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
26 HAROLD.

Harold Presente Le Coupeur de Tetes.

Paris ca.1920s USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 900.00
27 HERRMANN, Alexander (1844 -- 96)

The Great and Only Herrmann. Premier of all Magicians.

Boston 1870s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,400.00
28 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926)

Harry Houdini King of Cards.

Chicago 1898 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 26,400.00
29 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926)

Challenge to Houdini.

Sydney 1910 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,200.00
30 IONIA (Clementine DeVere, 1888 -- 1973)

Ionia. L'Inspiracion.

Birmingham ca.1910 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,200.00
31 KASSNER, Alois (1887 -- 1970)

Kassner der Grosse Zauberer.

Hamburg ca.1929 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
32

L'enfer au British Circus Music-Hall Imperator.

Paris ca1915 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 450.00
33 LAFAYETTE (Sigmund Neuberger, 1871 -- 1911)

The Great Lafayette / "Doctor Kremser."

Belfast ca.1909 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 20,400.00
34 LEROY, Servais (Jean Henri Servais LeRoy, 1865 -- 1953)

LeRoys Incredibly Marvellous Effect. The Greatest Levitation Mystery Ever Shown.

Hamburg 1905 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,880.00
35 LEROY, Servais (Jean Henri Servais LeRoy, 1865 -- 1953)

Servais LeRoy Worlds Monarch of Magic.

Hamburg 1905 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,200.00
36 LEVANTE, Les (Leslie Cole, 1892 - 1978)

The Great Levante. Steel Trunk Mystery.

Burnley, Lancashire ca.1935 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 96.00
37

[LEVITATION] Stock Poster of a Magician's Levitation Illusion.

Milwaukee ca.1915 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 840.00
38 LI CHANG (Joan Forns)

Li Chang. El Demonio Amarillo. Two Posters.

[Barcelona], 1946 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
39 LUCIOW, Rajah.

Rajah Luciow's The Roi Mystere.

Paris ca.1910 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 240.00
40 LYLE, Cecil (Cecil Cohen, 1889 -- 1955)

The Great Lyle. [Find the Lady].

British, late 1930s USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,280.00
41 LYLE, Cecil (Cecil Cohen, 1889 -- 1955)

Three Cavalcade of Mystery/Cecil Lyle Posters.

British, 1940s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
42 MORRITT, Charles (1860 -- 1936)

The World-Renowned Morritt the Wonder Man.

Birmingham 1928 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 300.00
43 MURRAY (Norman Walters, 1901 -- 88)

Book Now! Murray.

London 1940s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
44 NESBITT, Neil.

The Great Nesbitt Mysteries. [Shooting].

[Leeds 1920s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 150.00
45 NESBITT, Neil.

The Great Nesbitt Mysteries. [Smoke Letters].

[Leeds 1920s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
46 NEWMANN, C.A. George (1880 -- 1952)

Soirees Fantastiques de Newmann the Great.

St Paul ca.1930 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
47

[PEPPER'S GHOST] Die Mysteriosen Catakomben.

Berlin ca.1915 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,200.00
48

[PLAYBILLS] Group of 30 Tivoli Theater Variety Show Playbills Featuring Magicians.

Bolton 1943 -- 1955 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
49 RAMESES (Albert Marchinski)

The Great Rameses. The Eastern Mystic.

London ca.1915 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
50 RAYMOND (Morris Saunders, 1877 -- 1948)

Collection of Raymond Playbills and Broadsides. Ten pieces,

1900s -- 30s USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
  • 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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    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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    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.
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
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    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
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    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD