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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392 | [PICKPOCKETS]. Group of 9 prints and graphics. Including: The Arraignment of John Selman. |
1794 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 780.00 | ||
| 393 | Pictorial Souvenir of the Great Tichborne Case. Being a Readable Narrative of the Remarkable Lives of Roger Tichborne & The Claimant. |
London | 1874 | USD 125.00 - 175.00 | USD 72.00 | |
| 394 | FORES, S.W. and John Johnston. | The Pig-Faced Lady of Manchester Square. |
London | 1815 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 395 | WILLIAMS, Charles. | Waltzing in Courtship. |
London | 1815 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 396 | PINKERTON, Allan (1819 -- 1884) | Professional Thieves And The Detectives. |
N.p. | ca. 1880s. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 397 | Collection of Historically Significant Playing Card Gaffs. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,600.00 | |||
| 398 | POHL, Anton (d. 1837) | Archive of Documents and Broadsides Related to the Armless Calligrapher. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,020.00 | ||
| 399 | Group of Books on the Game of Poker. Eleven items. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 480.00 | |||
| 400 | [POKER]. BRELSFORD, C.E.H and C.W. Dimick. | It's All In The Draw. |
Boston | 1895 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 401 | [POKER]. COWELL, Joe. | Thirty Years Passed Among the Players in England and America. |
New York | 1844 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 402 | Group of Pre-Cinema Ephemera. Ten pieces. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 660.00 | |||
| 403 | Poole's Myriorama. |
Hanley | ca. 1900 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 404 | Professor W.S. Norris, The Royal Magician, begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry, that he attends Private Parties, Schools, Institutions, &c, in Town or Country, with his Superior Entertainments,... |
London | ca. 1880 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 405 | Nuts to Crack, Part XIV. |
London | ca. 1860 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 406 | Group of 4 Chinese Puzzle books. Including: The Chinese Puzzle. |
London | n.d. ca. 1840s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 407 | GRAHAM, James (1745 -- 1794) | Dr. Graham...will deliver a lecture this evening...on the simplest and most certain Means of preserving bodily Health. |
London | ca. 1784 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 408 | RACKSTORW, | B. Miscellaneous Observations, Together with a Collection of Experiments on Electricity. |
London | 1748 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 409 | REDMONDI. | Doctor Redmondi. The Wonder Worker. |
West Hartlepool | 1875 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 410 | Daniel Lambert, George Romondo and others. |
London | ca. 1810s. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 411 | [REMARKABLE CHARACTERS]. Group of 4 Titles in 17 Volumes. Including: The Eccentric Magazine; with Lives and Portraits of Remarkable Characters. |
London | n.d. ca. 1810s | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 412 | [ROBERT-HOUDIN]. | Le Cagliostro. Journal des Soirees Fantastiques de Robert-Houdin. |
Paris | 1845 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 413 | [ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean-Eugene (1805 -- 1871)]. | Two volumes on Robert-Houdin. Including: Robert Houdin, the Great Wizard, Celebrated French Conjurer, Author, and Ambassador. |
Philadelphia | 1871 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 414 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean Eugene (1805-1871)-- Professor Hoffmann (translator) | Card-Sharping Exposed. |
London: | [n.d., ca. 1880s] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 415 | ROBIN, Henry (1811 -- 74) | Salle de M. Robin Handbill. |
London | 1857 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 416 | Two confessional dime novels. Including: The Confessions of a Pretty Typewriter Girl. |
Chicago | 1908 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 360.00 |
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
