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Auction History Result 2m028 GEORGE THE SUPREME MASTER OF MAGIC 80x102 magic poster 1920s Egypt, devils, cards and more! Date Sold 12/16/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Tri-Folded Magic Show Poster (measures 79 1/2" x 102" [202 x 259 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 magic poster was printed in 8 sections designed to overlap. This poster was tri-folded only (which means there is one less machine fold than usual). This means the poster has a significantly lesser number of folds overall than with the same poster that was folded in the "regular" way, which is nice, but it means that it needs to be sent in an oversized flat package, which measures roughly 13" x 29", so it will cost more to send than if it were folded in the regular way, especially if it is sent to a non-U.S. address. Condition: very good. The poster has darkening and some stains on the back of the small part of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded. It has some tears and tiny paper loss in parts of some folds and parts of the borders. Learn More about condition grades 
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