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
178 [RACHERBAUMER, Jon].

Three Jon Racherbaumer Magic Periodicals.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
179 READ, Robert (1940 -- 2005)

The Oldest Trick in the Book.

Offenbach am Main 2014 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
180

[MAGIC -- REPRINTS & FACSIMILES]. Group of 22 classic reprinted works on magic and sleight of hand. Publishers include Magico, Walter B. Graham, Steve Burton Magic, Magicana, and Harmony Books, including

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 360.00
181 ROBINSON, Ben.

Twelve Have Died.

Watertown 1986 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 420.00
182 ROBINSON, William Ellsworth (1861 -- 1918)

Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena.

New York 1898 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
183 ROMANO, Chuck (b. 1968)

The Art of Deception, or The Affinity Between Conjuring and Art.

South Elgin, IL 1997 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 210.00
184

Seven Circles. Walter Gibson. Monthly. V1 N1 (Apr. 1931)---V5 N6 (Jun. 1934)

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 510.00
185 SHARPE, S.H.

Neo Magic.

London 1932 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 150.00
186 SHARPE, S. H. (1902 -- 1992)

Art and Magic.

[Seattle 2003 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 300.00
187 SHARPE, S. H. (1902 -- 1992)

Neo-Magic Artistry.

[Seattle 2000 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 240.00
188 SHARPE, S. H. (1902 -- 1992)

Set of Conjurers' Secrets Books.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 510.00
189 SNADER, Craige McComb (1929-1994)

Magic Sounds.

Mexico City 1977 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 480.00
190 SORCAR, P.C. (1913 -- 1971)

[Magic Education].

Calcutta 1946 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
191 STANYON, Ellis.

Stanyon's Magic.

Tahoma 1996 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
192 STEINMEYER, Jim (b. 1958)

Collection of First Editions. Twenty volumes, including Device and Illusion (1991), Hiding the Elephant (2003), Impuzzibilities (2002; Twenty volumes, including Device and Illusion (1991), Hiding the Elephant (2003), Impuzzibilities (2002;

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 510.00
193 STEINMEYER, Jim (b. 1958)

Discovering Invisibility.

Burbank 2001 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
194 STEINMEYER, Jim (b. 1958)

The Science Behind the Ghost.

Burbank 1999 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 180.00
195 Jon Racherbaumer.

Swipe. N# (Mar. 1991) -- N7 (Dec. 1992) Quarterly.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 540.00
196 TAMARIZ, Juan (b. 1942)

Group of 8 magic books and booklets. Including: The Five Points in Magic.

1988 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 450.00
197 TARBELL, Harlan.

The Tarbell Course in Magic, Vols. 1-8.

Brooklyn USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
198 TELLER (b. 1948) and KARR, Todd (b. 1965), editors.

House of Mystery. The Magic Science of David P. Abbott.

[Los Angeles:] 2005 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 900.00
199 THOMPSON, Johnny (1934 - 2019) and Jamy Ian Swiss (b. 1953)

The Magic of Johnny Thompson.

[Toronto 2018 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 900.00
200 Trick of the Month Club. F.G. Thayer. Series 1, No. 1 (n.d.) -- Series 3 No. 12 (Jun. 1934)

Series 2 and 3 three-hole punched and bound in contemporary leatherette binders.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 480.00
201 TROST, Nick (1935-2008)

Subtle Card Creations Vols. 1-8, and other publications.

Humble, TX 2008-2019. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
202 VERNON, Dai (David Verner, 1894 - 1992)

Revelation.

Pasadena 2008 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 450.00
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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.
    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.
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