Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Part IV, 1222, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025
Page Size: 426 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26

[ENTERTAINMENT -- MAGIC & CIRCUS]. Large Collection of Over 200 Modern and Contemporary Magic, Circus, and Related Posters and Ephemera

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 720.00
27 FAUST (Granville Taylor)

Three Signed Faust Items

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
28 GAUTIER, Louis (British, 19th/20th century)

Untitled landscape

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
29 GERMAIN, Karl (Charles Mattmuller, 1878 - 1959)

Germain the Wizard. Cleveland: Schmitz-Horning Litho

ca. 1910 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 480.00
30 GERMAIN, Karl (Charles Mattmuller, 1878 - 1959)

The Master of Magic / Germain

Cleveland ca. 1908 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 510.00
31

Giant Horse

Cincinnati, OH ca. 1920s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
32 GIBSON, Charles Dana (1867-1944)

Collection of 12 Magazine Prints. 1896-1905

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
33 GOGIA PASHA (Dhanapat Rai Gogia, 1910 - 1976)

Gogia Pasha Window Cards and Ephemera

Circa 1950s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
34 GOGIA PASHA (Dhanapat Rai Gogia, 1910 - 1976)

Gogia Pasha and his Bhoot Mahal (Haunted House)

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
35 [HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839 -- 1919)]

Portrait of Professor Hoffmann

1985 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 180.00
36 HOGARTH, William (1697 -- 1754), after

The Humours and Diversions of Southwark Fair, and two others

London ca. 1835 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
37 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926)

Photograph of Poster of Houdini and Vignettes of Tricks

Circa early-20th century USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 72.00
38 FAIRBURN, John (1789 -- 1840)

[HOUDINI]. Fairburn's Conjuror. Monsieur Chabert the Fire King

London ca. 1815 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 960.00
39

[IT'S MAGIC]. Two It's Magic Posters, Milt Larsen

Los Angeles 1973 & 1974 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 300.00
40 JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018)

All Hallows' Eve!!! Lecture-Demonstration

Los Angeles 1984 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 720.00
41 JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018)

Cards as Weapons [Signed]

Darien House 1977 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
42 JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018)

Ricky Jay. On the Stem

New York 2003 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 360.00
43 JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018)

'Twixt Two Worlds

New York 2007 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
44 KALANAG (Helmut Schreiber, 1903 -- 1963)

Mysterious Kalanag & Gloria

Circa 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
45 KIO, Igor (1944 -- 2006)

Four Kio Posters

Russia mid-20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
46 LE GRAND DAVID

Le Grand David and His Magic Company / Spectacular

Beverly, Mass. ca. 1979 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 180.00
47 LE GRAND DAVID

Collection of over 30 Le Grand David Posters and Related Ephemera

Circa 1970s -- 2000s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
48

LE GRAND DAVID. Collection of over 30 Le Grand David Posters

Circa 1970s -- 2000s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
49

Les Magique Leons

Netherfield ca. 1925 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 300.00
50 LEVALLIER

Levallier

Marseille ca. 1940s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 330.00
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
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