Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes, 1191, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 26, 2024 - October 26, 2024
Page Size: 386 items in 16 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
282

Coffee Break Chronicle. Ken de Courcy (editor)

1988) -- 1997 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 960.00
283

The Concert Magician. Victor Maxwell (Thompson)

1916 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,080.00
284

The Conjurer. J. Albert Briggs. V1 N1 -- n.# (Dec. 1938)

1938 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 720.00
285

Conjurors' Magazine. Walter B. Gibson. V1 N1 - V5 N7 (Sept. 1949)

1949 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
286 CORINDA, Tony (1930 -- 2010)

Thirteen Steps to Mentalism.

London 1958 - 60 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
287 The Corsair. Teral Garrett (1914 - 70)

Twenty-four issues. Includes

1805 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
288 CRAMER, Stuart (1911 - 2003)

Germain the Wizard.

Seattle 2002 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
289 CULLITON, Patrick (b. 1944)

Houdini Unlocked.

[Los Angeles] 1997 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
290 CUMBERLAND, Stuart (1857 -- 1922)

That Other World: Personal Experiences of Mystics and Their Mysticism

London 1918 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 84.00
291 DANIEL, George (1789 -- 1864)

Merrie England in the Olden Time. Three Variant Editions.

London 1842 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
292 DATAS (William John Maurice Bottle, 1875 - 1956)

Memory: A Simple System of Memory Training.

London ca1904 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 84.00
293 DAWES, Edwin (1925 -- 2023)

Isaac Fawkes. Fame and Fable.

Anlaby 1979 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
294 DAWES, Edwin (1925 -- 2023)

Stanley Collins. Conjurer, Collector, and Iconoclast.

(Washington D.C.) 2002 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 570.00
295 DAWES, Edwin (1925 -- 2023)

Vonetta Mistress of Mystery.

Anlaby 1982 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
296 DEAN, Henry.

Wonderful Magical Tricks; or Hocus Pocus.

London 1873 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,360.00
297 DECREMPS, Henri (1746-1826)

Five Classic Conjuring Textbooks, Including: La Magie Blanche Devoilee ou Explication.

Paris 1784 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,080.00
298 [DE VEGA (Alexander Mackay Stewart, 1892 -- 1971)].

Group of 13 publications, 9 signed.

1920s-40s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
299 DE VERE, Charles (Herbert Shakespeare Gardiner Williams, 1843 - 1931)

Three De Vere Magic Supply Catalogues.

Paris, early 1900s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
300 DEVANT, David (David Wighton, 1868 -- 1941)

Eight Books by David Devant.

V.p. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
301 DIRCKS, Henry (1806 -- 73)

The Ghost! As Produced in the Spectre Drama... by the Apparatus called the Dircksian Phantasmagoria.

London 1863 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 540.00
302 DIRCKS, Henry (1806 -- 73)

The Life, Times, and Scientific Labours of the Second Marquis of Worcester.

London 1865 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
303 DOEBLER, Herr.

An Expose of the Davenport Brothers.

Belfast 1869 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,880.00
304 DOWNS, Thomas Nelson (1867 -- 1938)

T. N. Downs' Catalogue No. 2.

Marshalltown, Iowa ca1894 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
305 DOWNS, Thomas Nelson (1867 -- 1938)

Modern Coin Manipulation.

London 1900 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
306

Eagle Magician. Collins Pentz. Monthly. V1 N1 (Nov. 10, 1915) -- V6 N12 (Jul/Aug/Sept. 1935)

1915 -- 1935 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,200.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD