Potter and Potter Auctions: The Ricky Jay Collection: Part 3, 1187, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 17, 2024 - August 17, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BERKMAN, Stephen. | Spirit Photograph of Ricky Jay and a Circassian Spirit. |
USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 | ||
| 2 | JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018) | Three Packs of Cards As Weapons Promotional Playing Cards. |
Windsor, ON | 1977 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 3 | JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018) | Cards As Weapons. |
New York | 1977 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 4 | JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018) | Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck. |
New York | 2003 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 5 | JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018) | The Magic Magic Book. |
Proof Copy. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 | |
| 6 | The Famous Polander ... at Sadler's Wells. |
London | ca. 1775 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,080.00 | |
| 7 | Cabinet Card of Maggie Claire. |
New York | 1884 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 510.00 | |
| 8 | Signed Bard Brothers Photograph. |
Oakland Calif. | H.d. 1909. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 510.00 | |
| 9 | Four Cabinet Card Photographs of Acrobats and Jugglers. Includes: P. K. Okabe, Royal Japanese Troupe. |
New York | ca. 1890s. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 10 | The Nicolotti and Castellani Factions. |
Italy | ca. mid-1700s. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 11 | Six cabinet photos and CDVs of contortionists and gymnasts. |
V.p. | ca. 1870s-80s. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 12 | The Adventures of the Three Australian Travellers... Discovery, Capture, and Semi-Civilization of the Wild Australian Children. |
New York | 1864 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 570.00 | |
| 13 | Ten Photographs of Albino Circus and Sideshow Performers. |
Chicago, New York, and elsewhere | 1880s -- 90s. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 570.00 | |
| 14 | The Wonderful Albino Family. |
New York | ca. 1870 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 540.00 | |
| 15 | ALEXANDER (Claude Alexander Conlin 1880 -- 1954) | Alexander Crystal-Seer. World's Greatest Master of Mental Mystics. |
Bombay | ca. 1920. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 16 | ALEXANDER (Claude Alexander Conlin 1880 -- 1954) | Alexander. Crystal-Seer. Knows Sees Tells All. |
Bombay | ca. 1915. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 17 | ALEXANDER (Claude Alexander Conlin 1880 - 1954) | The Life and Mysteries of the Celebrated Dr. "Q". |
Los Angeles | 1921 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
| 18 | Allyne, the Wizard, the Great Enchantromundi. |
Boston | ca. 1864 - 70. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 19 | [AMPUTEE]. KYTE, Austin Jerome. | Verses Dedicated to a Generous Public. |
Baltimore | n.d. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 20 | A Succinct Description of that Elaborate and Matchless Pile of Art, Called the Microcosm; with a Short Account of the Solar System:... |
London | 1772 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 21 | The Great Wizard of the NorthANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74) | Prof. Anderson's Grand Drawing Room Entertainment. |
New York | ca. 1851 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 22 | ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74) | Professor Anderson. Delassemens Magiques. |
London | 1855 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 23 | ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74) | Immense Success of Professor Anderson as Rob Roy. |
London | 1856 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 720.00 |
| 24 | ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74) | Professor Anderson Conundrum Prize Handbill. |
London | 1857 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 25 | ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74) | Prof. Anderson Story No. 5 in the Life of a Magician! |
Cincinnati | ca. 1861 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
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