Oct 27, 2005 - Sale 2054

Sale 2054 - Lot 273

Price Realized: $ 402
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
THORN Chevalier Ernest (Moses Abraham THORN 1853-1928). Photographic half-length portrait in cabinet card format, on a mount marked "Reutlinger, Paris"; Signed by Thorn beneath the image and additionally Inscribed and Signed by Thorn on the verso, "To mine esteemed Old Friend Le Comandeur[sic] Cazeneuve. Ernest Thorn 20/9/09." With Thorn's collection sticker mounted on recto in lower left corner. 1909.

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Le Commandeur Cazeneuve (Bernard Marius CAZENEUVE 1839-1913) was a leading French magician in the second half of the 19th century. His autobiography, "A la cour de Madagascar: Magie et diplomatie," appeared in 1896.