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
178 SAMEE, Ramo (d. 1850)

Royal Coburg Theatre Broadside.

[London], 1822 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 510.00
179 SCOTT, Walter (1895 -- 1995)

Two Phantom of the Card Table Session Photos.

New York 1930 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 2,880.00
180

[SHEET MUSIC] Collection of Magic/Magician-Themed Sheet Music. Eleven pieces,

1890s -- 1950s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
181

[SIDESHOW] Headless Woman Postcard.

[England] ca1940 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 330.00
182

[STAGE MONEY] Collection of Imitation Bills, Stage Money, and Related Magic Ephemera. Primarily English and American,

1910s -- 2000s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 840.00
183

[TABLE TIPPING] Punch's Magnetic Table Moving, Grin-Producing, Side-Splitting Sheet of Fun.

(London ca.1850 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 300.00
184 TALMA (Mary Ann Ford, 1868 - 1944)

Three Souvenir Portrait Postcards.

ca1920 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 450.00
185 THIODON, Jean Francois (d. 1862)

Mechanical & Picturesque Theatre of Arts.

Hull 1819 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
186

[VENTRILOQUISM] Three Early English Ventriloquists' Broadsides. Neat letterpress bills including: Mr. Flemmington ... The First Ventriloquist of the Day

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 420.00
187 VERNON, Dai (David W. Verner, 1894 -- 1992)

TLS to Graham Adams Regarding the Twenty Dollar Manuscript.

1933 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 600.00
188 VONETTA (Etta Paul, 1878 - 1964)

Group of Vonetta Postcards and Photographs.

early 1900s USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 570.00
189

[WAX EXHIBITION]. Springthorpe's Splendid Collection of Wax-Work.

Hull n.d. 1860s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
190

[WITCH] Mother Damnable of Kentish Town.

[London] 1793 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
191 WORTHINGTON, Thomas Chew (1882 -- 1953)

Inscribed and Signed Portrait.

[Baltimore, 1954 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 720.00
192 YOUNG, Wellington.

New Great National Standard Theatre / The Great Wizard, Wellington Young.

Shoreditch, 1855 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 210.00
247 Al Smith (b. 1947)

Abacus. V1 N1 - V10 N12

2002 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 510.00
248

Group of Abbott's Magic Novelty Co. Catalogues and Ephemera. Colon, Michigan.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
249 ALEXANDER, Professor Max.

The Parlour Magician. A Handy book for the Amateur Conjurer.

London 1876 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 4,800.00
250

Aphelion. Thomas A. Sawyer. Bimonthly. V1 N1 (Mar. 1992) -- N14 (Mar. 1995)

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
251 ARNOLD, Dean C.

The Fairground Soo: A Brief Biography of Alfred John Peters

[Pasadena] USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 360.00
252 BAKER, Ernest Edward.

A True and Most Dreadfull Discourse of a Woman Possessed With the Devil, at Dichet, in Sommersetshire.

Weston-Super-Mare 1886 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
253 BARNELLO, E. (Edward Barnwell, 1857 -- 1910)

Tricks or Book of Wonders.

[Illinois, ca1900 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
254 BARNUM, Phineas Taylor (1810 -- 1891)

Struggles and Triumphs, or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum.

London 1869 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
255 BECKMANN, John (trans. William Johnston)

A History of Inventions and Discoveries.

London 1797 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 270.00
256 BODIE, Walford (1869 -- 1939)

Harley the Hypnotist.

London ca.1910 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
  • 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”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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 .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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