Alexander, Herr (Alexander Heimberger) - MT007.000
LOCATION: Germany
DATE: 1847
OBV: Bust right of bearded man, around is "HERR ALEXANDER."
REV: "PRESENTED / TO / HERR ALEXANDER / AS A TESTIMONY / OF ESTEEM FROM / HIS FRIENDS / IN / NEW YORK / 1847".
COMPOSITION: GD, R10, V200; GDplC, R7, V9; C, R7, V9; 29-S
Information From:
Magicians' Tokens And Related Items
An Illustrated check-list with estimates of values and rarities.
by F. William Kuethe, Jr.
TAMS Journal, Volume 18, Number 5, October 1978, (Part Two)
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| Read It |
Yes |
| Location |
Magic Library (Home) |
| Condition |
Very Fine |
| Owner |
Bryan-Keith Taylor |
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THIS EXTREMELY RARE VERY EARLY ADVERTISING MEDALLION / TOKEN FOR THE MAGICIAN HERR ALEXANDER ( ALEXANDER HEINBERGER ) ON THE FIRST SIDE THEIR IS A PORTRAIT AND HIS NAME . ON THE REVERSE SIDE
"PRESENTED TO HERR ALEXANDER AS A TESTIMONY OF ESTEEEM FROM HIS FRIENDS IN NEW YORK 1847."
ONE OF THE EARLIEST MAGICIANS TOKEN OF AMERICA EXTREMELY RARE ! ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION ! STRUCK 2 YEARS BEFORE J.H ANDERSON PRODUCED HIS OWN MEDALLIONS .
Rulau considered this one of the most desireable of all pre-Civil War tokens from New York. And, he says "considered the earliest magician's token of America..."
Gilt base metal medal d.= 29 mm.
Heimbürger, Alexander, magician, 1819 Münster - 1909 Münster/ Westfalen, Germany.
Farewell medallion on his departure from New York.
Portrait r., curved above: "HERR ALEXANDER" / 9 lines: "PRESENTED TO HERR ALEXANDER AS A TESTIMONY OF ESTEEM FROM HIS FRIENDS IN NEW YORK 1847." ANA 1949.65.406; Rulau NY42.
Medallist:
C.C.W. (Charles Cushing Wright), Sculptor, 1796 Damariscotta, Maine - 1854 New York
