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

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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
103

[LECTURE NOTES] Collection of Max Maven's Lecture Notes.

1970s -- 2010s. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 5,040.00
104 [GAG BOOK] MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)

Everything I Know About Mentalism and Magic.

1983 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
105 GANSON, Lewis (1913 -- 1980)

The Complete Ganson.

Tahoma 2010 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
106

Group of 13 vintage and antiquarian magic books. Including: J.N. Hilliard, Greater Magic (1945),

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
107 GUIMARAES, Helder (b. 1982)

Reflections.

-2011 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
108 HARTMANN, J.K. (b. 1933)

Group of 12 books and booklets. Including: Card Craft (1991); After Craft (1995); Tricky Treats (1999); Card Dupery (2007); Caan Craft (2010);

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
109 HILLIARD, John Northern (1872 -- 1935)

Greater Magic.

[Washington, D.C. 1994 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
110 HOLLINGWORTH, Guy (b. 1974)

Drawing Room Deceptions.

(Pasadena) 1999 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 300.00
111 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz)

A Magician Among the Spirits.

New York 1924 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 450.00
112 [HOUDINI].

Group of over 20 books on the life and magic of Harry Houdini. Includes: Kaufman & Greenberg editions of A Magician Among the Spirits (1996) and Conjurers' Monthly Magazine (1991),

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
113 HULL, Burling and Ormond McGill (editor)

The Encyclopedia of Stage Illusions.

Deland, FL 1962 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
114 HULL, Burling (1889 -- 1982)

The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mentalism Vols. 1 -- 3.

Calgary 1972 -- 77. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 780.00
115

[HYPNOTISM]. Group of over 30 books and booklets.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,140.00
116 JAMES, Stewart (1908 -- 96)

Stewart James in Print: The First Fifty Years.

Toronto 1989 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
117 [JAMES, Stewart (1908 -- 1996)]. SLAIGHT, Allan.

The James File.

Toronto 2000 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 720.00
118

[JAPANESE -- MAGIC] Max Maven's Collection of Japanese Magic Books. Approximately 50 volumes

1940s -- 2000s USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
119 JAY, Ricky (1948 -- 2020)

Cards as Weapons.

New York 1977 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 510.00
120 JAY, Ricky.

Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women.

New York & Tokyo 1986 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 450.00
121 JAY, Ricky (1948 -- 2020)

Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women.

New York 1986 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 570.00
122 Theodore Annemann.

[JORDAN] Sign of Exceptional Magic. Monthly. N#

1935 - 1936 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
123 Stephen Tigner.

Journal of Magic History. V1 N1 -- V2 N3

1979-1980 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 450.00
124 KAPLAN, George.

The Fine Art of Magic.

York 1948 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
125 KARR, Todd (ed.)

The Secret Ways of Al Baker.

Seattle 2003 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 510.00
126 KARR, Todd (compiler)

The Silence of Chung Ling Soo.

Seattle 2001 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
127 KAUFMAN, Richard (b. 1958)

Tenyoism.

Washington, D.C. 2015 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 840.00
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    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.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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