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Auction History Result 1h242 PRINCE KAR-MI magic show 3sh '14 he was buried alive for 32 days, cool art! Date Sold 4/7/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 80" [104 x 203 cm]) (Learn More) Prince Kar-mi, the 1914 poster advertising a magic show starring Prince Kar-Mi ("Kar-Mi was buried alive for 32 days"). Prince Kar-Mi was a famous magician who was born Joseph Hollingsworth in the U.S., but he would dress in the garb of an Indian Prince. He lived from 1872 to 1956. He originally performed at the turn of the 20th century as "Victorina", and he had already printed many posters when he changed his name to Kar-Mi, so he continued using those posters, with a snipe over the Victorina name, but he ran out of those and then printed many more with "Kar-Mi". His act included sword swallowing, sharp shooting, and magic illusions. He had several "signature" tricks that he invented, including "Selma" (where he cremated and revived his female assistant), and "Shooting a Cracker from a Man's Head" (which is pretty self explanatory). He was also a tattoo artist, and between shows he would sell tattoos to his customers. He retired from performing in the mid 1930s, when he was in his 60s, and he passed away at the age of 84! The poster is dated 1914 at lower right, and it shows great art of Kar-Mi in a white turban laying in a hole in the ground with hundreds of spectators in the background while a man in a yellow turban performs a ritual over Kar-Mi. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: This three-sheet poster was tri-folded only (which means there is one less vertical machine fold than usual). This means the poster has a significantly lesser number of folds than with three-sheets folded in the "regular" way, which is nice! Tri-folded three-sheets need to be sent in an oversized flat package, which measures roughly 13" x 30", so they cost more to send than regularly folded three-sheets, especially if they are sent to non-U.S. addresses. Also note that this three-sheet was printed in 2 sections. Condition: very good to fine. The poster has some tiny tears and tiny paper loss on parts of some foldlines and in borders, but basically, the poster is in surprisingly good condition, especially given that it is just under 100 years old! Learn More about condition grades 
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