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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 493 | WALLETT, W. F. (William Frederick Wallett 1806 -- 1892) | Wallett. The Veteran Queen's Jester. |
Belfast | 1886 | USD 300.00 - 700.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 494 | Walter L. Main's All New Monster Railroad Shows. |
Cincinnati | ca. 1890s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 495 | WALTON, Roy (1932 -- 2020) | Group of Three Signed Books. Includes: The Devil's Playthings. |
London | 1969 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 496 | The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or, Hocus Pocus Laid Open and Explained ... Baltimore: C.V. |
Nickerson | 1830 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 | |
| 497 | Group of 11 Buffalo Bill and Wild West pulps. |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 120.00 | |||
| 498 | WILLARD, Clarence E. (1882 -- 1962) | Willard The Man Who Grows. |
New York | ca. 1920s. | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 499 | Williams & Co. Manufacturers and Dealers in Conjuring Tricks, Rare Books, Magic Apparatus, Novelties, Jewlery, and Scientific Toys. |
Warsaw | n.d. ca. 1900s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 500 | Anthony Madox the Surprising English Posturemaster. |
England | 1753 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 501 | WISEMAN. | Grand Presentation! Magical Soiree will be given by Wiseman. |
American | ca. 1865 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 502 | [WITGEEST, Simon]. | Natuurlyk Toverboek, behelzende de verbaazendste geheimen van natuur en konst. |
Amsterdam and Harlington | 1791-94. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 503 | HERO OF ALEXANDRIA (translated and edited by Bennet Woodcroft) | The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria from the Original Greek. |
London | 1851 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 504 | The wonder book of freaks and animals in the Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth: 1898. |
London | 1898 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 570.00 | |
| 505 | The Wonderful Strong and Surprizing Persian Dwarf. |
London | n.d. ca. 1740? | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 720.00 | |
| 506 | WOODSON, Warren. | Portrait of the Great Bird Imitator. |
St. Louis | ca. 1910 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 507 | Pair of Hand-Colored Portraits of Famous British Wrestlers who Faced Each Other in the Ring. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 900.00 | |||
| 508 | [WYMAN]. LATHRAM, E.W. | Wyman's Hand-Book of Magic. |
New York | 1851 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 509 | [WYMAN]. LATHRAM, E.W. | Wyman's Hand-Book of Magic. |
Philadelphia | 1853 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 510 | YOST, Thomas. | Thomas W. Yost, Manufacturer and Dealer in Every Description of Magical Apparatus,... |
Philadelphia | ca. 1870 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 511 | YOUNG, Wellington. | Wellington Young, The Great Ventriloquist and Acknowledged First Professor of Natural Magic! |
London | 1855 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 512 | ZINGONE, Luis. | Zingone's Recorded Card Tricks. Vol. 1 |
New York | 1939 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 513 | Zoological Institute and Reading Room, No. 37 Bowery. A Delineated Description and History of all the Beasts, Birds, & Reptiles, contained Therein. Noell E. Waring, Manager. |
New York | 1837 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
![<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.")
