iasia!! Vanished in the Theatre’s Dome.Thurston, Howard. Iasia!! Vanished in the Theatre’s Dome. Cleveland: Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1920. Color lithographed panel poster depicting Thurston’s performance of the Iasia illusion, in whichSee Sold Price
Sold2017John Petrie’s S.A.M. Membership Card, Signed byThurston, Howard. John Petrie’s S.A.M. Membership Card, Signed by Thurston. New York, 1929. Thick cardstock printed in two colors, stamped number 1215, certifying Petrie for annual membership withinSee Sold Price
Sold2022BOHR NIELS: (1885-1962)BOHR NIELS: (1885-1962) Danish physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1922. A.L.S., Niels Bohr, to one side of a picture postcard depicting a view of Amalfi and the Hotel Cappuccini, Amalfi, 25thSee Sold Price
1 day LeftRapid Estate Liquidators and Auction GalleryArtist's Proof "Under the Lilac Tree" Print by Barbara Wood$270
May 15University Archives14-Year-Old Aristocrat Lillia Skipwith Describes Meeting Washington, Rochambeau and Vergennes in$500
May 15University ArchivesCadet George S. Patton Jr. Writes to Future Wife about Life at West Point$1,000