Houdini. A Peculiar Challenge. large broadside 1915

Houdini, Harry. Houdini U.S. Navy Plank Escape Challenge. New York: Pusey Press, 1915. Letterpress challenge handbill (7 x 9 3/8”) by members of the U.S. Navy for Houdini “to escape from an eight

Houdini, Beatrice. Large format portrait of Bess Houdini, Inscribed and Signed. New York: Mishkin Photography, ca. 1915. Striking 1/2 length sepia toned portrait of Houdini′s wife. 13 x 10&Prime

Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) 1898 The large broadside poster advertising the 'Representations De Mme Sarah Bernhardt and Premiere Representation De La Samaritaine, Theatre de la Renaissance, May 1

Ballet.- Larionov (Miklhail) & others. Handbill, large broadside announcement, and programme for the Bal de la Grand Ourse 1925, comprising: 5 copies of the handbill on different coloured papers; 11 c

HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Kesner Packers Will Attempt to Expose Houdini. Challenge. New York, 1912. Letterpress printed handbill in red ink on cream-colored stock, being a challe

WOOD ENGRAVING "A SUPERB VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES JAPANESE SQUADRON, UNDER COMMAND OF COMMODORE PERRY, BOUND FOR THE EAST."Large broadside from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Compan

Attributed to Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (RUSSIAN FEDERATION, 1839 - 1915) large oil painting on canvas depicting a water goddess with swans and putti. Signed to lower right. Mounted in a gold lea

Houdini, Harry. New Orleans Item Challenges Houdini/ Manacled Dive Into The Mississippi River. Circa 1907. Pictorial letterpress challenge handbill on newsprint, daring Houdini to escape from manacles

[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Original Chinese Magicians and Jugglers, Arr Hee and Asham. Plymouth: Leviathan Broadside Press – I.W. N. Keys, 1860. Large letterpress broadside bearing a centra

Konstantin Makovsky (1839-1915) Large Oil on Canvas. 38" x 33"

[ANDERSON, John Henry] BEWARE OF YOUR CHILDREN! THE SUPERHUMAN BOY. Whitechapel: Henry Bownceby [?], [1857]. Large letterpress broadside reproducing a letter apparently written and signed by one Peter

[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Great Chinese Feat! Impaling the Human Body. [London?], 1854. Large letterpress broadside with elaborate wood engraved image at its center depicting the “impaleme

England, Circa 1915. Large "Flaminian" glaze twin handles vase with rolling landscape with rolling trees. Incised William Moorcroft signature and associated wood stand.With 1972 Authentication Letter

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

COOKE, William (b. 1808). The Arab of the Desert and his Faithful War Steed! Bristol: Hutchings, Printer, ca. 1840. Large pictorial broadside for Cooke’s Circus bears an evocative wood-engraved

CARRERA, José Miguel (1785–1821). A los Chilenos su compatriota… [Montevideo?]: N.p., 1818. Letterpress broadside, large 8vo (235 x 178 mm). Modern quarter red niger gilt; slipcase. A

[FOOT JUGGLING] MANSFIELD, George E. (d. 1906). Levantine. [Glasgow], 1880s. Large letterpress broadside with oversize wood engraved image of Levantine at its center, reclining on a special couch and

Daniel De Losques (1880-1915) Large Vintage French Poster Titled Mistinguett. Figure of Mistinguett standing in a pink dress wearing a blue bonnet over blonde hair. Lithograph in color, printed by H.

Seth Thomas Four-Bell Sonora Chime Mantel Clockcirca 1915large mahogany beehive case with inlay decoration of a quarter fan, urn and filigree, brass 8-day time and strike movement with separate Westmi

Superb Pair of Anti-Masonic Party Broadsides, 1830s Included in this lot of two large printed broadsides: 1) Broadside, “A Disclosure / From the Anti-Masonic Christian Herald”, Samuel G. A

EAGLE, Georgiana (1835 – 1911). Miss Georgiana Eagle The Celebrated Illusionist, Mesmeriser, and Exlecto-Biologist. Sunderland: W. Hall, Printer, ca. 1861. Large letterpress broadside for Ms. Ea

Harry Bertoia (American, 1915-1978) large untitled "Sonambient" sound sculpture, beryllium copper and brass, comprised of two square groups of twenty-five rods and a central string of four "cattail" r

Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988)Large plateGlazed ceramicEdited by ArabiaSigned 'KAIPIAINEN ARABIA, KAIPIAINEN'Model created circa 1950H 9 x L 70 x L 57 cm

AFTER ERNEST RANCOULET (FRENCH, 1842-1915), A LARGE BRONZE GROUP 'HERCULES, ATHENA AND CERBERUS' LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Signed to the cast87.5cm high, the base 35 by 27.5cm