Potter and Potter Auctions: Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia, 22204, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 18, 2026 - April 18, 2026

Page Size: 262 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Houdini Photograph and Signed Book Shadowbox	New York	1922	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
2	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Inscribed and Signed Houdini Portrait		c. 1924	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
4	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Houdini's Paper Magic	New York	1922	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
5		The Lover's Dictionary: A Poetical Treasury	New York	1867	USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00	Unknown
6	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Signed Real Photo Postcard of Houdini		c. 1910	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
7		Mr. & Mrs. Harry Houdini RPPC	London	1909	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
8		Buried Alive! Egyptian Fakirs Outdone. Master Mystifier. Houdini.	Cleveland	c. 1924	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Unknown
9		Tinted Real Photo Postcard of Houdini in Restraints	London	c. 1910	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
10	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Harry Houdini Autographed Playing Card		c. 1915	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
11		The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist	New York	1922	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
12	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Elliott's Last Legacy	New York	1923	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
13	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926); Dr. James William Elliott (1874-1920)	Elliott's Last Legacy. Secrets of the King of All Kard Kings...	New York	1923	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
14	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Elliott's Last Legacy	New York	1923	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
15	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Houdini's Paper Magic	New York	1922	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
16	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	A Magician Among the Spirits	New York	1924	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Unknown
17	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	A Magician Among the Spirits	New York	1924	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
18	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Miracle Mongers and Their Methods	New York	1926	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
19	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Miracle Mongers and Their Methods	New York	1929	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
20	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin	New York	1908	USD 250.00 - 500.00	Unknown
21	L.R.G. Crandon (1873-1939)	The Margery Mediumship	New York	1930	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
22	Bernard Ernst; Hereward Carrington	Houdini and Conan Doyle. The Story of a Strange Friendship	New York	1932	USD 250.00 - 500.00	Unknown
23	Patrick Culliton (b. 1944)	Houdini—The Key	Los Angeles	2010	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
24	Patrick Culliton (b. 1944)	Houdini Unlocked	Los Angeles	1997	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
25	Samri Friekell (Walter Gibson)	Spirit Mediums Exposed	New York	1930	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
26	Harry Hermon	Hellerism: Second Sight Mystery	Boston	1884	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown

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.