83 Anon
Lester's Follies. A Streamlined Stage Show Set To Beautiful Music,
c1949. Linocut, process screen and letterpress text printed in
two colours, annotated "Thursday 20th Oct. School of Arts
[Brisbane]"
in ink in an unknown hand in upper margin, 101.4 x 37.7cm. Repaired
slight tears and paper loss to edges, some foxing. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Pole Print, Brisbane."
$990
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84 Anon
Radio Round-Up Starring Buddy Williams, Famous Australian Cowboy
Star Of Stage, Radio And Recording Fame, c1949. Linocut and letterpress
text printed in red and black, annotated "Tenterfield, Friday
7th Oct." in ink in an unknown hand in upper margin, 76.7
x 33cm. Repaired slight paper loss to upper corners, some stains.
Linen-backed.
Text
lists performers such as "Captain Fostier in his wild lion
act. Eating fire in the lion's cage, with the untamed lion"
and includes "Managerial note: £10,000 reward to any
person who can prove that the star of this show is NOT the original
Buddy Williams of radio and record fame."
$990
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85 Anon
Profesor Alba. Il Hombre Que Juega Con La Muerte (The Man Who
Plays With Death), 1950. Colour lithograph, date in lower right
margin, 70.6 x 33cm. Repaired tears to upper centre of image
and margins. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Graficas Valencia - S. Lluch, 20 - Valencia.
1950."
Professor Alba was a famous Spanish magician from the 1930s to
1950s.
$990
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86 Anon
Barossa Valley Vintage Festival. International Rodeo Australian
Championships, 1950. Colour lithograph, 76 x 50.5cm. Repaired
tears, crease and old folds overall. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "£1,500 prize money. Buck jumping, bulldogging,
steer riding. Angaston Oval, South Australia. April 14th-15th
1950. Sherring Litho."
$1,950
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87 Anon
Famous Australian Illusionist! The Great Levante, c1950s. Colour
and process lithograph in three sheets, 224.7 x 102cm. Repaired
minor tears to margins and old folds. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Third World Tour. £1000 steel trunk mystery.
Weird, unique, thrilling. Central Printing Co. (Chas Sowden)
Ltd. Offset Litho & Letterpress Printing, Burnley, Lancs."
Les Cole, "The Great Levante" (1892-1978), turned professional
by 1910, working in Australian country touring shows and New
Zealand with an escapology act. He performed for many years in
England, returning to Australia at the outbreak of WWII. Levante
was awarded both the Performing Fellowship and the Masters Fellowship
by the Academy of Magical Arts. He was considered to be superior
to Houdini.
$1,900
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88 Anon
At The Show, St Moritz Skaters. Wonders On Wheels, c1950s. Process
screen and letterpress text, 50.5 x 38.1cm. Repaired slight tears
and minor paper loss to edges. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "The most magnificent and spectacular of all skating
acts. As shown before His Late Majesty King George V, Queen Mary
and ex-His Majesty King Edward VIII. Thrilling! Graceful! Fascinating!
Jno. Evans & Son Printing Coy., 486-488 Kent St., Sydney."
$880
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89 R.C.Waterman
The Sensational Murray, Australian Escapologist, c1920s. Colour
and process lithograph with letterpress text, autographed by
Murray in ink on image centre right, signed in image lower left,
76.3 x 50.6cm. Slight foxing, repaired tears and old folds. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Personal appearance of the favourite magical entertainer
of the universe. Appears and disappears. The Perfecta Press,
London." Overprinted text reads "Murray's Magic Mart,
28a, King Street, Blackpool. Tel. Blackpool 21704." Murray
Carrington Walters, better known as Murray the Escapologist,
was born at Brighton, Victoria, November 11 1901. He toured the
world with an illusion show and used his escape acts as a means
of publicity. He is attributed with having coined the word "escapologist."
Murray retired to Blackpool, England where he opened a magic
shop. Held in National Library of Australia collection.
$1,650
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90 Anon
The Square Ring By Ralph W. Peterson. It's A Knockout!, c1950s.
Lithograph in two colours, 44.3 x 89.7cm. Replaced missing portions
to edges, repaired tears and creases to image, slight soling
overall. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Princess. Direction: Aztec Services by arr. with
Garnet H. Carroll & Celebrity Circuit. Victory Publicity
Litho." Comm. Aug. 8. Nightly 8.15. Mats. Thurs & Sat.
$1,350
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91 Anon
Jimmy Clark Presents Australia's Ace Comedian Late Of Bartons
Follies. Tibby Roberts In The Follies, Vaudeville & Revue
Co., c1950s. Linocut, process screen and letterpress text printed
in red and black, 102 x 37.9cm. Repaired tears to edges, slight
foxing. Linen-backed.
Text
lists performers such as Connie Chalmers, Denis David and his
puppets, compere Billy Kershaw. Text includes "Huge Canvas
Theatre. Printed by F.S. Pacey and Sons, Parkes St., Ryde. WY
3907."
$990
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92 Anon
The Buddy Williams Show, c1954. Process screen with letterpress
text, printed in red and blue, annotated "School of Arts,
Sat 9 Jan." in blue crayon in an unknown hand in upper margin,
91 x 37.7cm. Some stains, repainted portions and repaired slight
tears. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "A pioneer of cowboy music in Australia. Meet the
original Buddy Williams you've heard on radio and records since
1937 and still under contract to Columbia Gramaphone [sic] Co…
Presented and conducted by Buddy himself: Talent Quest. If you
can sing, yodel or play a musical instrument, you are eligible
to enter this quest… Reg. C. Pogonoski Pty Ltd. [obscured]
196 Hunter Street, Newcastle."
Buddy Williams, born 1918, began life in an orphanage in Glebe
and later ran away from his foster parents' farm. He started
performing as a busker in the mid 1930s, and made his first recording
with EMI (Columbia) in 1939. He is said to be the first Australian-born
country music artist on record. After serving in WWII, he toured
extensively around Australia. He died in 1986.
$1,650
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