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
320 Servais LeRoy (1865 - 1953)

Servais LeRoy ALS to Will Goldston

1912 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
321 Cecil Lyle (1899 - 1955)

Vanishing Gramophone Statutory Declaration

1917 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
322 Bruce Cervon (1941 - 2007)

Archive of Bruce Cervon Correspondence

1965-67 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
323

A Group of St. Louis Magicians Autographs and Ephemera

1920s-90s USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
324 Dai Vernon (1894 - 1992)

Handwritten foreword to The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
325 Alexander (Claude Conlin, 1880 - 1954)

Alexander Question Slip

c. 1915 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
326 Chung Ling Soo (W.E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918)

Chung Ling Soo Dragon Letterhead

c. 1915 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
327 Maurice Raymond (1877 - 1948)

The Great Raymond's Embroidered Curtain Medallion

c. 1910s USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
328 Horace Goldin (1873 - 1939)

Horace Goldin Throwout Card

c. 1924 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
329 Lafayette (Sigmund Neuberger, 1871 – 1911)

The Great Lafayette Postcard

c. 1900 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
330 Lafayette (Sigmund Neuberger, 1871 – 1911)

The Great Lafayette Hold to the Light Postcard

1911 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
331 Alexander Herrmann (1844 - 1896)

Alexander Herrmann Autograph

c. 1890 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Unknown
332 Alexander Herrmann (1844 - 1896)

Photographic Portrait of Herrmann

St. Louis c. 1890s USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
333 Alexander Herrmann (1844 - 1896)

Alexander Herrmann Throw-Out Card

New York c. 1894 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
334

Herrmann's Book of Wonders

Indianapolis c. 1902 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
335 Alexander Herrmann (1844 - 96)

Alexander Herrmann Cabinet Card Portrait

Detroit c. 1890 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
336 Compars Herrmann (1816 - 1887)

Portrait Postcard of Compars Herrmann

c. 1905 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
337 Leon Herrmann (1867- 1909)

Leon Herrmann Souvenir Pocket Mirror

American 1900s USD 700.00 - 900.00 Unknown
338 Leon Herrmann (1867 - 1909)

Leon Herrmann's Playing Cards

N/A USD 400.00 - 800.00 Unknown
340 Adelaide Herrmann (1853 - 1932)

Adelaide Herrmann Business Card

c. 1910 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
341 Alexander Herrmann (1844 – 1896)

Herrmann Egyptian Hall Program

London 1871/72 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
342 Alexander Herrmann (1844 - 1896)

Herrmann Arch Street Theatre Program

Philadelphia 1881 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Unknown
343

Forty Blackstone Comic Books

N/A USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
344

Group of 21 Files of 20th Century Magazines / Newsletters

20th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
345 J. Russell Duck

The Cardiste

1958 USD 300.00 - 500.00 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.