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 |
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![<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouv...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a2a2dbe-8edf-4091-9a08-800f7aba747e.jpg "<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,</i>, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier <i>L'Histoire des plantes,</i> second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.")
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000. -
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, mai...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [ver...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les ...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodram...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. M...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin ori...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000. -
![<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/004c032b-da4d-428e-811b-e5a8e80376a2.jpg "<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.")
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800. -
