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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | Four Clown Photographs. |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 | |||
| 134 | CLULOW, George. | The Origin and Manufacture of Playing Cards. |
London | 1889 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 135 | [COLQUHOUN, Patrick (1745-1820)]. | A Treatise on the Police of London; Containing a detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors... |
Philadelphia | 1798 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 136 | COMSTOCK, Anthony (1844 - 1915) | Frauds Exposed. |
New York | 1880 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 137 | COMSTOCK, Anthony (1844 - 1915) | Traps for the Young. |
New York | 1884 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 138 | Conjuring, or Magic Made Easy. |
New York | ca. 1870 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 139 | [CONTORTIONIST]. Wm. Powers. |
Baltimore | 1789 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,120.00 | |
| 141 | [CRIME AND CRIMINALS]. Group of 6 Titles. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 | |||
| 142 | Pair of Uncut Sheets of Chapbooks for "The Merry Frolics or the Comical Cheats of Swalpo." Including: The Merry Frolics or the Comical Cheats of Swalpo a Notorious Pickpocket. |
London | n.d. ca. 1825 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 143 | CRUIKSHANK, George (1792 -- 1878) | Punch and Judy. |
London | 1828 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 144 | CULLITON, Patrick (b. 1944) | Houdini Unlocked. |
Los Angeles | 1997 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
| 145 | [CUPS AND BALLS]. BOILLY, Louis L. (1761 -- 1845), after. | Une Scene Des Boulevards. |
Paris | 1824 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 146 | Der Welt [The World]. Single Leaf from The Nuremburg Chronicle. |
Nuremburg | 1493 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,140.00 | |
| 147 | A Moi La Premiere Partie! / A Moi La Derniere!! [Paris]: Aubert & Cie, ca. |
1848 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 660.00 | ||
| 148 | French drawing of an itinerant magician. |
France | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 420.00 | ||
| 149 | Collection of Pitch Books and Biographies. Ten pieces, including: The Fate of Donaldson and Grimwood in a Balloon Voyage from Chicago. |
Philadelphia | 1875 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,120.00 | |
| 150 | Teatro San Martin / Gran Museo Dessort. |
Buenos Aires | n.d. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 | |
| 151 | DARLING, Lotta J. (Lilly E. Hersey b. 1840s) | Lotta J. Darling, the Young, Popular and Celebrated Clairvoyant. |
N.p. | ca. 1880s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 152 | The Davenport Brothers. The World-Renowned Spiritual Mediums. |
Boston | 1869 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 480.00 | |
| 153 | [DAVIS, Jefferson (1808 -- 1889)]. | War / Peace. |
Hartford; New York | ca. 1864 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 154 | DEAN, Henry. | Hocus Pocus, or the Whole Art of Legerdemain in Perfection. |
Glasgow | 1886 facsimile of the 1797 Glasgow edition | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 155 | DEER, Esther Louise Georgette (1891 -- 1992) | Princess White Deer. The Only Dancing American Indian Girl. |
Hamburg | ca. 1913. | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 156 | [MONSTROSITIES]. Group of 6 antiquarian tracts on medical oddities. |
USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,020.00 | |||
| 157 | Deer Family Poster and Ephemera Collection. |
USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,360.00 | |||
| 158 | DEKKER, Thomas (1572 -- 1632) | The Gull's Horn Book. Three Editions. |
USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 |
![<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.")