Potter and Potter Auctions: Literature and Legerdemain, 22201, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 28, 2026 - February 28, 2026

Page Size: 424 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
350	George Little, et al.	Mahatma		(April, 1895)	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
351	Richard Kaufman and Alan Greenberg	Mahatma		[1994]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 250.00
352		Magicol. Nearly 150 loose issues of this journal of magic collecting and history started in the 1950s		1950s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 531.25
353	MANN, Al (1924-1999)	The Purloined Thought [and] The Tools of OMAR	[Gt. Capacon, WV]	1990, 1997]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 812.50
354	MASKELYNE, Nevil and David Devant	Our Magic	New York	-1911	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 218.75
355	MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)	The Protocols of the Elders of Magic	Seattle	2005	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 593.75
356	MCCULLAGH, Brian (1942 -- 2014)	Ten Limited Edition Magic History Publications		-1995	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 468.75
357	MCGILL, Ormond (1913-2005)	The Magic and Illusions of Lee Grabel	[N.p.]	[1986]	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 87.50
358	MEAD, Eric (b. 1966)	Tangled Web	Seattle	-2006	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 156.25
359		[MENTALISM]. Group of 31 Booklets on Mentalism	[V.p.]	[ca. 20th century]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 100.00
360		[MENTALISM]. Group of 24 Modern Books on Mentalism	[V.p.]	[ca. 20th -- 21st centuries]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 500.00
361	MINCH, Stephen (b. 1948)	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley	Tahoma, CA	[1991, 1994]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 187.50
362	NYMAN, Andy (b. 1966)	Bulletproof	[Los Angeles]	2010	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 937.50
363	ORTIZ, Darwin (1948-2023)	Designing Miracles. Creating the Illusion of Impossibility	El Dorado Hills, CA	2006	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
364	PEROVICH, Michael A (b. 1946)	The Vernon Companion	Seattle	2016	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 437.50
365	PETIT, Philippe (b. 1949)	To Reach the Clouds. My High Wire Walk Between the Twin Towers	New York	[2002]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 281.25
366	POTTER, Jack (compiler) and HADES, Mickey (ed.)	The Master Index to Magic in Print	Calgary	1967-1975	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 375.00
367		[PULPS]. Group of 40 Pulp-Style Magic Trick Books	[V.p.]	[ca. 20th century]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 218.75
368	RAFFLES, Mark (1922 -- 2022)	The Pickpocket Secrets of Mark Raffles	Isle of Wight	1982	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 343.75
369	ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean Eugene (1805-1871)	Card-Sharping Exposed	London	1882	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 687.50
370	ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean Eugene (1805-1871)	The Sharper Detected and Exposed	London	1863	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 218.75
371	ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean Eugene (1805-1871)	Comment on Devient Sorcier	Paris	1878	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 250.00
372	ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean Eugene (1805 -- 71)	The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic	London	1878	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 500.00
373	ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean Eugene (1805 -- 71)	The Secrets of Stage Conjuring	London	1881	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 437.50
374	ROBINSON, Ben	Twelve Have Died	Watertown	1986	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 343.75

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.