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
27	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Houdini Exposes the Boston Medium “Margery.”	New York	1924	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
28	William Kalush; Larry Sloman	The Secret Life of Houdini Laid Bare	New York; Pasadena	2007	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
29	Marcet Haldeman-Julius (1887-1941)	An Interview with Houdini	Girard, KS	1925	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
30		Lawlessness on Trial		c. 1910	USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00	Unknown
31	Oudini	The Great Mysteries Now Revealed for the First Time	Boston	1909	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
32	Arthur B. Reeve; John W. Grey	The Master Mystery	New York	[1919]	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
33	Richard Penlake	Trick Photography	London	1906	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
57	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Houdini Mirror Cuff Postcard		1904	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
58	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Portrait Postcard of Houdini	London	ca. 1920	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Unknown
59	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Houdini Portrait Postcard	London	ca. 1910	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
60	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Houdini Autograph Note Signed		1908	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
61		Two Photographs of The Houdini Family in Automobiles		Circa 1908	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
62		Houdini Family Genealogical Record		1920s - 70s	USD 250.00 - 500.00	Unknown
63		Candid Portrait of a Youthful Beatrice Houdini		Circa 1906	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
64	Beatrice Houdini (1876-1953)	Two Signed Beatrice Houdini Letters		1930s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
65		Portrait of Bess Houdini		Circa 1916	USD 300.00 - 600.00	Unknown
66	Walter Gibson (1897-1985)	Houdini's Magic	New York	(1932)	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
67		Two Photographs of Beatrice Houdini		Circa 1913	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
68		Portrait of Beatrice Houdini Costume	Indianapolis	ca. 1920	USD 300.00 - 600.00	Unknown
70		Three Photographs of Harry and Bess Houdini		1916 - 21	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
71	Beatrice Houdini (1976-1943)	Three Portraits of Beatrice Houdini, one Signed		Circa 1940	USD 300.00 - 600.00	Unknown
72		Portrait of Saint at Coney Island		Circa 1910	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
73		Collection of Houdini Memorabilia and Photographs		1910s - 70s	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
74		Two Houdini Escape Challenges	Chicago; Memphis, Tennessee	1923	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
75		Houdini Padded Cell Suit Challenge	Leeds	1920	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	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.