Potter and Potter Auctions: Magic: The Collection of Jim DeLoach
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Magic: The Collection of Jim DeLoach | Total Sales (USD) | 102,227.25 |
Auction Date | July 16, 2022 - July 16, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 62,200.00 |
Sale Number | #1136 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 97,200.00 |
Total Lots | 139 | ||
Sold Lots | 138 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 66,200.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 99.28% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 102,200.00 |
Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 100.03% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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515 | [KELLAR, Harry]. | European Wonders Horticultural Hall / The Original and Unique Entertainment from Egyptian Hall London. |
ca.1900s. | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 |
531 | ROGERS, John (American, 1829 – 1904). | The Traveling Magician. |
1878 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
512 | CHUNG LING SOO (William Ellsworth Robinson). | Chung Ling Soo / A Rare Bit of Old China. |
ca.1915 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
511 | CHUNG LING SOO (William Ellsworth Robinson). | Chung Ling Soo / Has Reached the Highest Pinnacle of Fame. |
ca.1915 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
513 | CHUNG LING SOO (William Ellsworth Robinson). | Chung Ling Soo / The Two Mysteries. |
ca.1910s. | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
514 | CHUNG LING SOO (William Ellsworth Robinson). | Chung Ling Soo / A Dream of Wealth. |
ca.1910s. | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
438 | HOUDINI, Harry (1874-1926). | Houdini’s Paper Magic. |
1922 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
526 | THURSTON, Howard. | Thurston / Iasia!! |
ca. 1920 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
525 | THURSTON, Howard. | Thurston / The Famous Magician East Indian Rope Trick. |
ca.1928 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
453 | MANNING, William. | Recollections of Robert-Houdin. |
1891 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
492 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). | Letter Signed (“Houdini”), as President of the Society of American Magicians. |
1924 | USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
432 | [HARBIN, Robert (1908-1978)]. | The Magic of Robert Harbin. |
1970 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
408 | CERVON, Bruce (1941-2009). | Bruce Cervon’s Castle Notebooks, Vols. 1–5. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
507 | CARTER, Charles. | Carter the Great / Shooting a Marked Bullet. |
ca.1926 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
501 | RAYMOND, Maurice (Raymond Morris Saunders). | Levitation lobby photograph. |
ca.1920s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
437 | [HOFZINSER, Johann Nepomuk (1806-1875)]. – STELZEL, Christian (b. 1945) (“Magic Christian”). | Non Plus Ultra. |
2013 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
426 | FECHNER, Christian (1944-2008). | Soirees Fantastiques. |
1988 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
506 | CARTER, Charles. | Carter the Great / Do the Dead Materialize? The Absorbing Question of All Time. |
ca.1936 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
508 | CARTER, Charles. | Carter the Great / The World’s Weird Wonderful Wizard. |
ca.1930 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
418 | DELLA PORTA, Giambattista (1535-1615). | Magiae Naturalis Libri Viginti. |
1591 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
399 | [BINDINGS]. – WILLMANN, Karl (1849-1934). | Illustrierte Magische Bibliothek, Vols. I-VI. |
1900 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 960.00 |
465 | ROBINSON, Ben and Larry White. | Twelve Have Died…Bullet Catching—The Story & Secrets. |
1986 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 960.00 |
474 | Super Magic / Super Magician and Magic Comics Lot. | Lot includes Super Magic Comics #1; (11) issues of Super Magician; (5) issues of Blackstone Master Magician Comics; Blackstone the Magician Detective #3; and Blackstone the Magician #2. |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 960.00 | |
433 | HENRION, Denis and MYDORGE, Claude. | Les Recreations Mathematiques. |
1669 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 780.00 |
398 | BEHNKE, Leo (b. 1933) (ed.). | Collected Mental Secrets of C.A. George Newmann. |
1990 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 720.00 |