Sold2017Pencil Portrait of Dai Vernon.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 aSee Sold Price
Sold2016Vernon, Dai. Portrait of Dai Vernon Fanning Cards.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 1See Sold Price
Sold2016Vernon, Dai. Portrait of Dai Vernon performing forVernon, 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 scraSee Sold Price
Sold2018Dai Vernon Photograph Inscribed to Danny Dew.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 lowerSee Sold Price
Sold2017Oversized Photo of Dai Vernon.Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Oversized Photo of Dai Vernon. Circa 1960. Classic half-length portrait of Vernon, pack of cards in hand. 20 x 16”. Mounted to board, as issued.See Sold Price
Sold2015Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). VernonVernon, 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 bearSee Sold Price
Sold2017Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner).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 limitationSee Sold Price
Sold2017Vernon, Dai. Photograph Inscribed and Signed to FaucettVernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Photograph Inscribed and Signed to Faucett Ross. G.F. Bartlett, ca. 1960s. Linen-finish silver print portrait of Vernon, inscribed and signed in the lowSee Sold Price
Sold2017PENCIL PORTRAIT ATTR. JEAN CLOUETPencil Portrait Attr. Jean Clouet: A portrait of Anne de Polignac, Comtesse de la Rochefouchauld. She was the daughter of Jean de Polignac and was married in 1518 to Francois II who was the Comte de lSee Sold Price
Sold2018Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Spain Pencil PortraitGraphite pencil drawing, entitled, "Buste de femme," study of the 1938 oil on canvas painting. Signed and attr. Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) on lower right corner; reference number and stamp onSee Sold Price
Sold2021Pencil Portrait Drawing after Amedeo ModiglianiA hand drawing in pencil on paper, circa 1918, after Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920). Purportedly a portrait of Beatrice Hastings, pen name of Emily Alice Haigh (1879-1943). Bears signature lower right.See Sold Price
Sold2017Cigar box and magic props owned by Dai Vernon.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 196See Sold Price
Sold2023SARAH RAPHAEL PENCIL PORTRAITSarah Raphael (1960-2001, UK) framed and matted pencil portrait titled "Simon IV" with Agnew's Gallery, London label. 8" x 6" ss / 14.5" x 12" oaSee Sold Price
Sold2021W/C PENCIL PORTRAIT GEORGE WASHINGTON SIGNED MILLITTEW/C PENCIL PORTRAIT GEORGE WASHINGTON SIGNED MILLITTE, DATED 1780, 7" X 5"See Sold Price
Sold2015Vernon, Dai. Group of Dai Vernon Ephemera, Some Signed.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 disSee Sold Price
Sold2017Photograph of the “Inner Circle” [Dai Vernon, Cardini,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 tableSee Sold Price
2021Fairfield Porter 1907-1975 Pencil Portrait DrawingFairfield Porter (American, 1907-1975). Original pencil sketch portrait drawing. Includes a letter from the artist affixed to verso, dated 1972. Work Size: 12.5 x 10 in.SHIPPINGHill Auction Gallery wiSee Sold Price
2021Fairfield Porter 1907-1975 Pencil Portrait DrawingFairfield Porter (American, 1907 - 1975). Original pencil sketch portrait drawing. Includes a letter from the artist affixed to verso, dated 1972. Work Size: 12.5 x 10 in.SHIPPINGHill Auction GallerySee Sold Price
Sold2015Ganson, Lewis. The Dai Vernon Book of Magic. Tahoma: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. SSee Sold Price
Sold2017Fitzkee, Dariel. Dai Vernon. The First CaliforniaFitzkee, 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 piSee Sold Price
Sold2023DUNCAN HANNAH (1952-2022) PENCIL PORTRAITPencil drawing of a woman seated at a table with bottles. Initialed and dated '95 lower left. Dimensions: (Frame) H 15.5" x W 12.5", (Sight) H 10" x W 7" Condition: Very slight age toning.See Sold Price
Sold2018SCHWINN, Barbara. Watercolor and Pencil. Portraitof a Gloved Woman. Signed in pencil lower right, above right shoulder. Illegibly inscribed (dedicated) lower left. Barbara Schwinn (b. 1907). From a Larchmont, NY storage. - Dimensions: Sight: 14.25"See Sold Price
Sold2022LOUIS VALTAT, FRENCH (1869-1952) PENCIL PORTRAITPencil portrait of a young man, initialed lower right. Offered with photocopy of COA from Caroline Valtat. Dimensions: (Frame) H 12.5" x W 9" (Sight) H 11.5" x W 8" Condition: Age toning to paper. StrSee Sold Price
Sold2017Four Dai Vernon Postcards.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 varSee Sold Price
May 18THOS. CORNELL GALLERIES, LTD.ETIENNE RET, AMERICAN PORTRAIT, PENCIL SIGNED AND NUMBERED 19/100 AQUATINT / ETCHING, 17" X 13"$200