The Spirit of the Potter

Eleven Chinese Glazed Ceramic FigurinesEleven Chinese glazed ceramic figurines: two Guanyin, two female musicians, seated Buddha, seated potter, scholar, Earth Spirit, two lions and peach waterdropper

Blue Beetle #1 (Fox Features Synd., 1939) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. Features the origin of the Blue Beetle. Written by Spirit creator Will Eisner, cover art by Lou Fine. Contains reprints from Myst

SWIFT, Mr. Museum of Wonders. Spirit Rappings, Brilliant Experiments. Queer, Curious & Amazing. Philadelphia: Scott’s Steam-Press Printing Establishment, ca. 1851. Large letterpress broadside pr

[SPIRITUALISM]. A group of 51 titles, including: The Rappers; or, The Mysteries, Fallacies, and Absurdities of Spirit-Rapping, Table-Tipping, and Entrancement. New York: H. Long & Brother, [1854]. 2 e

Automated Sefalaljia. Wallace, Idaho: Jeff Busby Magic Inc., 1995. A miniature spirit cabinet devised by Stewart James in which bells ring, knots untie themselves, balls roll as if pushed by invisible

Automated Sefalaljia. Wallace: Jeff Busby Magic Inc., 1995. A miniature spirit cabinet devised by Stewart James in which bells ring, knots untie themselves, balls roll as if pushed by invisible hands,

COLLAPSIBLE SPIRIT TRUMPET. Anderson, IN: E.A. Eckel, ca. 1920. Telescoping aluminum trumpet with two rings of luminescent paint near the wide end, meant for use in a séance room to amplify the v

Spirit Clock Dial. New York: Martinka & Co., ca. 1900. The hand on a crystal clear clock is spun, and stops at the number chosen by the magician or one of his spectators. Glass dial 14 " diameter. Wit

Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. Do the Dead Materialize? The Absorbing Question of All Time. Cleveland, Otis, Litho., ca. 1926. Color lithographed panel poster (12 x 39 ”) depicting the spirit ca

Spirit Trumpet. Chicago: H.S. Paine (Chicago Magic Co.), ca. 1920. Collapsible aluminum trumpet used in spirit séances to aid in the projection of voices from “the great beyond.” Hallmarked. 29 �

Doctor Q Spirit Hand (Rapping Hand). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. A carved wooden hand with lace cuff raps out answers to questions while isolated on a heavy wooden board. Light surface wear, p

Spirit Clock Dial. After Martinka & Co., ca. 1890. The dial is spun and stops on any number the magician desires. Brass hand, glass dial with gilded Roman numerals. Dial 12 ½” in diameter. Stand 44

Spirit Bell. Chicago, National Magic Co., ca. 1945. Chrome-plated bell on skeleton stand, glass tumbler, ringing device, and carrying case. The bell, though isolated under the glass, rings out answers

CHRISTY, Howard Chandler (1872 – 1952). The Spirit of America / Join [the Red Cross]. 1919. Boston: Forbes. A nurse proudly carries the American flag, recruiting women to the Red Cross. 29 7/8 x

Hewlett, Edgar. Personal Recollections of the Little Tew Ghost, Reviewed in Connection with The Lancashire Bogie, and the Table-Talking and Spirit-Rapping of the Present Day. London: Aylott and Co., 1

Kolar, Hazel. Pair of Hazel Kolar Portraits, including Spirit Photo. N.p., ca. 1910. Colorized matte-finish silver prints, the first depicting Kolar seated with a ghostly figure behind her, the second

WHARTON, Hannah (1688-1740). Some Manifestations and Communications of the Spirit, in a Forty Days Ministration in that Place London, by the Mouth of Hannah Wharton. Taken in Short-hand by M. T. Londo

The Mystery of the Vanishing Spirit. London, ca. 1920. Color offset poster depicts a ghostly female form between two plush red curtains. The image was used to advertise a spiritualism-themed series ��

Professor Alcalde. Professeur Alcalde. Paris: Harford, ca. 1920s. Portrait of the obscure performer with a profusion of spiritualistic spook-show imagery comprising ghostly ladies, a spirit bell and t

Spirit Rapping Hand. London: Davenport’s, ca. 1920. Papier-mache model hand (approx. 6” long) mysteriously raps out answers when placed on a pane of glass. Hand painted.

[SPIRITUALISM] SOUVENIR OF MRS. LILLE, SPIRIT MEDIUM. Circa 1910. Hanging wooden plaque with wood-burned accents bearing a central sepia tone portrait of Mrs. Lille, and a folding card affixed below t

[ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL]. – [SPIRIT]. – BRAGG, Lance. Atlanta International Pop Festival Poster Signed by Members of Spirit. 1969. Original full-color poster for the first At

Spirit Bell. Azusa: Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1990. A bell on a wooden platform, covered by a glass dome rings – once for yes, twice for no – as if activated by an unseen spirit hand. Ringing device

DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography. London: Hutchinson & Co., n.d. [1922]. 8vo. Illustrated from photographs. Original printed green wrappers (lower cover and spine detac