Potter and Potter Auctions: Winter Magic Auction - Online Only, 1227, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 24, 2026 - January 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | BENEVOL (Luigi Benevelo 1865 - 1939). | Le Legendaire Professeur Benevol. |
Paris | ca. 1910 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 286 | BENEVOL (Luigi Benevelo 1865 - 1939). | Le Coupeur de Tetes. |
Paris | ca. 1910s. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 287 | BIRCH, McDonald (1902 -- 92). | Birch ... Hindu Rope Trick. |
Mason City | ca. 1950 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 288 | BIRCH, McDonald (1902 -- 92). | Birch Master Magician and Co. Presents Mysterio. |
Mason City | ca. 1960 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 60.00 |
| 289 | CARTER, Charles (1874--1936). | Carter the Great / Condemned to Death for Witchcraft. Cheats the Gallows. |
Cleveland | ca. 1930s. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 290 | CARTER, Charles (1874--1936). | Carter the Great / Do the Dead Materialize? The Absorbing Question of All Time. |
Cleveland | ca. 1930s. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 291 | CARTER, Charles (1874 -- 1936). | Carter the Great/The Vanishing Elephant. |
Cleveland | ca. 1930s. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 292 | CARTER, Charles (1874 -- 1936). | Carter the Great. |
Cleveland | 1930s. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 293 | CARTER, Charles (1874 -- 1936). | Carter The Great. World's Weird Wonderful Wizard. |
Calcutta | ca. 1930 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 294 | Four Chang and Fak Hong Magic Posters. | Valencia: E. |
Mirabet | ca1920s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 295 | COPPERFIELD, David (b. 1956). | The Magic Man. |
[Chicago | 1974]. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 296 | DE LA MANO. | Two Conjuring Broadsides. |
New York | ca. 1870s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 297 | FIGER, Louis. | Orielantalischen Magie. |
Landau | 1857 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 298 | GARVIN (Schweizer Franz). | Two Magic Posters. |
Gera | ca. 1939 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 299 | GERMAIN, Karl (Charles Mattmueller, 1878 -- 1959). | Germain the Wizard. |
[Cleveland | ca. 1910]. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 300 | HOUDINI. |
Paramount Studios | 1953 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 301 | [IBM] Two International Brotherhood of Magicians Convention Window Cards. |
c.1931. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 330.00 | ||
| 302 | JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018). | All Hallows'' Eve!!! Lecture-Demonstration. |
Los Angeles | 1984 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 303 | KAR-MI (Joseph Hallworth). | Kar-Mi Swallows a Loaded Gun Barrel. |
New York | 1914 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 304 | KAR-MI (Joseph Hallworth). | Kar-Mi Was Buried Alive for 32 Days. |
Chicago/New York/St. Louis | 1914 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 305 | KASSNER, Alois (1887 -- 1970). | Zaubermeister Kassner. Two Posters. |
1940 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 306 | KASSNER, Alois (1887 -- 1970). | Two Kassner Magic Posters. |
1920s -- 40. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 480.00 | |
| 307 | KELLAR, Harry (1849 -- 1922). | Kellar. |
Cincinnati | ca. 1889 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 308 | LI CHANG (Joan Forns). | Two Li Chang Magic Posters. Pair of bright color lithographs both advertising magic shows of this faux Asian magician. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 | ||
| 309 | MARQUIS, George. | Marquis the Magician in Person. |
Mason City | ca. 1945 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 120.00 |
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