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

Auction Details

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
93 FULVES, Karl (1938 -- 2023).

Group of 33 Magic Booklets.

1970s - 80s. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 660.00
94 FULVES, Karl (1938 -- 2023).

Charles T. Jordan Collected Tricks.

Teaneck 1975 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
95 FULVES, Karl (1938 -- 2023).

Seven Magic Books by Karl Fulves.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
96 FULVES, Karl (1938 -- 2023).

Fulves Magic Booklets. Seven volumes.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
97 [SLYDINI, Tony (1900-1991), subject)]. FULVES, Karl (1939-2023).

The Magical World of Slydini.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
98 [VERNON]. GANSON, Lewis (1913 -- 1980).

Dai Vernon Card Magic Books.

[V.p. 1960-1980]. USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
99 GARCIA, Frank (1927-1993).

A Group of Thirteen First Edition Works.

[V.p. 1972-1980]. USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
100 GARDNER, Martin (1914 -- 2010).

Impromptu.

Los Angeles 2015 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
101 GARDNER, Martin (1914-2010).

Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic.

Chicago 1978 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
102 GLEN, Laurance.

The Magician's Road to Fame.

London ca.1922 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 360.00
103 PUNX (HANEMANN, Ludwig).

Two Punx Magic Books. Including: Magical Adventures and Fairy Tales (1988, ENGLISH EDITION); and Fourth Dimensional Mysteries (1990).

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 300.00
104 HARBIN, Robert (1909 -- 1978).

The Magic of Robert Harbin.

[London 1970 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,320.00
105 HILLIARD, John Northern (1872 -- 1935).

Greater Magic.

Washington, D.C. 1994 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
106 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926).

The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin.

New York 1908 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
107 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926).

A Magician Among the Spirits.

New York 1924 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 720.00
108 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926).

Handcuff Secrets.

London 1910 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 540.00
109 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926).

Elliott's Last Legacy.

New York 1923 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 180.00
110 HULL, Burling (1889 -- 1982).

The Amazing World of Mentalism.

Calgary 1976 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 900.00
111 HULL, Burling (1889 -- 1982).

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

Calgary 1972 -- 77. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,140.00
112 JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018).

Cards as Weapons.

New York 1977 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
113 KAPLAN, George.

The Fine Art of Magic.

York 1948 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 210.00
114 KAUFMAN, Richard (b.

1958) with BERGLAS, David (1926-2023).

Washington D.C. 2011 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
115 KEENE, Morris Lamar (1936-1996).

The Psychic Mafia.

New York 1976 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 570.00
116 LEAVITT, Michael Bennett (1843-1935).

Fifty Years in Theatrical Management.

New York 1912 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 570.00
117 LEWIS, Eric C. (1908 -- 93).

The Miracles Trilogy. Including: A Choice of Miracles (1980), A Continuation of Miracles (1980), and The Crowning Miracles (1983).

Sierra Madre 1980-83. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
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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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    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
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    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.