Potter and Potter Auctions: Winter Magic Auction - Online Only, 1227, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
January 24, 2026 - January 24, 2026
Page Size: 174 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
228

Circus Busch / Afra.

Hamburg (1916). USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,080.00
229 HENNING, Doug (1947 -- 2000).

"The Astounding Hendoo" Business Card.

1960s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
230 HENNING, Doug (1947 -- 2000).

Doug Henning 1984 Broadway Tour Photos.

New York 1984 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
231 HENNING, Doug (1947 -- 2000).

Doug Henning's Merlin on Broadway Production Archive and Audio Recording.

New York 1982--83. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 7,200.00
232 HENNING, Doug (1947 -- 2000).

Doug Henning Ahmanson Theater Live Show DVD.

Los Angeles September 1984. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 660.00
233

[PHOTOS -- MAGICIANS] Collection of Magicians' Photographs.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 960.00
234 HARDEEN (Theo Weiss, 1876 - 1945).

Portrait of Hardeen.

New York ca. 1940 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
235 HOUDINI, Beatrice (1876 -- 1943).

Portrait of Bess Houdini Inscribed and Signed to Floyd Thayer.

[Los Angeles?] 1940s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 480.00
236 [HOUDINI]

Magicians Club of London Banquet Photograph.

London ca. 1911 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 360.00
237 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Smiling Portrait of Houdini.

Circa 1922. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 450.00
238 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Photograph of Houdini in a Straitjacket.

Circa 1920. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 720.00
239 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin.

New York 1908 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,400.00
240 JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018).

TNS from Ricky Jay to Billy McComb. Letterpress printed card with a humorous note from one magician to the other.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
241 KALANAG (Helmut Schreiber, 1903 -- 63).

Collection of Kalanag Press Photos.

Circa 1956. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 480.00
244 LAFAYETTE (Sigmund Neuberger, 1871 - 1911).

Two RPPCS of Lafayette's Funeral.

[Edinburgh 1911]. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
245 LEWIS, Martin (1948 - 2022).

Martin Lewis Personal Sidewalk Shuffle Research Collection.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 420.00
246 LYNN, Dr. (J.W. Simmons, 1836 - 99).

Dr. Lynn Egyptian Hall Program.

London 1870s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 600.00
247

Twelve Images of Hubert Brill, Bert Lahr, and Movie Stars Presenting Magic Tricks.

RKO 1941 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
248 MARSHALL, Jay (1919 -- 2005).

Group of Jay Marshall Publications and Ephemera.

1950s -- 2000s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
249 MARLO, Ed (1913 -- 91).

Signed Portrait of The Cardician.

[Chicago 1950s]. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
250 MASKELYNE, J.N.

RPPC of John Nevil Maskelyne.

Postmarked 1903. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 150.00
251 MORA (Louis McCord, 1884 - 1972)

Two Photographs of Silent Mora, one Signed.

1940s -- 50s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
252 NEWMANN, C.A. George (1880 -- 1952).

Some Random Snap Shots. Newmann's Tent Theater.

1937 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,080.00
253 NEWMANN, C.A. George (1880 -- 1952).

Ten Pieces of Newmann Ephemera.

1910s -- 40s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 270.00
254 PHILIPPE (Jacques Talon, 1802 -- 78).

Philippe Strand Theatre Broadside.

[London] ca. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 600.00
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