Potter and Potter Auctions: Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia, 22204, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 18, 2026 - April 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Houdini/Gimbel Brothers Packing Box Escape Challenges |
Philadelphia | 1912 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,952.00 | |
| 77 | Houdini 14th Street Store Packers Challenge |
New York | 1906 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,460.00 | |
| 78 | Houdini Mirror Cuff Challenge Ephemera |
1904 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,952.00 | ||
| 79 | Packing Box Challenge Letter to Houdini |
1916 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 861.00 | ||
| 80 | Houdini Beer Barrel Escape Challenge |
New York | 1911 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,168.50 | |
| 81 | Koch & Co. Houdini Challenge |
New York | 1907 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 19,680.00 | |
| 82 | Press Photo of Houdini Behind Bars |
1920s | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,230.00 | ||
| 83 | F.N. Trowers | Two TLSs Regarding a Spirit Photo of Mary Todd Lincoln |
1925 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,920.00 | |
| 84 | Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926) | Houdini Typed Letter, Signed |
1924 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,476.00 | |
| 85 | Beatrice Houdini; Harry Rouclere; Dorny; James Wobensmith; Bernard Ernst; Harry Redan; Joe Lightner | A Group of Vintage and Modern Houdini Ephemera |
1920s - 90s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 184.50 | |
| 86 | Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926) | Harry Houdini Guest Book Autograph and Inscription |
1913 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,476.00 | |
| 87 | Candid photo of Houdini and Seven Uniformed Women |
c. 1920 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,690.00 | ||
| 88 | J.C. Fitzpatrick (1876-1940) | ALS From a Librarian of Congress Regarding the Unmasking of Robert-Houdin |
1916 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,230.00 | |
| 89 | Business Syndicate Invitation Presented to Harry Houdini |
c. 1920 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 369.00 | ||
| 90 | William Berol; John Mulholland | Group of Houdini-Related Ephemera |
1910s-40s | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 553.50 | |
| 91 | Jim Cassidy | Real Photo Postcard of Houdini's Gravesite Bust |
c. 1914 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,168.50 | |
| 92 | Edward Saint; Oscar S. Teale | Pair of Booklets from Houdini Associates, including: Life, History and Handcuff Secrets of Houdini; Houdini Exposes the tricks used by the Boston Medium "Margery"... |
New York | ND (ca. 1907); 1924 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 369.00 |
| 93 | Houdini in the New York Clipper |
1903 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 584.25 | ||
| 94 | Grim Game Promotional Brochure |
New York | 1919 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 461.25 | |
| 95 | Tony Curtis | Two Houdini Movie Signed Lobby Cards |
1953 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 861.00 | |
| 96 | Harry Houdini As I Knew Him Handbill |
London | 1934 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 184.50 | |
| 97 | Houdini Russian Broadside Fragment |
Russia | c. 1903 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 922.50 | |
| 98 | Houdini All Star Cabaret Program |
New York City | 1925 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 153.75 | |
| 99 | NVA 1925 Benefit Deluxe Souvenir Program Book |
New York | 1925 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 184.50 | |
| 100 | In-Store Window Card Featuring Houdini |
New York | 1936 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 307.50 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
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Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000