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
120 JUGLAR, Victor Henri (after).

L'Humanite Comique.

Saouvons La Caisse! Paris ca. 1860s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 540.00
121 Kabbala Volume 3.

Jon Racherbaumer.

New York 1975 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 840.00
125 KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922).

Kellar Portrait and Autograph.

Columbus ca. 1900 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 600.00
126 KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922).

The Spectres Sanctum Illusion Hand-Drawn Diagram and Letter.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 13,200.00
127 KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922).

Kellar. Levitation.

Cincinnati -- New York 1894 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 33,600.00
128 KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922).

Kellar's Beautiful Production. The Queen of Roses.

Cincinnati & New York 1895 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,200.00
130 KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922).

Two Kellar Postcards Written to Thomas Worthington

1918 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,200.00
131 KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922).

Two Engraved Kellar Printing Plates.

Circa 1900. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,320.00
132 LEIPZIG (Nathan Leipziger, 1873 -- 1939).

Inscribed and Signed Portrait.

[New York] ca. 1934 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 2,160.00
133 LYNN, Dr. (J.W. Simmons, 1836 - 99).

Portrait of Dr. Lynn the Magician.

New York ca. 1880 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,140.00
134 LYNN, Dr. (J.W. Simmons, 1836 - 99).

Travels and Adventures of Dr. Lynn.

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,160.00
135

[MAGIC CIRCLE] Two Documents Announcing the Formation of London's Magic Circle.

[London 1905]. USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,800.00
136 [MAGIGALS] Scrapbook and Ephemera Collection of Jessie L.

Rickard.

[Los Angeles 1940s -- 50s]. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,440.00
137 [MARLO] KURTZ, John (American, born 1942).

Marlo's Magazine Volume 5.

1984 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,200.00
139 MELIES, Georges (1861 -- 1938).

Calling Card of George Melies.

Circa 1910. USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,440.00
143 NESBITT, Neil (1888 -- 1936).

The Great Nesbitt.

Leeds ca. 1914 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,320.00
144 OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1875 -- 1963).

Three-Page Okito ALS to Harry Kellar.

1914, USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,680.00
145 POPE BONIFACE VIII (1235-1303), et al.

Sextus decretalium liber... in concilio Lugdunesi editus [and:] Clementis quinti constitutions in concilio vienensi edite... [and:] Extravagantes viginti Joannis vigesimisecundi... [and:] Extravagates coes Additio ultra priorem impressione... [and:] Const

[Venice 1514]. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,160.00
146

Collection of Real Photo and Printed Postcards of Magicians and Sideshow Performers.

European 1890s -- 1950s. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,360.00
147

[PRINTING PLATES -- MAGIC] Collection of Over 350 Chicago Magic-Related Printing Plates and Blocks.

1930s -- 50s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,040.00
149 [ROBERT-HOUDIN] MANNING, William.

Recollections of Robert-Houdin.

London 1891 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 660.00
150 [HOFFMANN] ROTERBERG, Augustus (1897 -- 1928).

New Era Card Tricks.

[Chicago] 1897 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 570.00
151 SACHS, Edwin T.

Sleight of Hand.

London (1877). USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,320.00
154 SCHEIDLER, John G. (d. 1902).

Magic Catalogs and Ephemera.

Cleveland 1880s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 480.00
155 SCOT, Reginald (1538 -- 99).

The Discovery of Witchcraft.

London 1665 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,600.00
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