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Potter and Potter Auctions: Winter Magic

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Auction Name Winter Magic Total Sales (USD) 210,474.00
Auction Date December 14, 2019 - December 14, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 145,470.00
Sale Number #80 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 216,300.00
Total Lots 294
Sold Lots 280 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 151,120.00
% of Lots Sold 95.24% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 225,000.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.54%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
266 Downs, T. Nelson.

T. Nelson Downs. King of Koins.

ca. 1905 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,600.00
274 Kellar, Harry (Henrich Keller).

Kellar. A Walk in the Woods Lithograph.

ca. 1900 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,320.00
162 Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz).

The Houdini-Slade-Weiss Locked Book, as Profiled in "A Magician Among the Spirits." Being a nineteenth century record book/minutes book finely bound in tooled black leather with gilt ruled borders and banded spine, with heavy brass lock incorporated into

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,000.00
270 Hanussen, Erik Jan.

Erik Jan Hanussen. Hellsehen.

ca. 1931 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,200.00
262 Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson).

Chung Ling Soo.

ca. 1910 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,000.00
263 Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson).

Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer.

ca. 1915 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,280.00
271 Herrmann, Adelaide.

Adelaide Herrmann and Company. Hindoo Magic.

ca. 1905 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,040.00
165 Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz).

Houdini Picture Corporation: Signed Letter, Certificate, and Photograph.

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 3,840.00
112 Jarrett, Guy.

Jarrett Magic and Stage Craft Technical.

1936 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,600.00
27 Decremps, Henri.

I Segreti Disvelati Della Magia Bianca / Cinque Sessioni Oltre un Trattato Della Bacchetta Magica.

1788 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 3,360.00
159 Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz).

Real Photo Postcard of Harry and Bess Houdini.

1903 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,120.00
167 Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz).

Houdini-Owned Handcuffs.

USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,880.00
169 Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz).

A Magician Among the Spirits, Inscribed and Signed.

1924 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,880.00
40

[Mathematics] De’ Giuochi Aritmetici Trattato di N.N. al Nob. Signor Leonardo Rizzoni.

1761 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,640.00
238 Thurston, Howard.

Howard Thurston Original Five-Page Magic Lecture, Inscribed to Thomas Worthington.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,640.00
113 Jay, Ricky.

Ricky Jay Cards as Weapons Chapter Manuscript, Letter, and More.

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,400.00
231 Palmer, Tom (Tony Andruzzi).

Manuscript and Artwork for Palmer’s Unpublished "The Book of Illusion." Circa 1970.

USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 2,400.00
166 Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz).

Houdini Typed Letter Signed and "Man from Beyond" Still.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,280.00
358

[Playing Cards] Brick (12 Packs) of Jerry’s Nugget Playing Cards.

1980s USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,280.00
158 Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz).

Real Photo Postcard of Houdini, Inscribed and Signed.

ca. 1910 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,160.00
237 Thurston, Howard.

Early Howard Thurston ALS on Scarce Letterhead.

1900-12-04 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,160.00
284 Thurston, Howard.

Thurston the Famous Magician East Indian Rope Trick.

ca. 1928 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,160.00
280 Raymond, Maurice (Morris Raymond Saunders).

Raymond.

ca. 1910 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,040.00
61

Collection of Italian Pulps and Pamphlets on Magic.

1880s/1900s USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 1,920.00
163 Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz).

Harry Houdini Autograph Letter Signed, "Houdini," to Mrs. Remigius Weiss.

1924 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,920.00
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
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    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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