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The
Joel B. Miller Collection - 572 lots
Closes:
Friday
July 22nd 2005 8:00PM U.S.A. Eastern Time ten
minute rule applies, see auction rules via website
This
is a exceptionally high quality auction. Most of the lots are antique magic
related, but there are a significant number of non magic vintage posters
offered.
A
couple of the stars of the auction include Lot
530 - an original 1933 King Kong movie poster, 40 1/2 inches
wide by 79 inches tall. minimum bid $25,000.00. Current bid at this posting
$56,274.00. An interesting note in the catalog copy advises American athlete
icon Jim Thorpe was in the movie! "...one of the native dancers in the ceremonial dance on Skull Island was none other than Jim Thorpe, moonlighting with a little film work!"
The
current headliner for the magic items, at this posting is Lot
287 - the 1908 Houdini Milk Can Escape poster, 40 inches
tall by 30 inches wide, minimum bid $25,000.00. The poster was
acquired from the Houdini estate in 1981. Can you imagine that kind of
provenance? And the condition is unbelievable. The catalog copy is a must read.
Currently at this posting it's sitting at $40,264.00
Here's
some more standout items I saw with just a cursory overview.
Lot
372 - incredible 42 inch tall by 18 inch wide, blue and red, Houdini
broadside.
Lot
427 - New Departure Coaster Brake Cycling Poster 48 inch tal by 20
1/2 inch wide
Lot
440 Mad Cycles poster, French, 47 inches tall by 31 inches wide
Lot
457 - Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Poster,
Framed 25" x 33 1/2".
Lot
500 - The Railys - Cycling Poster, 45" x 32".
Lot
505 - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Gargantua Poster 40 1/2" x 29".
Lot
514 - WOW -Schell Bros Circus - Bears 40 1/2" x 27".
Lot
521 - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Poster Featuring Tim McCoy 40" x 28".
Lot
536 - Mack Sennett's "Black Oxfords" Three-Sheet Movie Poster 80" x 36" Morgan Litho, Cleveland.
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