The Ricky Jay Collection

The Ricky Jay Collection

The Ricky Jay Collection

Overview
633 results sorted by Lot number (low to high)

633 results sorted by

Lot number (low to high)

(Acrobatics) | A group of six items

1 (Acrobatics) | A group of six items

(Acrobatics) | A charming tabletop game featuring a moving trapeze artist

2 (Acrobatics) | A charming tabletop game featuring a moving trapeze artist

Ady, Thomas | A far more serious approach to debunking witchcraft than the witch skit in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

3 Ady, Thomas | A far more serious approach to debunking witchcraft than the witch skit in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

Ady, Thomas | Debunking witchcraft redux

4 Ady, Thomas | Debunking witchcraft redux

(Ætherscope) | "The Greatest Success Ever Known in This Town"

5 (Ætherscope) | "The Greatest Success Ever Known in This Town"

Agoust, Henri | The masters of "Restaurant Juggling"

6 Agoust, Henri | The masters of "Restaurant Juggling"

Agrippa von Nettesheim, Henricus Cornelius | A skeptical view of the arts and sciences

7 Agrippa von Nettesheim, Henricus Cornelius | A skeptical view of the arts and sciences

Alberti, Giuseppe Francesco Antonio | Fun with numbers and dexterous card tricks

8 Alberti, Giuseppe Francesco Antonio | Fun with numbers and dexterous card tricks

Allarty, Blanche | Midnight at the oasis

9 Allarty, Blanche | Midnight at the oasis

Alt, Al | The inspiration for Ricky Jay Plays Poker

10 Alt, Al | The inspiration for Ricky Jay Plays Poker

Anderson, George | A striking oversized poster advertising "The Living Skeleton"

11 Anderson, George | A striking oversized poster advertising "The Living Skeleton"

Anderson, John Henry (The Great Wizard of the North) | "… the most Wonderful Feat ever attempted by living Man … the Gun Delusion!"

12 Anderson, John Henry (The Great Wizard of the North) | "… the most Wonderful Feat ever attempted by living Man … the Gun Delusion!"

Anderson, John Henry (The Great Wizard of the North) | An ornate playbill for "The Great Wizard of the North"

13 Anderson, John Henry (The Great Wizard of the North) | An ornate playbill for "The Great Wizard of the North"

Anderson, John Henry (The Great Wizard of the North) | A striking portrait

14 Anderson, John Henry (The Great Wizard of the North) | A striking portrait

Andress, Charles | According to Kellar, "The Last of the Old Masters in Magic"

15 Andress, Charles | According to Kellar, "The Last of the Old Masters in Magic"

(Animals, Exotic) | Exhibition of exotic animals, mostly reptilian, and free lessons with the purchase of a magical instrument

16 (Animals, Exotic) | Exhibition of exotic animals, mostly reptilian, and free lessons with the purchase of a magical instrument

(Animals, Performing) | Performing quadrupeds, bipeds, and winged creatures

17 (Animals, Performing) | Performing quadrupeds, bipeds, and winged creatures

(Animals, Performing) | Performing horses, deer, elephant, and dogs

18 (Animals, Performing) | Performing horses, deer, elephant, and dogs

(Animals, Performing) | Performing horses, deer, elephant, and dogs

19 (Animals, Performing) | Performing horses, deer, elephant, and dogs

(Aquatic, Exotic Exhibitions) | A group of seven handbills and broadsides

20 (Aquatic, Exotic Exhibitions) | A group of seven handbills and broadsides

(Aquatic Fair) | Water works

21 (Aquatic Fair) | Water works

Aretino, Pietro | Translates literally as Dialogue by Pietro Aretino in which the game is spoke of with pleasant morality

22 Aretino, Pietro | Translates literally as Dialogue by Pietro Aretino in which the game is spoke of with pleasant morality

Astley, Philip | "new Exercises, On several Horses which no other Horseman in the World can perform"

