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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 203 | VERNON, Dai (David Verner, 1894--1992) | Revelations. |
Pasadena | 1984 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 204 | [VERNON, Dai (1894-1992)]. GANSON, Lewis (1913-1980) | The Essential Dai Vernon. |
Tahoma, CA | 2009 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 205 | VERNON, Dai and Faucett W. Ross. Ten Card Problems. N.p., n.d. (1930s) | Fourteen typed or carbon 4to pages, with one illustration in pencil for the Miracle Card Location. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 780.00 | ||
| 206 | [VINTAGE PAPERBACKS]. Group of approximately 80 volumes on magic, psychics, gambling, and related topics. |
USD 80.00 - 150.00 | USD 120.00 | |||
| 207 | WARLOCK, Peter (1904 -- 1995) | Buatier de Kolta: Genius of Illusion. |
Pasadena | 1993 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 208 | WATERS, T.A. (1938 -- 1998) | Group of 23 books and lecture notes, more than half inscribed to Max Maven. |
1970s-1980s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 209 | WEBER, Michael (b. 1961) | Collection of Pamphlets and Lecture Notes. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 4,080.00 | ||
| 210 | P.T. Selbit. | The Wizard. Monthly. V1 N1- V5 N10 |
1905 -- 1910 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 211 | ZIMMERMAN, Diana and Robert Gould. | Siegfried & Roy: Unique in All the World. |
Los Angeles | 2010 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 212 | [MAGIC -- INSTRUCTION]. Large Lot of 200 Instructional Magic Books, Magazines, and Ephemera. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 780.00 | |||
| 213 | [MAGIC - INSTRUCTION]. Group of Approximately 200 Instructional Magic Books, Magazines, and Ephemera. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 720.00 | |||
| 214 | [MAGIC -- GENERAL PUBLIC]. Group of more than 85 Magic-Related Books for the General Public. |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 270.00 | |||
| 234 | MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022) | Max Maven. After Sunday he May be Banned from the Track. |
[New York | 1970s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 242 | [MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022]. | Signed photograph of Maven with Dai Vernon and other magicians. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,020.00 | ||
| 247 | [MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)]. | Max Maven / Thinking in Person. Two posters. |
2010s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 253 | [MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)]. | Group of portraits of Max Maven. Including: a caricature portrait. |
2010 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 256 | JAY, Ricky (1948 -- 2020) | Ricky Jay Cards As Weapons Promotional Playing Cards. |
1977 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,020.00 | |
| 257 | Three Original Decks of Jerry's Nugget Casino Playing Cards. |
North Las Vegas, NV, | ca.1970s. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 258 | [CARD MAGIC AND DECKS] Max Maven's Collection of Card Tricks, Gimmcked, and Ungimmicked Decks. |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,880.00 | |||
| 259 | [PLAYING CARDS]. Group of 28 decks of magic and casino playing cards. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 840.00 | |||
| 276 | BERTRAM, Charles (1853 -- 1907) | Autograph letter signed. On Christopher Hotel, Bath stationery, undated |
undated | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 277 | [BUSINESS CARDS -- MAGICIANS]. Collection of magicians' and related business cards. |
20th century. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 390.00 | ||
| 278 | CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973) | Cardini Gold Peau Doux Playing Cards. |
Chicago | ca.1930. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 279 | CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973) | Cardini's Stage-Used Playing Cards. |
1930s. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 780.00 | |
| 280 | CARDINI (Richard Valentine Pitchford) | Photograph of Cardini, Signed. |
New York | ca.1950s. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 570.00 |
