Potter and Potter Auctions: I Know What You're Thinking: The Collection of the Amazing Kreskin, 1211, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
August 16, 2025 - August 16, 2025
Page Size: 248 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
68 ARMSTRONG, Bruce (ed.).

Encyclopedia of Suspensions and Levitations.

Calgary 1976 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
69 BAMBERG, David.

Illusion Show.

Glenwood, IL 1988 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
70 BECKER, Larry (1929 -- 2023).

Stunners! The Mental Magic of Larry Becker.

Carefree, Arizona 1992 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 240.00
71 BODIE, Walford (1869 -- 1939).

The Bodie Book.

London 1905 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
72 BRITLAND, David.

The Mind & Magic of David Berglas.

Burbank 2002 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
73 BUFFUM, Richard, et al.

Keep the Wheels Turning, Vol. 1-2.

Alhambra and Azusa 1977 and 1992. USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
74 BUFFUM, Richard. (d. 2003)

The Brema Brasses.

Balboa Island 1981 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
75 CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950) and Bill Miesel (1935 - 2012).

Kellar's Wonders.

Pasadena 2003 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
76 CHARVET, David (b. 1961).

Jack Gwynne: The Man, His Mind, and His Royal Family of Magic.

Brush Prairie 1986 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 360.00
77 CHARVET, David (b. 1961), with MULKEY, Julie Capriotti (1912 - 2000).

The Great Virgil.

Vancouver 1991 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
78 CHRISTOPHER, Maurine (1920 - 2013), editor.

Howard Thurston's Illusion Show Workbooks, Vols. 1 and 2.

Pasadena 1992 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 960.00
79 CLARK, Hyla M.

The World's Greatest Magic.

New York 1976 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 7,800.00
80 CLARK, Hyla M.

The World's Greatest Magic.

New York 1976 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
81 CLARKE, Sidney Wrangel (1864 - 1940).

The Annals of Conjuring.

New York 1983 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
82 DALEY, Jacob (1897 -- 1954).

Jacob Daley's Notebooks.

Teaneck 1975 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
83 DOWNS, T. Nelson (1867 -- 1938).

The Art of Magic.

Chicago 1921 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 210.00
84 DOWNS, T. Nelson (1867 -- 1938).

Modern Coin Manipulation.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 420.00
85 [HOUDINI] ERNST, Bernard M. L. and CARRINGTON, Hereward.

Houdini and Conan Doyle.

New York 1932 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 660.00
86 EVANS, Henry Ridgley (1861 -- 1949).

Magic and Its Professors.

London 1902 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
87 EVANS, Henry Ridgely (1861 -- 1949).

The Spirit World Unmasked.

Chicago 1897 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
88 EVANS, Henry Ridgely (1861 -- 1949).

Cagliostro: A Sorcerer of the Eighteenth Century.

New York 1931 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 300.00
89 FECHNER, Christian (1944 -- 2008).

Soirees Fantastiques.

Paris 1988 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,080.00
90 FECHNER, Christian (1944 - 2008).

The Magic of Robert-Houdin: "An Artist's Life."

Boulogne 2002 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
91 FISCHER, Ottokar (1873 -- 1940). SHARPE, S.H. (ed.).

J.N. Hofzinser's Card Conjuring.

London 1931 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 210.00
92 FOX, Karrell (1928 -- 1998).

Seven Magic Books by Karrell Fox.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
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