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Encyclopedia of cigarette tricks8/6/2023 The auction will also feature vintage magic tricks, illusions and apparatus from other consignors. $400/$600), the book from which he learned many of his greatest tricks. Among these is his own copy of The Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks (est. The auction will include the cigarette cases and tricks Mullica used at the bar and on stage, as well as many of the framed photos, posters, and souvenirs from the walls of the bar, and his personal library of books on magic tricks. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding. Now memorabilia from the Tom-Foolery will go up for sale on May 22 at Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago. The routine put Mullica on dozens of international TV shows, among them Late Night with David Letterman, and drew thousands of patrons to the bar in its decade long existence. Mullica performed there nightly, and developed a legendary reputation as a world-class clown, comic, and magician.Īmong Mullica’s most famous routines were his “Nicotine Nincompoop” act, in which he ate an entire pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes – while they were still lit. In the 1970s and ’80s, The Tom-Foolery Magic Bar Theatre was a haven for celebrities, magicians and fun-seekers of every description. Image courtesy of Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.ĬHICAGO – Tom Mullica is one of the most unusual entertainers in the world. Howard Thurston’s three-sheet color lithograph poster from the late 1920s has a $4,000-$5,000 estimate.
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