Two Dai Vernon scrapbooks and fragments

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. 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] Two Association Copies of Volumes by Roterberg. Including Latter Day Tricks (1896) with Vernon’s ownership signature on the flyleaf; and The Modern Wizard (ca. 1896) inscribed to H.J.

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 (David Frederick Winfield Verner, 1894 - 1992). Two Vernon items signed to Louis Falanga of L & L Publishing. Including a signed, black and white photo of Vernon, with a printed inscriptio

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Four Snapshots of Vernon. 1970s—80s. Including two photos at the Magic Castle, shown with Akimi Yamamoto; a photo with Cardini at “Close-Up Weekend�

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. 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

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). 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

Two Fragments of two Yomut Chuval and one Chodor Main Carpet Fragment 78 x 45 cm / 47 x 38 cm / 46 x 28 cm 2' 7" x 1' 6" / 1' 7" x 1' 3" / 1' 6" x 11" Turkmenistan, mid 19th century Condition: fragmen

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

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

Two Fragments of a Tekke Khalyk and one Tekke Knee Pad 36 x 20 cm each and 23 x 27 cm (1' 2" x 8" each and 9" x 11") Turkmenistan, second half 19th century Condition Khalyk: fragment, missing center p

Framed SIGNATURE, 1976 SPINNING COIN, and ORIGINAL MAGIC CASTLE POSTCARD. SIGNED by Dai Vernon on the blue mat. Excellent condition, not examined out of frame.

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Dai Vernon Photograph Inscribed to Danny Dew. G.F. Bartlett, ca. 1960s. Linen-finish silver print portrait of Vernon, inscribed and signed in the lower

Two Fragments of Printed Textiles, 18th-19th Century THE FIRST (left)Cotton fragment with an all over print in brown featuring men, women, and children in a tropical scene near a shipwreck. One s

Photograph of Dai Vernon, Cardini, and Others. Irving Desfor, 1956. Glossy silver print showing Cardini drawing a card from a deck, Vernon looking on just above him. Inscribed on the deck of cards: ��

Vernon, Dai. Portrait of Dai Vernon performing for Chester Morris. Circa 1948. Oversize image of Vernon, back to the camera, performing a card trick for film star and magician Chester Morris, who scra