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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