Potter and Potter Auctions: Winter Magic Auction Featuring the Collection of Max Maven, 1196, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 14, 2024 - December 14, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | FISHER, John. | Cardini: The Suave Deceiver. |
2007 | USD 125.00 - 175.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 79 | FORTE, Steve (b. 1956) | Two Books on Cheating and Advantage Play. Including: Casino Game Protection. |
Las Vegas | 2004 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 80 | [FORTUNE TELLING]. Nine crystal gazing, mind reading, and astrology pitch books. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 360.00 | |||
| 81 | FULVES, Karl (1939 -- 2023) | The Pallbearers Review. |
Tahoma | 1993 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 82 | FULVES, Karl (1939 -- 2023) | Epilogue and The Chronicles. |
Tahoma | 1993 & 97. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 83 | FULVES, Karl (1938 -- 2023) | Group of 16 booklets. Including: Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets (1980); The Magic Thrust (2001); Prototype (1989); |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 720.00 | ||
| 84 | [GAMBLING]. Group of approximately 50 books on gambling, cheating, Las Vegas, and fraud. |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 360.00 | |||
| 85 | GAIMAN, Neil (b. 1960) | M is for Magic. |
(Burton, MI | 2007. One of 1000 copies in the autographed edition. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 86 | GARDNER, Martin (1914 -- 2010) | Martin Gardner Presents. |
[Silver Spring | 1993 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 87 | GOLDSTEIN, Phil (1950 -- 2020) | Collection of First Editions. Eleven works, including: Verbal Control (n.d.), Goldstein's Gallery (1979), A Phil Goldstein 'Twofer' Quasimodo / A Fine Mesh (1981), |
Majorminor (1983, Classic Tackler (1976, Masque (1980, ESP Dice Mysteries (n.d., Thunday (1982, Thabbatical (1994, Redivider (2002, and The Very Best of Phil Goldstein (1987; French | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 88 | GOLDSTEIN, Phil (1950 -- 2020) | Focus. |
Seattle | 1990 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 89 | GOLDSTEIN, Phil and Richard Kaufman. | The New Magic of Japan 1988. |
[New York | 1988 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 90 | GOLDSTEIN, Phil (1950 -- 2020) | A Phil Goldstein Collection. |
Tokyo | 1989 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 91 | GRANT, U.F. | Group of U.F. Grant publications. |
Circa 1930s-50s. | USD 125.00 - 175.00 | USD 720.00 | |
| 92 | GRAVATT, Glenn (compiler) | Thayer Quality Magic. |
Oakland | ca.1978-81. | USD 125.00 - 175.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 93 | GRAVATT, Glenn and Dr. Wilhelm Von Deusen. | The Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks / The Second Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks. |
1936 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 94 | [MAGIC]. Group of 16 antiquarian volumes. Including: SACHS, Edwin. Sleight of Hand. |
London | 1899 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 95 | [MAGIC]. Group of over 35 vintage titles. |
London | [1917] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 96 | [MATHEMATICAL RECREATIONS & PUZZLES]. Group of approximately 75 books on puzzles, games, and mathematics. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,140.00 | |||
| 97 | MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022) | Max Maven's Book of Fortunetelling. |
New York | 1992 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 98 | MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022) | The Color Series of Mentalism. |
[Boston | 1977 -- 1980. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 99 | MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022) | Prism. The Color Series of Mentalism. |
Seattle | 2005 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 100 | MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022) | The Black Book of Mentalism. |
[Los Angeles? | 2015 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 720.00 |
| 101 | MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022) | The Protocols of the Elders of Magic. |
Seattle | 2005 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 102 | MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022) | The Protocols of the Elders of Magic. |
Seattle | 2005 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
