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
76		Two Houdini/Gimbel Brothers Packing Box Escape Challenges	Philadelphia	1912	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
77		Houdini 14th Street Store Packers Challenge	New York	1906	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
78		Houdini Mirror Cuff Challenge Ephemera		1904	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
79		Packing Box Challenge Letter to Houdini		1916	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
80		Houdini Beer Barrel Escape Challenge	New York	1911	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
81		Koch & Co. Houdini Challenge	New York	1907	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
82		Press Photo of Houdini Behind Bars		1920s	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
83	F.N. Trowers	Two TLSs Regarding a Spirit Photo of Mary Todd Lincoln		1925	USD 250.00 - 500.00	Unknown
84	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Houdini Typed Letter, Signed		1924	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
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	Unknown
86	Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926)	Harry Houdini Guest Book Autograph and Inscription		1913	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
87		Candid photo of Houdini and Seven Uniformed Women		c. 1920	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
88	J.C. Fitzpatrick (1876-1940)	ALS From a Librarian of Congress Regarding the Unmasking of Robert-Houdin		1916	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
89		Business Syndicate Invitation Presented to Harry Houdini		c. 1920	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
90	William Berol; John Mulholland	Group of Houdini-Related Ephemera		1910s-40s	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
91	Jim Cassidy	Real Photo Postcard of Houdini's Gravesite Bust		c. 1914	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
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	Unknown
93		Houdini in the New York Clipper		1903	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
94		Grim Game Promotional Brochure	New York	1919	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
95	Tony Curtis	Two Houdini Movie Signed Lobby Cards		1953	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
96		Harry Houdini As I Knew Him Handbill	London	1934	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
97		Houdini Russian Broadside Fragment	Russia	c. 1903	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
98		Houdini All Star Cabaret Program	New York City	1925	USD 250.00 - 500.00	Unknown
99		NVA 1925 Benefit Deluxe Souvenir Program Book	New York	1925	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
100		In-Store Window Card Featuring Houdini	New York	1936	USD 150.00 - 250.00	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.