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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Beer Barrel Escape Challenge |
Munich | 1913 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 127 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Palace Music Hall Handbill |
[Chicago] | [ca. 1915] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 128 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | The Grim Game Promotional Brochure |
New York | -1919 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 129 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Martinka and Company Stock Certificate |
Circa 1919 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 | |
| 130 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Hippodrome Vanishing Elephant Program |
[New York] | [1917] | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 131 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Signed Houdini Picture Corporation Stock Certificate and Bank Transfer Certificate |
Dated August 29th, 1921 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 | |
| 132 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Theater Handbill |
1921-12-19 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 218.75 | |
| 133 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Orpheum Circuit Theater Program |
St. Louis | 1922 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 134 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Gimbel Brothers Packing Case Challenge |
[New York] | 1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 135 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Final Tour Souvenir Program |
[New York?] | 1925 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 136 | [HOUDINI] Houdini Embroidered Tapestry Presented to his Nurse |
Circa 1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 | ||
| 137 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Portrait of Houdini and Ira Davenport |
1928 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 138 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Signed Portrait of Houdini and Trewey |
1920 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 | |
| 139 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Portrait of Howard Thurston and Houdini |
New York | ca. 1920 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 140 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Boy's Cinema Famous Heroes Houdini Trade Card |
[England] | 1922 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 141 | KASSNER, Alois (1887 -- 1970) | Twenty-Eight Photographs of Kassner on Stage |
Circa 1942 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 142 | [KELLAR] United States Playing Card Co. The Stage No. 65x Playing Cards. Two Packs |
Cincinnati | 1896 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 143 | KELLAR, Harry (1849 -- 1922) | Kellar ALS to Thomas Worthington |
1920-01-31 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 144 | [MASKELYNE & DEVANT] Autographs of David Devant and Nevil Maskelyne |
1920 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 375.00 | ||
| 144A | OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1875 -- 1963) | Inscribed and Signed RPPC of Okito |
Vienna | 1930s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 145 | OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1875 -- 1963) | Two-Page TLS from Okito to Howard Thurston |
Dated March 2, 1915 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 146 | ROCK, Will (1907 -- 95) | Archive of Will Rock Correspondence and Illusion Show Ephemera |
1930s | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 | |
| 147 | SAINT, Edward (1891 -- 1942) | Signed Portrait of Ed Saint |
Circa 1940 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 148 | THAYER, Floyd (1877 -- 1959) | Thayer's Art Wood Works Wholesale Price List |
Pasadena | ca. 1900 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 149 | THAYER, Floyd (1877 -- 1959) | Floyd and Jennie Thayer's Membership Cards and Medallions |
1949 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
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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.