Fine Books & Manuscripts
Our Fine Books & Manuscripts auction featured high spots in many categories, including printed & manuscript Americana, modern first editions, travel and exploration, natural history, and continental books. Among sale highlights were a Peter Force engraving of the Declaration of Independence, selling for $16,800.00. Walter Gibson's file of The Shadow pulps brought $10,800.00.
Sleight of Hand • The Jeff Busby Collection
Our August 19th features the extensive magic collection of Jeff Busby. Auction highlights include extensive archives of correspondence related to the great sleight-of-hand artists of the twentieth century: Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Max Malini, Ross Bertram, Ed Marlo, Larry Jennings, Paul Fox, Michael Skinner, Faucett Ross, Cardini, and many more.
Coin-Op, Toys & Advertising
Our September auction features choice coin-operated machines, toys and vintage advertising. Over 250 vintage machines in a wide variety of categories will go on the block, including vending, slots & gambling, vintage arcade machines, and more. Vintage advertising items including posters, lithographs, and trade signs will also be going up for sale. The auction will be rounded out by a selection of quality vintage toys and general antiques.
Upcoming Auction
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Download PDFView 3D CatalogSleight of Hand - The Jeff Busby Collection
Our August 19th sale features the magic collection of Jeff Busby. Highlights include extensive archives of correspondence and ephemera related to the great sleight-of-hand artists of the twentieth century: Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Max Malini, Ross Bertram, Ed Marlo, Larry Jennings, Paul Fox, Michael Skinner, Faucett Ross, Cardini, and many more. The original Csuri notebooks will go on the block, along with Busby's library, an unparalleled collection of Paul Fox apparatus, as well as photographs, private notebooks, and more. Unpublished, unseen material - literally thousands of pages of "underground" manuscripts - will come to the market for the first time.
The Busby collection will be complimented by a selection of vintage magic posters.
Catalogs ship three weeks before the auction. The auction takes place at 10 am on Saturday, August 19th in our Chicago Gallery. Previews take place in the gallery from August 16-18 from 10am-5pm CST.