Potter and Potter Auctions: Houdiniana and Magic Memorabilia
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Houdiniana and Magic Memorabilia | Total Sales (USD) | 672,984.75 |
Auction Date | May 21, 2022 - May 21, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 225,650.00 |
Sale Number | #1134 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 394,400.00 |
Total Lots | 244 | ||
Sold Lots | 240 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 229,500.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 98.36% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 400,800.00 |
Unsold Lots | 4 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 167.91% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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69 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Important Spiritualism and Magic Scrapbook belonging to Houdini. |
1760s to the 1920s, | USD 30,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 102,000.00 |
1 | HOUDINI, Harry. | Earliest Known Photograph of Harry Houdini Presenting the Metamorphosis. |
ca.1892/3. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 78,000.00 |
142 | [SCRAPBOOK] Remarkable Victorian Magic Scrapbook. A repurposed ledger |
1870s, 80s, and 90s | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 48,000.00 | |
18 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Houdini’s Spiritualism Lecture Glass Lantern Slides. |
1920s. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 36,000.00 |
240 | HERRMANN, Leon. | Herrmann the Great. The Enchanted Cabinet. |
ca.1905. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 24,000.00 |
26 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Bust Portrait of Houdini, Inscribed and Signed. |
1904 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 21,600.00 |
2 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Carved Meerschaum Cheroot Holder Presented by Houdini to his Brother William Weiss. |
ca.1903. | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 20,400.00 |
25 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Early Harry & Bess Houdini Cabinet Card Photograph, Inscribed and Signed. |
1902 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 20,400.00 |
13 | [HOUDINI FAMILY] | Houdini-Gifted Art Deco Diamond Bracelet. |
USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 | |
237 | FREDRIK, Alexander. | Fredrik the Great / The Sleeping Beauty. |
ca.1910s. | USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 |
242 | KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller). | Kellar. [Toasting the Devil]. |
ca.1899. | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
55 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Open Letter Concerning Spiritualism, Signed by Houdini. |
USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 | |
231 | DOWNS, T. Nelson. | T. Nelson Downs. King of Koins. |
ca.1905. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
74 | [HOUDINI] Framed Print From Houdini’s Home. Engraving shows Moses transforming a staff into a serpent before the Pharaoh in his court amidst a court of onlookers. |
USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 6,600.00 | ||
112 | ABBOTT, David P. | Photo Album of David P. Abbott and His “House of Mystery.” |
ca.1915. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,520.00 |
230 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). | Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer. |
ca.1910s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
33 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Magical Rope Ties & Escapes, Signed by Houdini. |
[1922]. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
97 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Harry and Beatrice Houdini Photograph, Inscribed and Signed. |
1910 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
228 | CARTER, Charles. | Carter the Great. Do the Dead Materialize? The Absorbing Question of All Time. |
ca.1926. | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
100 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | RPPC of Houdini in his Voisin Biplane. |
1910 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
211 | LYNN, Dr. H.S. (Hugh Simmons). | The Adventures of the Strange Man. With a Supplement showing “How It’s Done.” |
1873 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
102 | JAMES, William. | Group of William James/Hereward Carrington Correspondence. |
1900s – 10s | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
81 | [HOUDINI – PHOTOGRAPHS] A Collection of Over 200 Houdini Photographs. |
USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 4,560.00 | ||
244 | LEROY, Servais (Jean Henri Servais LeRoy). | Leroy’s Incredibly Marvellous Effect. The Greatest Levitation Mystery Ever Shown. |
1912 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
36 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Signed Portrait of Harry Houdini. |
ca.1915. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,080.00 |