Paul Daniels: The Magician's Collections Sold at Rare Auction
Paul Daniels: The Magician's Collections Sold at Rare Auction
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Magician Paul Daniels' personal collection including letter from Houdini sold for £156,000.< /p>
On Wednesday and Thursday over 350 posters, stuff and ephemera were sold at Special Auction Services, Newbury.
Debbie McGee had hoped to sell tricks and accessories that belonged to her late husband for £200,000.
Daniels' toupee sold for £2,730 and a poster for the Maskelyne and Cooke Victorian magic act at London's St James's Great Hall in 1873 fetched £5,720.
"Paul's Legacy"
The magician died in 2016, aged 77, and McGee, 63, said she feels now is the right time to part ways with the collection, which had been stored at their home in Wargrave, near Henley-on-Thames.
"It's like you give them away, it's the last piece of them that's still there, but I just felt it was really important to me to carry on Paul's legacy," she told the BBC.
The Blade-Sword Illusion Box sold for £4,420, while Transposition Cloaks sold for £3,250.
Magician Paul Daniels' personal collection including letter from Houdini sold for £156,000.< /p>
On Wednesday and Thursday over 350 posters, stuff and ephemera were sold at Special Auction Services, Newbury.
Debbie McGee had hoped to sell tricks and accessories that belonged to her late husband for £200,000.
Daniels' toupee sold for £2,730 and a poster for the Maskelyne and Cooke Victorian magic act at London's St James's Great Hall in 1873 fetched £5,720.
"Paul's Legacy"
The magician died in 2016, aged 77, and McGee, 63, said she feels now is the right time to part ways with the collection, which had been stored at their home in Wargrave, near Henley-on-Thames.
"It's like you give them away, it's the last piece of them that's still there, but I just felt it was really important to me to carry on Paul's legacy," she told the BBC.
The Blade-Sword Illusion Box sold for £4,420, while Transposition Cloaks sold for £3,250.
Image source, BNPS
