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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | DEVOL, George (1829 -- 1903) | Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi. |
New York | 1887 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 161 | A Kosher Comedian. |
New York | n.d. | USD 50.00 - 150.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 162 | AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY [DIME MUSEUM]. Tammany Museum Broadside Agreement. |
New York | 1796 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,120.00 | |
| 163 | [DIME MUSEUM]. Winchell! At The Museum! |
Boston | ca. 1841. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 164 | [DIME MUSEUM]. Startling Additions to the New York Museum of Anatomy. |
New York | ca. late 1860s. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 165 | DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859 -- 1930) | The Case for Spirit Photography. |
New York | 1923 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 166 | EAGLE, Barnardo (1806 -- 58) | Autographed Letter from the Magician to J. Procter. |
Postmarked January 18 | 1847 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 167 | [EAGLE, Barnardo]. | Arrival of the Royal Original Wizard / Necromantic Wonders. |
Plymouth | ca. 1840s. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 168 | ECKARTHAUSEN, Karl von. | Verschiedenes zum Unterricht und zur Unterhaltung fur Liebhaber der Gauckeltasche, des Magnetismus, und anderer Seltenheiten. |
Munich | 1793 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 169 | W.G. Edwards. | Edwards' Monthly. V1 N1 (Feb. 1909) -- V2 N3 (Jun./Jul. 1910) |
1909- 1910 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 170 | EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849) | The Show Folks!... Embellished with Nine Characteristic Designs on Wood by the Late Mr. Theodore Lane... |
London | 1831 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 171 | [EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849), association]. MONCRIEFF, William Thomas (1794-1857) | Tom and Jerry; or, Life in London. An Operatic Extravaganza, in Three Acts. |
London | 1826 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 60.00 |
| 172 | EISENMANN, Charles (1855 -- 1927) | Group of 7 cabinet card and 7 CDV portraits of dwarfs and little people. |
New York | ca. 1870s-80s. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 173 | Destruction of the Noble Elephant. |
London | ca. 1826. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 174 | Putnam's Exhibition! In Elocution & Oratory. |
Buffalo | ca. 1850s. | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 175 | Endless Amusement; A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments. |
London | ca. 1820 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 176 | Two accounts of criminal highwaymen, smugglers, and gamesters. Including: The Life of Thomas Munn, Alias, The Gentleman Brick-Maker...to which is Added, A short Account of the Life of John Hall, his Accomplice... |
London | 1750 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 540.00 | |
| 177 | ENGSTROM, A.B. | The Humorous Magician Unmasked. |
Philadelphia | 1836 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 178 | ERDNASE, S.W (pseudonym) | The Expert at the Card Table. |
Conjuring Arts Research Center | 2016 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 179 | A cabinet photograph of an escape artist and advertisement for the Defiance Handcuff Act. |
Circa 1910s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 660.00 | ||
| 180 | ESCUDIER, Gaston. | Les Saltimbanques, leur Vie, leurs Moeurs. |
Paris | 1875 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 181 | EVANS, Henry Ridgely (1861 -- 1949) | Cagliostro: A Sorcerer of the Eighteenth Century. |
New York | 1931 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 182 | EVANS, Henry Ridgley (1861 -- 1949) | History of Conjuring and Magic. |
Kenton Ohio | 1930 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 183 | Signor Ali-Masca, Is Lately Arrived Here from Africa with the Quoias Morrou, A Very Rare Animal, Called by the Europeans A Satyr. |
N.p. | 1772 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 184 | SMITH, John Thomas. | A Book for a Rainy Day; or, Recollections of the Events of the Last Sixty-Six Years. |
London | 1845 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 480.00 |
![<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.")
