The Ricky Jay Collection

The Ricky Jay Collection

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Heller, George Waldo (Robert Wezner) | Magic Down Under

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Heller, George Waldo (Robert Wezner)

Heller's Mystic Comedy Company. A Few Minutes in Spiritland with Heller. An Absolute Sensation. Melbourne: P. C. Grosser Show Print, ca. 1889


Color lithograph poster (39 3/4 x 14 7/8 in.; 1011 x 377 mm). Fold creases, laid down, with some marginal chipping and repair. Matted, framed, and glazed with Plexiglas.


A rare poster for the Australian magician George Heller, here depicted performing a version of the Davenport Brother's Spirit Cabinet. Originally from England, Heller was engaged to play Melbourne's George's Hall in 1889 and never left. Apart from occasional circuits of India and South Africa, as well as a couple of abortive retirements, he toured Australia until his death in 1932. Heller claimed, without basis, to be the nephew of the famous British magician and musician Robert Heller. His wife, Maudeena, had a mind-reading act.


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