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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | [ANDERSON]. | The Great Wizard's Handbook of Magic or, Parlour Entertainment. |
Circa 1850. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 480.00 | |
| 27 | ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74) | The Fashionable Science of Parlor Magic. |
N.p. | 1843 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 28 | [ANDERSON, Professor John Henry]. | The Anak Galop. |
London | 1865 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 29 | ANDERSON, Leona. | Leona Anderson Handbill. |
Ottawa | 1874 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 30 | ANDOE, F. | Two Nights Only!!! Mr. Andoe, The Great Southern Wizard. |
Drogheda | 1841 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 31 | Scrapbook of Chicago whistler Grace Frances Bigelow. |
V.p. | 1888 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 32 | ASIA, Fay. | FAY ASIA. |
Mason City, IA | ca. 1930s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 33 | ASTLEY, Philip (1742 - 1814) | Astley's System of Equestrian Education. |
London | 1802 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 34 | [ASTLEY]. | Astley's, Westminster-Bridge. |
Lambeth | 1809 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 35 | AUBREY, John. | Miscellanies, Upon the Following Subjects. |
London | 1721 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 41 | The Aztecs, The Earthmen, & A Concert. |
London | ca. 1854. | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,800.00 | |
| 42 | Group of 4 booklets on the Aztec Lilliputians. Including: Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America; Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of Iximaya,... |
New York | 1850 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 720.00 | |
| 43 | BACON, Francis (1561 -- 1626) | Sylva Sylvarum; Or, a Natural History. In Ten Centuries. |
London | 1658 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 44 | BACON, Francis (1561 -- 1626) | Sylva Sylvarum; Or, a Natural History. In Ten Centuries. |
London | 1651 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 45 | [BADCOCK, John (fl. 1816 -- 30)]. | Philosophical Recreations, or Winter Amusements. |
London | 1820 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 46 | BADCOCK, John (fl. 1816 -- 30) | Domestic Amusements, or, Philosophical Recreations. |
London | ca. 1823 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 47 | BALDWIN, Samri S. (Samuel Spencer Baldwin 1848 - 1924) | The White Mahatma. |
Cincinnati | ca. 1890. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,360.00 |
| 48 | Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth. Blue Beard's Chamber. |
Cincinnati | 1898 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 | |
| 49 | BARNUM, P.T. (1810 -- 91) | Life of Barnum. |
New York | 1885 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 50 | BARNUM, P.T. (1810 -- 91) | P.T. |
1871 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 510.00 | |
| 51 | BARNUM, P. T. (Phineas Taylor Barnum 1810 -- 1891) | Lectures! Hon. P. T. Barnum! |
Gloversville | 1866 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 52 | BARNUM, P. T. (Phineas Taylor Barnum 1810 -- 1891) | Portrait of P. T. Barnum. |
Cincinnati | ca. 1891. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 53 | BARNUM, P.T. (1810 -- 1891) | Barnum's Portfolio 1888 [cover title]. |
N.p. | n.d. ca. 1888 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 54 | BARNUM, P.T. (1810 -- 1891) | Funeral Services of Phineas Taylor Barnum, with a CDV and Barnum's Autobiography. |
Bridgeport | 1891 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 55 | [BARNUM, P.T. (1810 -- 1891)]. | Description of the Colosseum, Broadway, 35th and 36th Streets, New York. The Largest Iron Structure in the World. |
New York | 1874 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 |
![<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.")
![<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.")
