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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin |
New York | 1908 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown | |
| 102 | Seymour Chwast (b. 1931) | Doug Henning / The Sensational Houdini Water Torture Cell Escape |
1974 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 103 | Chuck Romano; Sidney Radner | Group of Five Houdini-Related Posters |
1960s-90s; 1994 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 104 | Claude Conlin (1880-1954) | Ask Alexander |
c. 1915 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 105 | Claude A. Conlin (1880-1954) | Alexander. The Man Who Knows. |
c. 1920 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown | |
| 106 | Al Nicol (1871-1958) | Around the World Tour. The Great Von Arx. |
St. Paul | c. 1915 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 107 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. Carter Beats the Devil. |
Cleveland | 1930s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 108 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. The Modern Priestess of Delphi: Your Mind is an Open Book to Her. |
Cleveland | c. 1930 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 109 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. The Vanishing Elephant. |
Cleveland | c. 1930s | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 110 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. The World's Weird Wonderful Wizard. |
Cleveland | c. 1930 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 111 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. The World's Weird Wonderful Wizard. |
Cleveland | 1930s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 112 | W.E. Robinson (1861-1918) | Chung Ling Soo |
Ashton-under-Lyne | c. 1910 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 113 | W.E. Robinson (1861-1918); Val Prince | Chung Ling Soo Mysteries. The Birth of the Pearl. |
Acton | c. 1915 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 114 | Leon Bosco | Comedians de Mephisto Co. Bosco. |
Hamburg | 1905 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 115 | Cortes and Mari Manipulador Illusionistas. |
Sevilla | c. 1910 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 116 | Do the Dead Return? In Person DI Ghilini |
c. 1940 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 117 | Ormond McGill (1913 - 2005) | Dr. Zomb is Watching You! |
c. 1950 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 118 | Gerald Heaney (1899 - 1974) | The Great Heaney. Famous Master Magician |
c. 1930 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 119 | Harry Kellar (Heinrich Keller) | Kellar |
New York | c. 1897 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 120 | Harry Kellar (1849 - 1922) | Kellar. Presenting his Latest and Greatest Wonder. “Gone.” |
Cincinnati | c. 1900 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 121 | Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936) | Kellar and Thurston. Howard Thurston |
Cincinnati & New York | 1907 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown |
| 122 | Two Le Grand David Signed Posters |
Beverly, MA | 1970s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 123 | Cecil Lyle (Cecil Cohen, 1889 – 1955) | Lyle with his Magical Revue Cavalcade of Mystery |
British | 1930s | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 124 | Cecil Lyle (Cecil Cohen, 1889 – 1955) | The Great Lyle with his Cavalcade of Mystery |
London | c. 1935 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 125 | C.A. George Newmann (1880 - 1952) | Newmann the Great and his Show of Wonders |
St. Paul | c. 1920 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
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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.