Auction Reports

Potter and Potter Auctions

Auction Info

Sale Name
Micro Magic and More
Auction Date
01/25/2025 - 01/25/2025
Year of Sale
2025
Sale Number
#1009
Total Lots
147
Sold Lots
142
Lots Sold
96.6%
Unsold Lots
5
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
158,946.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
42,580.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
73,150.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
43,780.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
75,150.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
211.50%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
158,946.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
287 JAKS, Stanley (Herbert Siegbert Jaks, 1903 -- 60). The Legendary Collected Mental Secrets of Doctor Jaks. 54 volumes.

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 102,000.00
289 [ANDY JERXMAN, pseudonym]. Magic for Young Lovers.

2018

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 3,360.00
290 [ANDY JERXMAN, pseudonym]. ERDNASE III, S.W. The Jerx, Volume One.

2016

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 2,640.00
258 CERVON, Bruce (1941 - 2007). Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks. Vols. 1--5.

2007/09.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 1,800.00
337 The Neat Review. Alexander Hansford. N1 (2019) - N5 (2022).

2019 -2022

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 1,800.00
212 CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973). Cardini's Business Card File.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,680.00
292 [ANDY JERXMAN, pseudonym]. Thinking of You / Toy.

2019

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 1,560.00
215 CHAPENDER, Martin (1879 -- 1905). Three signed RPPCs.

1904

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 1,200.00
329 Large Collection of Lecture Notes, Booklets, Books, and Instruction Pamphlets on Mentalism and Mind Reading.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 1,200.00
248 BANACHEK (Steve Shaw, b. 1960). Five Books on Mentalism. Including Psychological Thought Reading.

2005

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 1,140.00
291 [ANDY JERXMAN, pseudonym]. Here Be Bunnies.

2020

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 1,020.00
286 STELZEL, Christian (b. 1945). J.N. Hofzinser Non Plus Ultra.

2013

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 1,020.00
241 Suee Seen and Chung Ling Soo Postcard.

1900s.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 960.00
198 GUEST, Leslie (1898 -- 1981). Leslie Guest / Cincinnati's Most Accomplished Mystic and Entertainer.

Circa 1930s.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 840.00
315 VERNON, Dai (1894 - 1992). The Vernon Chronicles.

1987---92.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 840.00
297 LORAYNE, Harry (1926 - 2023). Complete set of Harry Lorayne's Apocalypse.

2000

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 840.00
199 KALANAG (Helmut Schreiber). Kalanag / Gloria.

ca. 1956.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 780.00
322 More than Twenty Books on Magic. Including JACK, Handsome (John Lovick). The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of The Famous Handsome Jack.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 780.00
340 FRAKSON, Jose (1891 -- 1981). File of Frakson photographs and ephemera, two signed.

USD 500.00 - 750.00 780.00
132 VERNON, Dai (1894 - 1992). Silhouette of Billy McComb by Dai Vernon.

ca. 1970.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 780.00
253 BROWN, Derren (b. 1971). Absolute Magic. A Model for Powerful Close-Up Performance.

2003

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 660.00
277 HARRIS, Paul (b. 1954) and Eric Mead. The Art of Astonishment, Volumes 1-3.

1996

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 660.00
214 CARTER, Charles J. (1874 -- 1936). Large group of advertising and letterhead.

Circa 1930s.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 660.00
244 VERNON, Dai (1894 - 1992). The Vernon Touch, June 1986.

1986

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 600.00
197 GERMAIN, Karl (Charles Mattmuller, 1878 - 1959). Germain the Wizard / Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before.

ca. 1908.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 600.00
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    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.