Potter and Potter Auctions: Blackstone Magic Auction
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Blackstone Magic Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 317,238.00 |
Auction Date | October 28, 2017 - October 28, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 143,180.00 |
Sale Number | #53 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 219,275.00 |
Total Lots | 348 | ||
Sold Lots | 316 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 150,380.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 90.80% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 230,675.00 |
Unsold Lots | 32 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 137.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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9 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | Original Cartoon Album, “The Rubaiyat of Omar Blackstone,” With Art By 26 Editorial Cartoonists and Strip Artists. |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 33,600.00 | |
258 | Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Houdini’s “Handcuff King Breaker” Lilly Iron. |
ca. 1875 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 21,600.00 |
37 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | Harry Blackstone and Peter Bouton Scrapbook. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 18,000.00 | |
43 | Kitchen, Inez (Inez Nourse). | Early Scrapbook of Blackstone the Magician Photographs. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 | |
406 | Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Portrait Inscribed and Signed By Houdini to “L. Hoffman”. |
1912 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,400.00 |
336 | Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | The Marvelous Adventures of Houdini The Justly Celebrated Elusive American. |
1917 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 |
42 | Harris, Mary (Mary Martell). | Blackstone Assistant Mary Harris’s Scrapbooks. |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 | |
40 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | Harry Blackstone’s Own Photo Scrapbook. |
1940s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 8,400.00 |
472 | Thurston, Howard. | Thurston Master Magician. Million Dollar Mystery. |
ca. 1928 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
44 | Kitchen, Inez (Inez Nourse). | Inez Blackstone’s Fredrik the Great / Blackstone Scrapbook. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 | |
81 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | Harry Blackstone Sr. Financial Records, 1920-50. |
1920-50. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
49 | [Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz)] Harry Houdini vs. | The Great Blackstone. File of Documents |
1922-24. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
138 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | Eclipses the Sun. Blackstone. Greatest Magician The World Has Ever Known. |
ca. 1928 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
64 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | Harry Blackstone’s This is Your Life Script. |
1960 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
439 | Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Photograph of Houdini Inscribed and Signed. |
Circa 1920s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
137 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | Blackstone. Oriental Nights. |
ca. 1925 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
90 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | Archive of Harry Blackstone Research Interview and Entertainment Footage. |
1966-70 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
94 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | Archive of Over 250 Harry Blackstone Photo Negatives. |
ca. 1960s-70s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
95 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | X-Rays of Blackstone’s Skull and Hands. |
[n.d.]. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
334 | Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | A Magician Among the Spirits. |
1924 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
335 | Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | The Unmasking of Robert- Houdin. |
1908 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
446 | Alexander (Claude Alexander Conlin). | Alexander Crystal Seer. World’s Greatest Master of Mental Mystics. |
ca. 1920 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
47 | Gibson, Walter. | Archive of Harry Blackstone-Walter Gibson Correspondence and Records. |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,640.00 | |
146 | Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). | In Person. Blackstone and his Stage Show. |
Circa 1940. | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
452 | Carter, Charles. | Carter the Great. |
ca. 1930 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 |