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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 295 | Harry Blackstone (Henry Boughton, 1885 -1965); Inez Blackstone | Collection of Blackstone Autographs and Ephemera |
1920s - 60s | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 296 | Lusha Nelson (1900 - 38) | Portrait of Cardini by Lusha Nelson |
1930s | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 297 | Cardini (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973) | Four Pieces of Cardini Ephemera |
1940s - 90s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 298 | Cardini (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973) | Two Signed Cardini Christmas Cards |
1930s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 299 | Cardini (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973) | Cardini Portrait Inscribed to Silent Mora |
Louisville | c. 1927 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 300 | Oversize Portrait of Dai Vernon Fanning Cards |
c. 1948 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | ||
| 301 | Robert K. Weill | Scrapbook commemorating Dai Vernon's 1976 Grand Island lecture |
1976 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 302 | Oversize Portrait of Dai Vernon and Chester Morris |
c. 1948 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 303 | Richiardi; Faucet Ross; Glen Pope; George Jason; Les Levante | Photographs from the Collection of Dai Vernon |
1920s – 80s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 304 | Dai Vernon (1894 - 1992) | Dai Vernon Signed Portrait |
1976 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | |
| 305 | Joseffy (Joseph Freud, 1873 - 1946); Hal Phyfe | Large Signed Portrait of Joseffy and Balsamo |
New York | c. 1935 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 306 | Hamid Bey (1897 - 1976) | Signed Photograph of Hamid Bey |
1920s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 307 | Jay Ose | Jay Ose Business Card and Photograph |
1960s - 70s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 308 | Some of the Conjuring Lights. Living & Deceased. |
New York | 1898 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 309 | Maurice Raymond (1877 - 1948) | Two Maurice Raymond Oversize Portraits |
Fall River, MA | 1910s | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 310 | Maurice Raymond (1877 - 1948) | Two Photographs of Raymond and his Illusion Show |
Chicago | c. 1915 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 311 | Harlan Tarbell (1890 - 1960) | Harlan Tarbell Portrait, Signed |
New York | 1950s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
| 312 | Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936) | Congratulatory Letter Signed by Howard Thurston |
Detroit | April 9, 1924 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 313 | Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936) | Thurston TLS to Magician Will Lindhorst |
March 6, 1923 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 314 | J.F. Burke; Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936) | Howard Thurston Company Correspondence |
Lexington Kentucky | Jan. 17, 1924; Nov. 27, 1924 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 315 | Fred Fredericks | Mandrake the Magician Sketches and Comics |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 316 | Vonetta (Etta Paul, 1878 - 1964); De Vega; Woodhouse Pitman | Collection of Vonetta Ephemera |
1900s - 30s | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown | |
| 317 | Channing Pollock (1926 - 2006) | Group of Channing Pollock Photos and Ephemera |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 318 | Danny Dew (1906 – 96) | Group of Danny Dew Ephemera |
1930s – 60s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 319 | Kalanag (Helmut Schreiber, 1903 - 63) | Large Collection of Kalanag Ephemera and Programs |
1930s - 50s | USD 400.00 - 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.