Potter and Potter Auctions: Literature and Legerdemain, 22201, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 28, 2026 - February 28, 2026

Page Size: 424 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
400	[CHRISTOPHER, Maurine (1920-2013), ed]	[THURSTON]. Howard Thurston's Illusion Show Work Books	Pasadena	[1991-1992]	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 1,000.00
401	VERNON, Dai (1894 -- 1992)	Revelation	Pasadena	2008	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 375.00
402	GANSON, Lewis (1913-1980)	[VERNON]. The Essential Dai Vernon	Tahoma, CA	2009	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,500.00
403	MINCH, Stephen et al.	[VERNON]. The Vernon Chronicles	[Lake Tahoe, CA]	[1987-1992]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 218.75
404	GANSON, Lewis	[VERNON]. Trio of Titles About Dai Vernon	[Tahoma, CA]	[1994-1996]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 218.75
405	WALTON, Roy (1932-2020)	The Complete Walton -- Volumes I -- III	[V.p.]	[1986-2016]	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 125.00
406	WEBER, Michael (b. 1961)	Collection of Weber Lecture Notes, Tricks, and Publications		1990s -- 2020s	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 1,187.50
407	WORTHINGTON, Thomas Chew (1882 -- 1953)	Recollections of Howard Thurston	Baltimore	1938	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 343.75
408		Yankee Magic Collector. Ed Hill, Bob Schoof, et al		(Jun. 1983)	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 406.25
409	ZANCIG, Julius and Agnes	Zancig's New Complete Palmistry	Chicago	-1902	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 187.50
410	ZIMMERMAN, Diana and Robert Gould	Siegfried & Roy: Unique in All the World	Los Angeles	2010	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 937.50
411		[MAGIC -- INSTRUCTIONAL] Twenty-Three Books of Magic Tricks in Original Bindings	[V.p.]	[ca. 19th -- early 20th centuries]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 312.50
412		[MAGIC -- INSTRUCTIONAL] Group of 35 Magic Trick Booklets or Pamphlets	[V.p.]	[ca. 20th century]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 218.75
413		[MAGIC -- INSTRUCTIONAL] Nearly 100 Magic Trick Booklets or Pamphlets	[V.p.]	[ca. 20th century]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 343.75
414		[MAGIC -- INSTRUCTIONAL] Twenty Four Modern Books of Magic Tricks by Magicians	[V.p.]	[ca. 20th -- 21st centuries]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
415		[MAGIC -- GENERAL PUBLIC] Nearly 80 Books on Magic and Magicians for the General Public	[V.p.]	[ca. 20th- 21st centuries]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
416		[MAGIC -- HISTORY] Group of Nearly 30 Books on History of Magic and Biographies of Magicians	[V.p.]	[ca. 20th- 21st centuries]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 281.25
417		[MAGIC - HISTORY]. Four Biographies from the Magical Pro-Files Series	Pasadena, CA	[1986-1993]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
418		[MAGIC -- PERIODICALS] Four Runs of Magic Magazines		2009	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 875.00
419		[MAGIC - FICTION]. Pair of Fictional Titles with Magical Subjects, including: GREENWOOD, James. Silas Horner's Adventures, or, The Captive Conjurers	London	[ca. 1880]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
420		[MAGICIAN-OWNED BOOKS]. Trio of Titles Owned by Magicians, including: OVETTE, Joseph. Practical Telepathy...	Chicago	1924	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
421		[HYPNOTISM]. Pair of Titles About Hypnotism, including: COOK, Wm.- Wesley. Practical Lessons in Hypnotism	Chicago	[1900]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 343.75
422	Todd Karr, editor	[THE MIRACLE FACTORY]. Trio of First Editions, including: The Secret Ways of Al Baker	Seattle	[2003]	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 375.00
423	Todd Karr, editor	[THE MIRACLE FACTORY]. Trio of First Editions, including: Essential Robert-Houdin	Los Angeles	[2006]	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 406.25

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 April

Sotheby’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.