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Auction History Result 7m124 GEORGE THE SUPREME MASTER OF MAGIC billboard magic poster 1920s mummy & devils stone litho! Date Sold 6/18/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Tri-Folded Billboard Advertising Poster (measures 104" x 197" [264 x 500 cm]) (Learn More) George The Supreme Master of Magic, the 1920s stage spectacular live magic show ("Triumphant American Tour"; "18 People"; "Car Load of Scenic Effects"). Grover George was an American magician who was born in 1887 and put himself through college by performing magic. He performed in the U.S. in the early 1920s, and bought the rights to another magician's act called "The Hong Kong Mysteries", and he toured America, but ran into difficulties when rival magician Howard Thurston told theaters that booked Thurston would never see him again if they also booked George! This torpedoed George's career in the U.S., and in 1924, he went to South America, where he had great success. In 1929, he returned to the U.S., but again did not have much success, and he returned to South America, eventually retiring in Brazil. During one of his American tours in the 1920s, he anticipated a "triumphant American tour", and like most magicians of the day, he printed a large number of full-color stone litho posters (ranging from one-sheets to billboard posters), which he intended to use wherever he was performing. But when his tour folded, he was left with unused posters of all sizes, and we have auctioned several of those posters in different sizes, all with wonderful full-color stone litho images! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this billboard poster (also called a 24sh poster) was printed in 15 sections designed to overlap. Finally, note this poster was folded in a way that makes it resemble a tri-folded six-sheet (only much larger, of course, as there are more sections). But the length and width of the folded poster is just about the same as that of a folded six-sheet or three-sheet. This means that this poster needs to be sent in an oversized flat package, which will measure roughly 14" x 31", and approximately 2" high, and it will cost more to send than a regular sized package. Condition: very good. The section that was on the outside when the poster was fully folded has some darkening, and there is some separation on parts of some folds. There are a few small tears in some folds and tiny paper loss at some crossfolds. Other than these relatively minor defects, the poster has likely survived in about as good condition as one could hope, and it is quite likely that no other example of this poster survives at all. Learn More about condition grades 
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