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Chicago, IL, United States
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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III
Potter & Potter Auctions
Our final offering from the collection of Ricky Jay will be a collection of curious characters; an anomalous auction of extraordinary objects advertising learned pigs, fireproof women, and so much more. Crossing the block will be hundreds of artifacts gathered by Mr. Jay over a lifetime spent in the pursuit of the unusual, the obscure, and the magical.
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![[BOTTLE CONJURER]. A Letter to The Town, Concerning the Man...](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539115_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1721831272)




![JAY, Ricky (1946 – 2018). The Magic Magic Book. [Proof Copy...: JAY, Ricky (1946 – 2018). The Magic Magic Book. [Proof Copy]. [New York]: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1994. Two volumes, the first an illustrated history of the blow](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539039_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![[ACROBATICS]. The Famous Polander … at Sadler’s Wells. [Lon...: [ACROBATICS]. The Famous Polander … at Sadler’s Wells. [London], ca. 1775. Fine hand-colored etching with twenty-four vignettes of the acrobat presenting a host of incredible feats all](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539040_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![[ACROBATS]. Cabinet Card of Maggie Claire. New York: J. M. ...: [ACROBATS]. Cabinet Card of Maggie Claire. New York: J. M. Mora, 1884. Photograph of aerial acrobat Maggie Claire (d. 1941), “Queen of the Flying Rings,” demonstrating the act she](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539041_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![[ACROBATS]. Signed Bard Brothers Photograph. Oakland, Calif...: [ACROBATS]. Signed Bard Brothers Photograph. Oakland, Calif. [H.d. 1909]. Full-figure portrait photograph of four Bard Brothers acrobats in their performance costumes, three standing and one seated](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539042_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![[ACROBATS]. [JUGGLERS]. Four Cabinet Card Photographs of Ac...: [ACROBATS]. [JUGGLERS]. Four Cabinet Card Photographs of Acrobats and Jugglers. Includes: P. K. Okabe, Royal Japanese Troupe. New York: Feinberg, [ca. 1890s]. Cabinet card bearing five overlapping](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539043_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![[ACROBATS]. The Nicolotti and Castellani Factions. [Italy: ...: [ACROBATS]. The Nicolotti and Castellani Factions. [Italy: ca. mid-1700s]. Hand-colored pictorial engraving bearing two images of rival groups, the Nicolotti and the Castellani, in a human pyramid](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539044_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![[ACROBATS]. Six cabinet photos and CDVs of contortionists a...: [ACROBATS]. Six cabinet photos and CDVs of contortionists and gymnasts. V.p., ca. 1870s-80s. Including cabinet photos of Zella, a contortionist; and the Zereeth clown/contortionist duo; and four CDVs](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539045_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)

![[ALBINOS]. Ten Photographs of Albino Circus and Sideshow Pe...: [ALBINOS]. Ten Photographs of Albino Circus and Sideshow Performers. Chicago, New York, and elsewhere, 1880s – 90s. Including seven CDVs of the Lucaise family (see next lot), C.A. Bonney the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539047_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![[ALBINOS]. The Wonderful Albino Family. New York: Currier &...: [ALBINOS]. The Wonderful Albino Family. New York: Currier & Ives, ca. 1870. A fine color portrait of Rudolph Lucaise and his family, captioned: “They have pure white skin, silken white hair,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539048_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![ALEXANDER (Claude Alexander Conlin 1880 – 1954). Alexander ...: ALEXANDER (Claude Alexander Conlin 1880 – 1954). Alexander Crystal-Seer. World’s Greatest Master of Mental Mystics. Bombay: Av Yaga, [ca. 1920]. Color lithograph panel poster depicts](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539049_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![ALEXANDER (Claude Alexander Conlin 1880 – 1954). Alexander....: ALEXANDER (Claude Alexander Conlin 1880 – 1954). Alexander. Crystal-Seer. Knows Sees Tells All. Bombay: Av Yaga, [ca. 1915]. Color lithograph bears a close-up of Alexander’s turban-clad](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539050_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)

![Allyne, the Wizard, the Great Enchantromundi. Boston, [ca. ...: Allyne, the Wizard, the Great Enchantromundi. Boston, [ca. 1864 - 70]. One-color letterpress broadside playbill for gift show performances to take place at Williams Hall. The magician and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539052_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![[AMPUTEE]. KYTE, Austin Jerome. Verses Dedicated to a Gener...: [AMPUTEE]. KYTE, Austin Jerome. Verses Dedicated to a Generous Public. Baltimore: Sapp Bros. Power Printers., n.d. Pictorial letterpress broadside bearing an engraved central portrait of Austin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539053_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![[AMUSEMENTS – ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK]. A Succinct Description o...: [AMUSEMENTS – ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK]. A Succinct Description of that Elaborate and Matchless Pile of Art, Called the Microcosm; with a Short Account of the Solar System:…London: for the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539054_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![The Great Wizard of the North ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 ...: The Great Wizard of the NorthANDERSON, John Henry (1814 – 74). Prof. Anderson’s Grand Drawing Room Entertainment. [New York], ca. 1851. Letterpress handbill for the performance of the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539055_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 – 74). Professor Anderson. Délas...: ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 – 74). Professor Anderson. Délassemens Magiques. [London], 1855. Letterpress double-bill for Anderson’s appearance at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Strand,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539056_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 – 74). Immense Success of Profes...: ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 – 74). Immense Success of Professor Anderson as Rob Roy. [London]: R.S. Francis, 1856. Letterpress double-bill advertising Anderson at the Theatre Royal, Covent](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539057_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
![ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 – 74). Professor Anderson Conund...: ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 – 74). Professor Anderson Conundrum Prize Handbill. [London], 1857. Engraved letter-type announcement with recipient’s name in ink (M. Londsdale), asking for](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/337308/182539058_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721831272)
