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
371 Christian Fechner (1944-2008)

Soirees Fantastiques

Paris 1988 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
372 Ottokar Fischer (1873-1940)

J.N. Hofzinser Kartenkunste

Vienna; Leipzig 1910 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
373 Dariel Fitzkee; Fred Braue

The First California Lecture

Oakland 1976 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
374 Steve Forte

Casino Game Protection

Las Vegas 2004 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
375 Winston Freer (1910-84)

The Compiled Magic of Doc Maxam

St. Albans, VT 1954 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
376 Lewis Ganson (1913-80)

The Dai Vernon Book of Magic

London 1957 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Unknown
377 Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic

Chicago 1978 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
378 Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

Martin Gardner Presents

Silver Spring 1993 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
379 Frank Garcia (1927-1993)

The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic

New York 1976 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
380 John Gaughan; Jim Steinmeyer

The Mystery of Psycho...

1987 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
381 Will Goldston (1878 - 1948)

Great Magicians Tricks

London [1931] USD 250.00 - 500.00 Unknown
382 Will Goldston (1878 – 1948)

Sensational Tales of Mystery Men

London (1929) USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
383 Glenn G. Gravatt; Doctor Wilhelm Von Deusen

Encyclopedia of Self Working Card Tricks; The Second Encyclopedia of Card Tricks

[1936] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
384 Glenn Gravatt

Thayer Catalog Instruction Sheets

Oakland [1979-1981] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
385 H.E. Heather

Cards and Card Tricks

London [1876] USD 250.00 - 500.00 Unknown
386 David Hibberd

Chronicle of magic 1900-1999

Exmouth, Devon, UK 2003 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
387 Professor Hoffmann (pseudonym of Angelo Lewis)

Modern Magic; More Magic; Later Magic

ca. 1900s USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
388 Albert Hopkins

Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions

New York 1901 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Unknown
389 Ricky Jay (1946 - 2018)

Cards as Weapons

New York (1977) USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
390 Paul Kara

Karaism and Combined Effects

Salt Lake City (1926) USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
391 Richard Kaufman (b. 1958)

Mr. Jennings Takes it Easy

Washington, D.C. (2020) USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
392 Richard Kaufman (b. 1958)

Show-Time at the Tom-Foolery

New York (1992) USD 250.00 - 500.00 Unknown
393 Paul LePaul (1900 - 58)

The Card Magic of LePaul

Chicago 1949 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
394 Eric C. Lewis (1908-1993)

A Choice of Miracles; A Continuation of Miracles; The Crowning Miracles

Sierra Madre, CA 1980-1983 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
395 Harry Lorayne (1926 - 2023)

Close-Up Card Magic

New York 1962 USD 250.00 - 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.