Potter and Potter Auctions: I Know What You're Thinking: The Collection of the Amazing Kreskin, 1211, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 16, 2025 - August 16, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839 -- 1919). | Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise or the Art of Conjuring. |
New York | 1890s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 119 | [HIMBER] LORAYNE, Harry (1926 - 2023). | Richard Himber's Best of Bill - Fooled. |
New York | 1958 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 120 | MADSEN, Bill (Wilfred Madsen). | The New Jinx. |
New York | 1987 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 121 | MANN, Al (Gilbert Aleman, 1924 -- 99). | The Purloined Thought. |
Great Cacapon | 1990 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 122 | MASKELYNE, John Nevil (1839 -- 1917). | Automata. |
London | 1989 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 123 | MASKELYNE, Nevil (1863 -- 1924) and DEVANT, David (David Wighton, 1868 -- 1941). | Our Magic. |
New York | 1911 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 124 | MCGILL, Ormond. | How to Produce Miracles. |
South Brunswick and New York | (1976). | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 125 | MCGILL, Ormond (1913-2005). | The Magic and Illusions of Lee Grabel. |
Enchantus Productions | 1986 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 126 | MENTZER, Jerry (1940-2016). | Magician Nitely: The Magic of Eddie Fechter. |
Jerry Mentzer | 1974 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 127 | MINCH, Stephen (b. 1948). | The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley. |
Tahoma | 1991--94. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 128 | [MARTIN NASH] MINCH, Stephen (b. 1948). | The Martin Nash Card Magic Trilogy. |
Including | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 129 | [VERNON] MINCH, Stephen (b. 1948). | The Vernon Chronicles. |
Tahoma | 1987 - 1996. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 130 | RACHERBAUMER, Jon (b. 1940) and KAUFMAN, Richard (b. 1958). | Don England's Gaffed to the Hilt! |
New York | 1985 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 131 | RICE, Harold (1912 - 1987) and TRIMBLE, Mark. | Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Vol. 1-4. |
Cincinnati; Boston | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 132 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean-Eugene (1805 - 1871). | Secrets of Stage Conjuring. |
London | 1881 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 133 | ROBINSON, Ben. | Twelve Have Died. |
Watertown | 1986 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 134 | ROBINSON, William Ellsworth ("Chung Ling Soo", 1861 -- 1918). | Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena. |
New York | 1898 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 135 | ROSS, Richard (1946-2001). | Das Ringspiel, the Ring Routine, Les anneaux chinois. |
Herrenberg | 1982 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 136 | The Wizard. P.T. Selbit. Monthly. V1 N2 (September 1905) V5 N10 (August 1910). |
1905, 1910 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 600.00 | ||
| 137 | SHARPE, S. H. (1902 -- 1992). | Set of Conjurers' Secrets Books. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 600.00 | ||
| 138 | SHARPE, S.H. (1902 -- 1992). | Neo Magic. |
London | 1946 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 139 | SHEA, James J. (1890-1977). | It's All in the Game. |
New York | 1960 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 140 | STARKE, George (editor, 1905--82). | STARS OF MAGIC. |
New York | 1961 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 141 | TEMPLE, Phil (Phillip W. Steinhart, 1939 -- 2018). | Dante: The Devil Himself. |
Author | 1991 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 142 | THOMPSON, Johnny (1934 - 2019) and SWISS, Jamy Ian (b. 1953). | The Magic of Johnny Thompson, vol. 1-2. |
Toronto | 2018 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 600.00 |
![<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/52dd1cf6-f094-4432-955c-f3b20077eb95.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
