“NEWMANN THE GREAT” LINEN-MOUNTED MAGIC POSTER.
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$230.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:00:00 AM)
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Auction #199 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 972 in auction 199
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Item Description
Large and impressive 27.75x41.75”. c. 1920 poster features nice bw oval photo portrait of Newmann at center flanked on either side by art images of robed skeleton and witch with cat. This photo is surrounded by 7 inset bw photo scenes showing Newmann performing his feats, including “How To Win At Poker, The Comic Hypnotic Barber Shop, Thought Reading Extraordinary ‘The Great Blackboard Feat,’ The Funny Hypnotic Ball Room Scene, Newmann Opening Bank Vault, The Great Hypnotic Boxing Match, The Murder Mystery.” Additional 3 insert art images show “Hypnotic Skirt Dance” showing 5 men in drag, “Transmission By Telepathy” and “The Old Fashioned One Ring Circus” acts. These inset images are interspersed by bats, owls, cats, skulls and lizards. Two seated devils sit at bottom/foreground of poster above “Hypnotist And Mind Reader” text. Poster was originally folded and has color touch-ups along fold lines. Professional restoration to three .25-.5” chips at side margins. As linen-mounted, if poster was framed it would display VF. Great graphics.
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