Potter and Potter Auctions: Literature and Legerdemain, 22201, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 28, 2026 - February 28, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | [CARD TRICKS & CHEATING]. Group of 19 First or Early Editions of Modern Card Tricks/Cheating Titles |
[V.p.] | [20th/21st century] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 226 | [CATALOGS - MAGIC]. Huge Lot of Over 400 Modern Magic and Related Catalogs from Auctioneers and Magic Shops |
[V.p.] | [ca. 20th -- 21st centuries] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 227 | CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950) | Carter the Great |
[Pasadena] | -1995 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 228 | CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950) and Bill Miesel (1935 - 2012) | Kellar's Wonders |
[Pasadena] | [2003] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 229 | CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950) and William Rauscher | Servais LeRoy: Monarch of Mystery |
Pasadena | 1999 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 230 | CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950) | Wonders [and:] The Conference Illusions |
Pasadena, CA | [2013] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 231 | CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950) | Classic Correspondence from Egyptian Hall Museum |
Pasadena, CA | 2010; 2014; 2016; 2021 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 232 | CAVENEY, Mike; JAY, Ricky; STEINMEYER, Jim | Magic: 1400s-1950s |
Los Angeles | 2009 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 233 | CESTKOWSKI, Gerald | Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes |
Denver | 2002 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 234 | CERVON, Bruce (1941 -- 2007) | Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks |
Tahoma | 2007/09 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 235 | CHRISTIAN, Magic (b. 1945) | J.N. Hofzinser Non Plus Ultra Vols. I and II |
Seattle | 2013 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 236 | CHRISTIAN, Magic (b. 1945) (trans. Lori Pieper) | Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Non Plus Ultra |
Seattle | 2013 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 237 | CLARKE, Sidney (1864 -- 1940) | The Annals of Conjuring |
Seattle | [2001] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 238 | Collectors' Forum. Fred W. Evans. V1 N1 (Jan. 1991) -- V5 N4 (Nov. 1995) |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 281.25 | ||
| 239 | [COMICS]. Blackstone Master Magician Comics |
New York | March-April 1946 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 240 | [COMICS]. [BLACKSTONE, ELLIMAN, HOUDINI]. Nine Issues of Super Magician Comics |
New York | September, 1941 -- October/November, 1946 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 241 | [COMICS]. [NEFF, Dr. Bill, subject]. Ghost Breakers |
New York [and] Derby, CT | September and December 1948 [and] February, 1953 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 242 | [COMICS]. Red Dragon. Fantasy-Magic Comics |
New York | 1947-11-01 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 243 | [COMICS]. Real Fact Comics |
New York | March-April 1946 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 | |
| 244 | [COMICS]. Group of Nearly 80 Magic-Related Comics |
[V.p.] | [ca. 20th -- 21st centuries] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 | |
| 245 | CREMER, W.H. | Classic Works on Conjuring |
ca. 1900 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 246 | CULLITON, Patrick (b. 1944) | Houdini Unlocked |
[Los Angeles] | 1997 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 247 | CULLITON, Patrick (b. 1944) | Houdini-The Key |
Los Angeles | 2010 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 248 | DELAURENCE, L.W. (1868 -- 1936) | Four Works on Occult Topics |
Chicago | 1941 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 249 | DEVANT, David (1868-1941) | Five First Editions |
[London] | [1922, 1931] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 281.25 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.