Oct 26, 2006 - Sale 2090

Sale 2090 - Lot 301

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SELBIT P. T. (Percy Thomas TIBBLES 1881?-1938). P. T. Selbit's Mighty Cheese. Large two-sheet color lithograph; linen-backed. 88x40 inches (223.5x101.5 cm). Designed by T. E. Stephens. Bottom sheet pulled from a cracked plate, as usual. Poster shows a group of men wrestling with a large round of cheese. David Allen & Sons Ltd. 17 Leicester St. London.

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Selbit introduced his famous wrestling cheese routine in 1912. He authored numerous works on magic, as well as editing "The Wizard" (1905-1910).