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

Auction Details

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
51 REVEEN, Peter (1935 -- 2013)

Group of Eight Posters. [Canada?],

1960s -- 70s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 660.00
52

[SIDESHOW] La Tete Sans Corps / Probleme Sans Solution.

Paris [?], ca1910s USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 360.00
53 THURSTON, Howard (1869 -- 1936)

Thurston. World's Famous Magician.

Cleveland ca.1930 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 840.00
54 THURSTON, Howard (1869 -- 1936)

Thurston Master Magician. Million Dollar Mystery.

Cleveland ca.1928 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,760.00
55 THURSTON, Howard (1869 -- 1936)

One of Thurston's Astounding Mysteries. She Floats.

Cleveland ca.1926 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,280.00
56 VONETTA (Etta Paul, 1878 - 1964)

The Incomparable Vonetta.

Belfast ca.1910 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 16,800.00
57 YETTMAH, Cyril (1883 -- 1949)

The Mysterious Yettmah.

Birmingham ca.1910 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,600.00
58

[WINDOW CARDS] Eight Magicians' Window Cards.

1920s -- 50s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 210.00
59

[WINDOW POSTERS] Collection of British Magic Show Window Posters. Twenty pieces,

1940s -- 60s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
60 ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74)

Grand Free Trade Demonstration.

Hull 1846 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
61 ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74)

New Entertainment of Modern Necromancy.

[Hull?], 1848 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 570.00
62 SIGNOR ARVI (Edwin Hargreaves, d. 1952)

The Arvi Mysteries.

(Birmingham 1910s -- 20s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
63

Bartholomew Fair.

[London ca.1808 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
64 BELLANGE, Joseph Louis Hippolyte (1800 -- 1866)

Grande reussite en Couer!

Paris ca1828 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
65 BENEDICT, Hugall (1873 -- 1955)

Collection of Vintage Magic Ephemera and Instructions. Over 30 pieces,

1890s -- 1940s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
66 BENNETT, Zina (1891 -- 1961)

Collection of Over 30 Vintage Photographs.

1930s -- 50s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
67 BROOKE, Ken (1920 -- 83)

Scrapbook and Notebook of Magic Secrets.

Circa 1940 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,080.00
68 BODIE, Walford (1869 -- 1939)

Doctor Walford Bodie Pictorial Bank Check.

Circa 1915. USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,140.00
69

[BOTTLE CONJURER] My-Joke-O!! The Italian Bottle Conjurer.

London August 1820 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
70

CABARET DU NEANT. Pictorial Postcards and Souvenir Skeleton Silhouette.

Paris, ca1895 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
71 CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973)

1937 Christmas Card.

[Chicago 1937 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 180.00
72 CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973)

Cardini Christmas Sentiment Collection. Ten cards,

1960s -- 80s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
73 CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973)

Signed Portrait of Cardini.

[New York ca.1950; printed ca1965 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 510.00
74 CARLTON (Arthur Phelps, 1881 -- 1942)

Funny Face/Rubber Face Paper Coil Novelty.

London ca.1935 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 780.00
75 CARLTON (Arthur Phelps, 1881 -- 1942)

Caricature of the Comedic Music Hall Magician.

[London], 1905 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
  • 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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    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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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    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
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    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