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
224 ROCK, Will (1908-95).

Early Signed Portrait of Magician Will Rock.

Highland Park, MI 1928 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
225 TARBELL, Harlan (1890 -- 1960).

Five Original Pen-and-Ink Drawings for the Chicago Magic Co.

1920s. USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 720.00
226 THORN, Ernst (1853 -- 1928).

Group of Thorn Postcards.

German 1910s -- 20s. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 210.00
227 THURSTON, Howard (1869--1936).

Thurston/Wrigley Gum Throw Out Card.

1912 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 600.00
228 THURSTON, Howard (1869--1936).

Photograph of Raymond, Thurston, and Laurant. "When Shall We Three Meet Again?"

[New York] 1913 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 270.00
229 THURSTON, Howard (1869--1936).

Howard Thurston ALS to his Wife Leotha.

1917 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,080.00
230 THURSTON, Howard (1869--1936).

Two Candid Photos of Thurston and Famous Magicians.

[Kenton, Ohio ca.1930]. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
231 THURSTON, Howard (1869--1936).

Howard Thurston Signed Check.

1928 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 540.00
232 THURSTON, Howard (1869--1936).

Thurston Signed SAM Membership Card.

New York 1929 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,020.00
233 THURSTON, Howard (1869--1936).

Charming Handwritten Thurston Sentiment and Photos.

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
234 THURSTON, Howard (1869--1936).

Group of Thurston Theater Programs.

1920s -- 30s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 270.00
235 ALEXANDER (Claude Conlin, 1880 -- 1954).

Alexander Crystal-Seer / World's Greatest Master of Mental Mystics.

Circa 1920. USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
236 ALEXANDER (Claude Conlin, 1880--1954).

Ask Alexander.

Circa 1915. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 540.00
237 BLACKSTONE Sr., Harry (1884--1965).

Blackstone. Big Combination.

New York ca.1928. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,600.00
238 BLACKSTONE Sr., Harry (1884--1965).

Blackstone. Big Combination.

[Long Island City ca.1929 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,080.00
239 CARTER, Charles (1874--1936).

Carter the Great. "Carter on the Camel."

Cleveland ca.1930 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,680.00
240 CARTER, Charles (1874 - 1936).

Carter the Great: The Elongated Maiden / A Baffling Chinese Mystery.

Cleveland 1935 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,020.00
241 CHUNG, Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861--1918).

Ching Ling Soo. A Dream of Wealth.

London 1910s. USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
242 CHUNG Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson, 1861--1918).

The Two Mysteries. Ancient and Modern.

London ca.1915 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,040.00
243 COPPERFIELD David (b. 1956).

Kodamatic David Copperfield Lobby Display.

1982 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
244 COPPERFIELD, David (b. 1956).

The Magic of David Copperfield Lobby Poster.

1983 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
245 GERMAIN, Karl (Charles Mattmueller, 1878--1959).

Germain the Wizard.

Cleveland ca.1910 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 600.00
246 GOLDIN, Horace (Hyman Elias Goldstein, 1873 - 1939).

Horace Goldin. The Tiger God.

Birmingham ca.1910 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,080.00
247 FAK HONGS.

The Fak-Hongs. Magico Japones. (no. 5302).

Hamburg 1910 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
248

[HYPNOTISM] Hypnotist's Stock Poster.

American ca.1910s. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 420.00
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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.