23 Astley, Philip | "new Exercises, On several Horses which no other Horseman in the World can perform"

[Astley, John Conway Philip] | A slip song with lyrics composed by Philip Astley

24 [Astley, John Conway Philip] | A slip song with lyrics composed by Philip Astley

Astley, Philip | The final performance of Astley's "Wonderful Little Horse"

25 Astley, Philip | The final performance of Astley's "Wonderful Little Horse"

(Automata) | Marvelous marchines

26 (Automata) | Marvelous marchines

(Automata) | Automata, spectres, and beheadings

27 (Automata) | Automata, spectres, and beheadings

(Automata) | Early American playbill for an automata musicians

28 (Automata) | Early American playbill for an automata musicians

(Automata) | A group of broadsides for "extraordinary curiosities"

29 (Automata) | A group of broadsides for "extraordinary curiosities"

(Automata) | Six works on "Superb and Magnificent Pieces of Mechanism"

30 (Automata) | Six works on "Superb and Magnificent Pieces of Mechanism"

(Automata) | "Magnificent Exhibitions"

31 (Automata) | "Magnificent Exhibitions"

(Automata) | "Mechanical Figures, As Large as Life, Moving and Working by Machinery"

32 (Automata) | "Mechanical Figures, As Large as Life, Moving and Working by Machinery"

(Automaton Card Tricks) | Mr. Lane—fairground showman, and "First Conjurer to the King"

33 (Automaton Card Tricks) | Mr. Lane—fairground showman, and "First Conjurer to the King"

(Automata, Chess) | " ... it can be but an illusion ... But in what consists the illusion? There is the Gordian knot"

34 (Automata, Chess) | " ... it can be but an illusion ... But in what consists the illusion? There is the Gordian knot"

(Automaton Chess-Player) | The first great "cabinet trick"

35 (Automaton Chess-Player) | The first great "cabinet trick"

(Automaton Chess-Player) | Maelzel's mysterious mechanism

36 (Automaton Chess-Player) | Maelzel's mysterious mechanism

(Automaton Chess Player) | It even speaks French

37 (Automaton Chess Player) | It even speaks French

(Automata) | Including a "Great War" and a "Representation of Nature, in one of her most Tremendous Aspects"

38 (Automata) | Including a "Great War" and a "Representation of Nature, in one of her most Tremendous Aspects"

(Automata, Musical) | Flute-playing automata

39 (Automata, Musical) | Flute-playing automata

Hottentot Venus (Sarah "Saartjie" Baartmann) | A "Wonderful Living Production of Nature"

40 Hottentot Venus (Sarah "Saartjie" Baartmann) | A "Wonderful Living Production of Nature"

[Babcock, John] | A cockney-inspired lexicon

41 [Babcock, John] | A cockney-inspired lexicon

[Bacon, Roger and Thomas Bungay] | The exploits of "Doctor Mirabilis"

42 [Bacon, Roger and Thomas Bungay] | The exploits of "Doctor Mirabilis"

Signor Bagonghi (Giuseppe Bignoli) | The Bignoli that made Bagonghi famous

43 Signor Bagonghi (Giuseppe Bignoli) | The Bignoli that made Bagonghi famous

Bailey, Robert | A notorious gambler, reformed

44 Bailey, Robert | A notorious gambler, reformed

Mr. Baldwin | The unrivalled American magician

45 Mr. Baldwin | The unrivalled American magician

Baldwin, Samri S., & Miss Baldwin (Samuel Spencer Baldwin & Kitty Baldwin) | Where are my pants?

46 Baldwin, Samri S., & Miss Baldwin (Samuel Spencer Baldwin & Kitty Baldwin) | Where are my pants?

"Clown" Barker & Miss Rozsika | Animal comedians

47 "Clown" Barker & Miss Rozsika | Animal comedians

Barnum, P. T. | "Three Dozen Reasons Among Thirty-Six Thousand" to visit Barnum's fair

48 Barnum, P. T. | "Three Dozen Reasons Among Thirty-Six Thousand" to visit Barnum's fair