Potter and Potter Auctions: Select Secrets, 1226, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 13, 2025 - December 13, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Greats of Magic Signed Playing Card Pack. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 | |||
| 3 | Abbott, David P. (1863 -- 1934). | Five Photographs of David P. Abbott, Three Signed. |
Omaha | ca. 1908 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 4 | ALEXANDER (Claude Conlin, 1880 - 1954). | Portrait of Alexander "The Man Who Knows," Inscribed and Signed. |
[Portland | ca. 1920]. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 7 | BESTLEMEIER, Georg Hieronymous (1764-1829). | Die Samtlichen Kupserstiche von denen, Bestlelmeirischen Kunst -- und andern, Nutzlichen immer vorrathigen Waaren in Nuruberg ("The Official Engravings of the Best-Selling Art and Other Useful Goods Always in Stock at Bestlemeier's, Nuremberg"). |
Nuremberg | ca. 1790s]. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 8 | BLACKBURN, Douglas. | Thought-Reading or Modern Mysteryes Explained. |
London | ca. 1886 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 570.00 |
| 10 | BLACKSTONE, Harry (Harry Bouton, 1884 -- 1965). | Blackstone the World's Master Magician. |
[Standee.] Erie | ca. 1920 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,360.00 |
| 15 | CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973). | Early RPPC of Cardini and his Sister. |
Circa 1916. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,160.00 | |
| 16 | CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973). | Inscribed and Signed Portrait of Cardini. |
New York | 1930s. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 20 | CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973). | Three Magic Books from Cardini's Library. |
USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,140.00 | ||
| 22 | CARLYLE, Francis (Francis Finneran, 1912-75). | Inscribed and Signed Portrait of Francis Carlyle. |
[Hollywood and New York] | 1940s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
| 24 | CARTER, Charles (1870 -- 1936). | Carter the Great. The Lion's Bride. |
Chicago | ca. 1918 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 25 | CERVON, Bruce (1941 -- 2007). | Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks. |
[California | 1964 -- 87]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 |
| 28 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Autographed Portrait Postcard of Chung Ling Soo. |
Circa 1915. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 840.00 | |
| 29 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo. The Light of the World. Marvellous Chinese Conjurer. |
Birmingham | ca. 1910 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 30 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo Mysteries. A Rare Bit of Old China. |
London | [ca. 1915]. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 31 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo. From the Land of the Peacock. |
London | ca. 1908 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 32 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo Signed and Annotated Theatrical Contract. |
1912 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 45 | DANTE (Harry Jansen, 1883 -- 1955). | Seven Dante Trolley Card Lithographs. |
Hamburg | 1931 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
| 46 | DEBIERE, Arnold (1878 -- 1934). | De Biere The Man of Mystery! |
[Manchester] | 1923 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 56 | [DEVANT, David]. | Flioscope with David Devant Flipbook. |
England | ca. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 57 | DEVANT, David (David Wighton, 1868 -- 1941). | David Devant Signed Theatrical Contract. |
1915 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,440.00 | |
| 58 | DOBLER, Ludwig (1801 -- 64). | Manuscript Aphorism Signed by Dobler. |
Hand dated in Vienna on October 2 | 1847 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 59 | DRIVER, Thos W. | The Delusion of Modern Spiritualism and the "Rochester Knockings." |
Wellington | 1916 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 62 | ERDNASE, S.W. | The Expert at the Card Table. Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table. |
[Chicago] | (1902). | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 63 | L'Adroit Escamoteur our Recueil de nouveaux tours de societe... . |
Epinial | s.d. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 480.00 |
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