Potter and Potter Auctions: Winter Magic Auction Featuring the Collection of Max Maven, 1196, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 14, 2024 - December 14, 2024
Page Size: 361 items in 15 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
364 MARO (Walter Truman Best, 1868 -- 1908)

Maro Prince of Magic / Flags of the World.

Chicago ca.1905. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
365 MARO (Walter Truman Best 1868 - 1908)

Maro Prince of Magic / Incubation a la Magique.

Chicago ca.1906. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
366 MARO (Walter Truman Best 1868 - 1908)

Maro Prince of Magic / The Cabinet of Balsamo.

Chicago ca.1905. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
367 NEWMANN, C.A. George.

Newmann the Great. Two window card posters. Two window card posters.

St. Paul ca.1920s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 900.00
368 ROCK, Will (William Rakauskas, 1907 - 95)

On Stage. Thurston's Miracles of Magic.

St. Louis ca.1947. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
369 CORBASSIERE, Yves (1925 -- 2020)

Sanas / Allo! Paris

Harfort, ca.1940s. USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
370 SORCAR, P.C. (Pratul Chandra Sorcar)

Sorcar. The World's Greatest Magician.

Bombay ca.1960. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
371 [STOCK POSTER] LEE, Wallace (1892 -- 1969)

Wallace the Magician.

Circa 1930. USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 420.00
372 THURSTON, Howard. (1874 -- 1936)

Thurston World's Famous Magician.

Cleveland 1930s. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 330.00
373 TRIANO.

Nostradamus Jr.

Argentina ca.1940s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
374 VIRGIL (Virgil Harris Mulkey)

Cheating the Gallows! / Virgil and Company with Julie.

Mason City ca.1950s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
375

[AUTOGRAPHED POSTERS] Six Signed "Magic Hands" Posters.

Germany 1989--1993. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 780.00
376 COCKE, James R. (1863--1900), M.D.

Hypnotism: How it is Done; Its Uses and Dangers.

Boston 1894 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
377

The Conjuror's Magazine; or Magical and Physiognomical Mirror.

London 1792--93. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,640.00
378 FISCHER, Ottokar (1873--1940) SHARPE, S.H. (ed.)

J.N. Hofzinser's Card Conjuring.

London 1931 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
379 HOFFMAN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839--1919)

Six Volumes on Magic and Conjuring. Includes: More Magic.

London 1890 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 270.00
380 HURST, Lulu (1869 -- 1950)

Lulu Hurst (The Georgia Wonder) Writes her Autobiography.

Rome, Georgia 1897 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
381 KLAUSE, Roger (1938--2008)

Roger W. Klause's Notebooks of Unpublished Effects of Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsey, and Larry Jennings.

N.p., v.d. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 4,320.00
382 Bascom Jones, Jr.

Magick. Biweekly. N1 - N497

1970-1994 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 3,120.00
383 Harry Lorayne.

[MARLO] Apocalypse. Monthly. V1 N1 -- V14 N10

1978-1991 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,560.00
384 [MARLO] HUGARD, Jean (1871 -- 1959)

Card Manipulations.

New York 1935 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 570.00
385 NYMAN, Andy (b. 1966)

Bulletproof.

[Los Angeles 2010 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 570.00
386 [OZANAM, Jacques]. HUTTON, Charles (1737 -- 1823)

Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.

London 1803 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 660.00
387 [RAMSAY] FARELLI, Victor (1888 -- 1955)

Four Signed Works on the Magic of John Ramsay.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 420.00
388 Max Sterling (J. MacLachlan)

(Servais) Leroy's Magical Monthly.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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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    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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    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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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    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