Oct 26, 2006 - Sale 2090

Sale 2090 - Lot 100

Price Realized: $ 18,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
DUVAL. The Mysterious Duval. The Man Who Has Baffled the World. The Greatest of All Death Defying Mysteries. Escaping from the Electrocution Chair. Three-sheet color lithograph; linen-backed. 87 3/4x39 3/4 inches (223x101 cm). Shows Duval strapped into an electic chair inside a cage. Moody Bros. Birmingham. No. 20431.

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Possibly a poster for Ade Duval who began his magical career in 1917. His early performances were with his brother who is not mentioned here. The poster stylistically appears to be from an earlier date, but the use of the electric chair probably dates it to the early 1920s.