VERNON, DAI. The Vernon Chronicles

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Cigar box and magic props owned by Dai Vernon. Vintage Bering-brand cigar box signed and inscribed on the lid “Property of Dai Vernon/Magic Castle 196

[Vernon, Dai] The Magic Castle. Hollywood. [California], ca. 1985. Half-sheet (22 x 33”) color offset poster depicting the famous Hollywood magic-themed nightclub, with a pair of hands floating abov

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Dai Vernon’s Patterned Cloth Fan. Handsome wooden fan covered with patterned fabric and backed with red fabric. 15” long. Owned and used by Dai Vern

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Card Penetration Apparatus. Okito [?], ca. 1930. A ribbon is threaded through a handsome wooden box with two holes running through it. A card with corre

Vernon, Dai. Group of Dai Vernon Ephemera, Some Signed. Including a 1975 Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) from Vernon on personal stationery together with the hand-addressed envelope, in which Vernon dis

Photograph of the “Inner Circle” [Dai Vernon, Cardini, Charlie Miller, Al Baker, Arthur Finley, and Others]. Circa 1940s. Silver print on thick paper, showing the seven men gathered around a table

Ganson, Lewis. The Dai Vernon Book of Magic. Tahoma: L&L Publishing, 1994. Number 4 from the limited, deluxe edition, bound in gilt stamped black leather with matching slipcase. 4to. Fine condition. S

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Vernon Silhouette of a Casino de Paree Guest. New York, 1934. A striking female bust portrait, with cut-out necklace. Signed, “Vernon 1934” and bear

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Dai Vernon’s Final Load Cups and Balls Baseballs. Set of three Recent Practice League No. 72 baseballs, marked “Japan,” owned and used by Dai Vern

Fitzkee, Dariel and Fred Braue. Dai Vernon. The First California Lecture. Oakland, 1978. Frank Csuri’s copy, his name gilt-stamped on the buckram cover, being number 14 of 100 first edition, with pi

Vernon, Dai. Portrait of Dai Vernon Fanning Cards. Circa 1948. Oversize half-length portrait of The Professor in a tweed coat performing a pressure fan with a pack of cards, a grin on his face. 11 x 1

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Vernon Silhouette of a Young Woman. With a double-v-shaped neckline. Signed, “Vernon 1931.” Double mount measures 4 x 6 ”.

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Vernon Silhouette of a Businessman. The male subject wears a coat and tie, the latter with white spots cut out by Vernon. Unsigned. On an embossed mount

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Two Signed Christmas Cards. Personal greeting cards signed by Vernon, one dated 1968, the other with screen-printed artwork of a magician pulling Santa

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Four Dai Vernon Postcards. 1960. Written by Vernon to Frank Csuri, who chronicled much of Vernon’s magic in his famous notebooks. Vernon writes on var

Pencil Portrait of Dai Vernon. Circa 1978. Original sketch of Vernon, signed “Jeffrey O.”, commissioned for the cover of The First California Lecture (Oakland, 1978). Oval-cut mat. Sketched area a

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Vernon Silhouette of a Woman in a Hat. With plunging neckline and a hat decorated with feathers, each tiny segment cut out by Vernon by hand. Signed “

Vernon, Dai. Two Photographs of Dai Vernons Hands. Circa 1933. Both show Vernon from the neck down, cards spread on the table before him, the mechanics of a shift being executed in his hands. Each 3 3

Vernon, Dai. Dai Vernon Silhouette of Magician Bill Arenholz. [New York], 1941. Profile bust silhouette of Arenholz, who performed as "Fu Ling Yu," inventor and builder of various magic props. Togethe

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Vernon Silhouette of an Older Woman. The subject wears a ruffled blouse, details of her hair embellished in ink by Vernon. Signed, “Vernon 1931.” Mo

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Dai Vernon Silhouette. Depicting a woman in a hat, wearing a necklace. Mounted to a card with a printed border and the title, “A Vernon Silhouette.”

Dai Vernon Hanging Bust. Niagara Falls: Rob Allen, 1984. Vernon in bowtie with cigar, peg-hole on reverse for hanging. Signed, dated, and numbered by the artist at base. 6 long. Minor surface wear; ve

Vernon, Dai. Limited Edition Dai Vernon Playing Cards. Congress Playing Cards, June, 1982. Being four sealed packs of cards commemorating Vernon’s 88th birthday, housed in the original custom displa

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Revelations. Pasadena: Magical Publications, 1984. Number 250 from the limited, deluxe edition bearing a tipped-in portrait of Vernon on the limitation