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
249 IONIA (Clementine DeVere, 1888--1973).

Ionia. L'Inspiracion.

Birmingham ca.1910 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 19,200.00
250 JEHL, Alex.

Zauberkunste...Von Okinski.

Circa 1920. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,020.00
251 KAR-MI (Joseph Hallworth, c. 1872 - 1957).

Kar-Mi / Selma. Performing The Most Startling Mystery of All India.

St. Louis 1914 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
252 KALANAG (Helmut Schreiber, 1903--63).

Kalanag & Gloria.

Circa 1955. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 420.00
253 KASSNER, Alois (1887 -- 1970).

Kassners Grosse Zauberschau.

Berlin 1936 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
254 KASSNER, Alois (1887 -- 1970).

Kassner Mysteriose Experimente.

Hamburg 1926 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 660.00
255 KASSNER, Alois (1887--1970).

Zaubermeister Kassner.

German USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
256 KASSNER, Alois (1887 -- 1970).

Zauberer Kassner.

Hamburg ca.1935 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 780.00
257 KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922).

Kellar.

Cincinnati 1907 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,800.00
258 KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller).

Kellar.

New York, Strobridge Litho. Co. ca.1897 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,320.00
259 KELLAR, Harry (1849--1922).

Kellar. The Great Magician.

Cincinnati and New York ca.1894 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,560.00
260 LAURANT, Eugene (1875--1944).

The Man of Many Mysteries and His Show of Wonders.

American ca.1920s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
261 MASKELYNE, J.N. (1839 -- 1917).

Maskelyne & Cooke's Marvellous Entertainment from the Egyptian Hall, London.

London ca.1880 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,800.00
262 NICOLA (Will Nicol, 1880--1946).

World's Greatest Wizard.

The Great Nicola. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,280.00
263 PHILION, Achille.

An Attraction Without a Parallel. (no. 2656).

Buffalo 1899 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 960.00
264 ROODY (Alfondo Parodi, 1895 - ?).

Roody "Street Scene" Poster.

Milan 1928 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 900.00
265

[SIDESHOW ILLUSION] La Femme Araignee / Cirque Daniellis.

Paris ca.1937 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,920.00
266 [STOCK POSTER] LEE, Wallace.

Wallace the Magician.

Circa 1925. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 570.00
267 THURSTON, Howard (1869--1936).

Thurston the Great Magician.

Cincinnati and New York ca.1910s. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,600.00
274 [ADAIR] HOOPER, Edwin (1925-92).

Three Works on the Magic of Edwin Hooper. Including: Edwin's Magic Vols. 1 and 2, and A Host of Surprises.

Bideford 1989 -- 90. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
351 ALBO, Robert (1932--2011).

Classic Magic Series, Vols. 1 -- 8.

San Francisco 1973 -- 2005. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,200.00
352 BURLINGAME, Hardin Jasper (1852-1915).

Tricks in Magic, Vols. I-III.

Chicago 1895/98. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 150.00
353 ERDNASE, S. W.

The Expert at the Card Table.

Chicago 1902 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,800.00
354 Ernst Basch.

Illustrierter Preis-Courant. Le Cagliostro. Catalog.

Hanover USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 720.00
355 HEATHER, H.E.

Cards and Card Tricks.

London USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 180.00
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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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