Potter and Potter Auctions: Select Secrets, 1226, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 13, 2025 - December 13, 2025
Page Size: 121 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
93 HOUDINI, Beatrice (1876 - 1943).

Portrait of Beatrice Houdini at Houdini's Grave.

Circa 1941. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
94 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin.

New York 1908 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,760.00
95 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Candid Portrait of the Houdini Family Annotated by Houdini.

New York [?] ca. 1912 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 18,000.00
96 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Knox Hat Manufacturing Challenge.

Brooklyn 1914 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,680.00
97 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Houdini, Bess, and Barrett Candid Photograph.

Circa 1910. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,640.00
98 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Houdini Engraved Bank Draft.

Circa 1910. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 720.00
99 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Typed Challenge to Houdini from the Wayne County Coroners.

1916 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,800.00
100 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Portrait of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Harry Houdini.

1919 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,080.00
101 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Haldane of the Secret Service movie still.

1923 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
102 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Portrait of Houdini with Dallas Police Chief, Annotated by Houdini.

Circa 1920. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,560.00
103 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Insane Restraint Challenge and Crazy Crib Photograph.

1915 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,320.00
104 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Glasgow Punishment Suit Challenge.

Glasgow 1920 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,680.00
105 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Candid Photographs of the Houdinis with Gloria Swanson.

Circa 1920. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 960.00
107 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Houdini's Silver Cake Tray.

Glasgow 1919 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 14,400.00
108 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Houdini Man From Beyond Press Photo.

[New Jersey] [1922]. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 8,400.00
109 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Houdini Packing Case Challenge.

[Davenport, Iowa] 1923 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,560.00
110 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926, editor).

Elliott's Last Legacy.

New York 1923 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 780.00
111 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Haldane of the Secret Service Film Still.

1923 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,200.00
112 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

Houdini Film Still.

1923 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,020.00
113 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926).

A Magician Among the Spirits.

[Beatrice Houdini, Her Book.] New York 1924 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 38,400.00
114 [HOUDINI] EVANS, Henry Ridgley (1861 -- 1949).

The Old and the New Magic.

Chicago 1906 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,880.00
115 [HOUDINI] DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859 -- 1940).

Our American Adventure.

New York (1923). USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,200.00
117 IONIA (Clementine DeVere, 1888 -- 1973).

Ionia.

Birmingham ca. 1910 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,000.00
118 IONIA (Clementine DeVere, 1888 -- 1973).

Ionia.

Birmingham ca. 1910 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,200.00
119 JARRETT, Guy (1881 -- 1972).

Jarrett. Magic and Stage Craft Technical.

[New York] (1936). USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,320.00
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