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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | HENNING, Doug (1947--2000). | Early Doug Henning Brochure, Inscribed and Signed. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 600.00 | ||
| 194 | HENNING, Doug (1947--2000). | Doug Henning "Levitation" Rope. |
1990s. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,440.00 | |
| 195 | HENNING, Doug (1947--2000). | Doug Henning Memorabilia Grouping. |
1980s. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 180.00 | |
| 196 | HENNING, Doug (1947--2000). | Collection of Doug Henning Ephemera, Some Signed. Sixteen items, |
1970s -- 80s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 480.00 | |
| 197 | HENNING, Doug (1947--2000). | World of Magic / Doug Henning Stained Glass Dream Catcher. |
1980s. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 3,600.00 | |
| 198 | HERRMANN, Alexander (1843 -- 96). | Portrait Postcard of Herrmann the Great. |
Circa 1900. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 199 | HOUDINI (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926). | Houdini Signed SAM Membership Card. |
New York | 1923 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 200 | HOUDINI (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926). | Inscribed and Signed Houdini Portrait. |
1924 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 | |
| 201 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926). | Houdini "Master Mystifier" Postcard. |
Chicago | 1926 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 202 | [HOUDINI] | Houdini/Weiss Family Silverware. |
1920s. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 203 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926). | Magical Rope Ties & Escapes. |
London | 1922 | USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 50,400.00 |
| 204 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926). | Portrait Postcard Signed by Houdini. |
Circa 1920. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,640.00 | |
| 205 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926). | Signed Houdini Letter Regarding Spirit Photography. |
1924, | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 206 | KELLAR, Harry (1849-1922). | Signed Photograph and Kellar/Valadon Program. |
1921/1904. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,020.00 | |
| 207 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926). | Typed Letter Signed by Houdini. |
Dated March 25 | 1925 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
| 208 | KASSNER, Alois (1887 -- 1970). | Direktor Kassner der unvergleichliche Zauberkunstler Kommf! Hamburg: Adolph Friedlander, ca. |
1930 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 209 | KELLAR, Harry and Ching Ling Foo. | Portrait of Kellar and Ching Ling Foo. |
New York | ca.1915 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 210 | LAFAYETTE (Sigmund Neuberger, 1871 -- 1911). | Portrait Postcard of The Great Lafayette. |
1910 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 420.00 | |
| 211 | LEROY, Servais (1865 -- 1953). | Signed Portrait of LeRoy. |
New York | 1927 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 215 | [PHOTOGRAPHS -- MAGICIANS] Collection of Vintage Photographs of Magicians, Some Signed. |
Primarily American | 1920s -- 70s. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,200.00 | |
| 219 | [PATENTS -- OPTICAL ILLUSIONS] Thirteen Advertising Novelty/Advertising Illusion Patents. |
American | 1900s -- 20s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 220 | [PEPPER'S GHOST] Eleven Patents for Pepper's Ghost Improvements and Related Optical Effects. |
American | 1900s -- 20s. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,360.00 | |
| 221 | [PHOTOGRAPHS --MAGICIANS] Collection of Approximately 250 Candid Photographs of European Magicians On Stage. |
1930s -- 40. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 900.00 | ||
| 222 | [POSTCARDS -- MAGICIANS] Group of Five Magicians' Postcards, Some Signed. |
USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 150.00 | |||
| 223 | [SCRAPBOOK -- MAGIC] "Famous Conjurers 1840 -- 1920" Magic Ephemera Scrapbook. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,400.00 |
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