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ALEXANDER CRYSTAL-SEER ALEXANDER CRYSTAL-SEER magic poster OR search current auctions Auction History Result 2j130 ALEXANDER CRYSTAL-SEER linen 14x41 magic poster 1915 world's greatest master of mental physics! Date Sold 12/11/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Magic Show Poster (measures 14 1/4" x 41 1/4" [36 x 105 cm]) (Learn More) Alexander Crystal-Seer (born as Claude Alexander Conlin), the circa 1915 Indian magic show poster ("World's Greatest Master of Mental Mystics") used to advertise Alexander the magician. The poster features a really cool artwork image of a skeleton hand holding a crystal ball in front of Alexander's face. Alexander is wearing a turban, and behind him are six skulls floating in the background! Alexander was a famous magician of the 1910s and 1920s, and he had a fascinating, if seedy, private life, having married 11 times, and being a professional con man as a sideline to his magic business! Note that this poster is undated, but it is absolutely an original vintage poster. The only small writing at the bottom of the poster says "AV YAGA BOMBAY" and a copyright credit that reads "C. ALEXANDER", indicating it was printed for Alexander's tour of India, which apparently occurred around 1915. Note that this image has been sold as a reproduction countless times in countless sizes, but this is absolutely one of the original posters from which the reproductions were taken! If anyone knows more about this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was folded across the middle. It had a long diagonal tear running from the bottom of the "L" of the title at top left down through the right of the forehead of the middle skull, and ending in the middle of the turban to the left of the jewel. It had a 2" tear in the upper right border, extending into the "R" at the end of the title. It had some small tears around the edges and some scuffs scattered in the solid black areas and in parts of the letters of the title and in the bottom right corner, entering into the last "S" of "MYSTICS". Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and will display well, but it must have been attached to a mat, and when it was removed from the mat, it caused surface paper loss around the edges of the excess rice paper (but not affecting the poster). Also, at a later time, if acquired tiny surface paper loss in the bottom right corner (this was touch up paint from the crease that flaked off). It is not very distracting, and certainly, any restorer could quickly touch up that area without re-backing the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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