The Ricky Jay Collection
The Ricky Jay Collection
Auction Closed
October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller)
Kellar in his Latest Mystery Self Decapitation. Cincinnati & New York: Strobridge Lith. Co. 1898 (N.Y. no. 8105)
Color lithograph window card (16 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.; 420 x 294 mm). Some restoration at lower right corner with a few letters of the imprint supplied in facsimile. Matted, framed, and glazed with Plexiglas.
A vivid depiction of one of Kellar's most startling effects.
REFERENCE:
Exemplars, p. 41; Illusions 43; Magic, p. 302; TTW 7