Potter and Potter Auctions: Select Secrets, 1226, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 13, 2025 - December 13, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Greats of Magic Signed Playing Card Pack. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 | |||
| 3 | Abbott, David P. (1863 -- 1934). | Five Photographs of David P. Abbott, Three Signed. |
Omaha | ca. 1908 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 4 | ALEXANDER (Claude Conlin, 1880 - 1954). | Portrait of Alexander "The Man Who Knows," Inscribed and Signed. |
[Portland | ca. 1920]. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 7 | BESTLEMEIER, Georg Hieronymous (1764-1829). | Die Samtlichen Kupserstiche von denen, Bestlelmeirischen Kunst -- und andern, Nutzlichen immer vorrathigen Waaren in Nuruberg ("The Official Engravings of the Best-Selling Art and Other Useful Goods Always in Stock at Bestlemeier's, Nuremberg"). |
Nuremberg | ca. 1790s]. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 8 | BLACKBURN, Douglas. | Thought-Reading or Modern Mysteryes Explained. |
London | ca. 1886 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 570.00 |
| 10 | BLACKSTONE, Harry (Harry Bouton, 1884 -- 1965). | Blackstone the World's Master Magician. |
[Standee.] Erie | ca. 1920 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,360.00 |
| 15 | CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973). | Early RPPC of Cardini and his Sister. |
Circa 1916. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,160.00 | |
| 16 | CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973). | Inscribed and Signed Portrait of Cardini. |
New York | 1930s. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 20 | CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973). | Three Magic Books from Cardini's Library. |
USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,140.00 | ||
| 22 | CARLYLE, Francis (Francis Finneran, 1912-75). | Inscribed and Signed Portrait of Francis Carlyle. |
[Hollywood and New York] | 1940s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
| 24 | CARTER, Charles (1870 -- 1936). | Carter the Great. The Lion's Bride. |
Chicago | ca. 1918 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 25 | CERVON, Bruce (1941 -- 2007). | Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks. |
[California | 1964 -- 87]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 |
| 28 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Autographed Portrait Postcard of Chung Ling Soo. |
Circa 1915. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 840.00 | |
| 29 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo. The Light of the World. Marvellous Chinese Conjurer. |
Birmingham | ca. 1910 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 30 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo Mysteries. A Rare Bit of Old China. |
London | [ca. 1915]. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 31 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo. From the Land of the Peacock. |
London | ca. 1908 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 32 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo Signed and Annotated Theatrical Contract. |
1912 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 45 | DANTE (Harry Jansen, 1883 -- 1955). | Seven Dante Trolley Card Lithographs. |
Hamburg | 1931 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
| 46 | DEBIERE, Arnold (1878 -- 1934). | De Biere The Man of Mystery! |
[Manchester] | 1923 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 56 | [DEVANT, David]. | Flioscope with David Devant Flipbook. |
England | ca. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 57 | DEVANT, David (David Wighton, 1868 -- 1941). | David Devant Signed Theatrical Contract. |
1915 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,440.00 | |
| 58 | DOBLER, Ludwig (1801 -- 64). | Manuscript Aphorism Signed by Dobler. |
Hand dated in Vienna on October 2 | 1847 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 59 | DRIVER, Thos W. | The Delusion of Modern Spiritualism and the "Rochester Knockings." |
Wellington | 1916 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 62 | ERDNASE, S.W. | The Expert at the Card Table. Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table. |
[Chicago] | (1902). | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 63 | L'Adroit Escamoteur our Recueil de nouveaux tours de societe... . |
Epinial | s.d. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 480.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")