Potter and Potter Auctions: Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia, 22204, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 18, 2026 - April 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 396 | Harry Lorayne (1926 - 2023) | Richard Himber's Ideas in the Hundred Dollar Book |
New York | 1963 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 215.25 |
| 397 | MAGUS | Le Magicien Amateur Tours de Physique Amusante faciles pour tous |
Paris | 1897 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 98.40 |
| 398 | Ed Marlo (1913 - 91) | Cardially Yours |
Chicago | 2008 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 184.50 |
| 399 | Edward Marlo (1913 – 1991) | The Cardician |
Chicago | 1953 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 399.75 |
| 400 | Ed Marlo (1913 - 91) | Revolutionary Card Technique |
Chicago | 2003 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 215.25 |
| 401 | Ed Marlo (1913 - 91) | The Unexpected Card Book |
Chicago | 1974 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 276.75 |
| 402 | John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) | Automata |
London | 1989 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 307.50 |
| 403 | John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) | The Fraud of Modern "Theosophy" Exposed |
London | [n. d. ca. 1912] | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 86.10 |
| 404 | Lionel S. Weatherly; J. N. Maskelyne | The Supernatural? |
Bristol | [ca. 1891] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 123.00 |
| 405 | Mike Maxwell | Larry Jennings. The Cardwright. |
Tahoma, CA | (1988) | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 246.00 |
| 406 | Mike Maxwell | The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings |
Lake Tahoe | (1986) | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 399.75 |
| 407 | Stephen Minch (b. 1948) | Carneycopia |
Tahoma | 1991 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 215.25 |
| 408 | C. Lang Neil (d. 1948) | The Modern Conjurer |
New York | 1947 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 307.50 |
| 409 | Andy Nyman (b. 1966) | Bulletproof |
Los Angeles | 2010 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 738.00 |
| 410 | Okito [pseudonym of Theodore Bamberg (1904-1974)]; Robert Parrish (1918-1994) | Okito on Magic. Reminiscences and Selected Tricks. |
Chicago | [1952.] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 276.75 |
| 411 | Michael Perovich | The Vernon Companion |
Seattle | 2014 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 615.00 |
| 412 | Augustus Rapp (1871-1961) | The Life and Times of Augustus Rapp, the small town Showman |
Chicago | 1959 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 153.75 |
| 413 | William E. Robinson (1861-1918) | Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena |
New York | 1898 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 276.75 |
| 414 | Marvyn Roy (1925-2020) | Mr. Electric Unplugged. Around the World in Fifty Years with a Lightbulb and a Blonde |
Pasadena | 2005 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 123.00 |
| 415 | Todd Karr | The Silence of Chung Ling Soo |
Seattle | 2001 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 338.25 |
| 416 | Edwin Sachs | Sleight of Hand |
London | 1885 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 153.75 |
| 417 | Alton Sharpe (1923 - 2004) | Expert Card Mysteries |
Chicago | 1969 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 153.75 |
| 418 | S.H. Sharpe | Two Works on Magic Theory |
2000; 2003 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 276.75 | |
| 419 | S. H. Sharpe; Eric Lewis; Peter Warlock | Pair of First Limited Editions |
Pasadena | 1989-1990 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 215.25 |
| 420 | Harlan Tarbell (1890-1960) | Tarbell Course in Magic |
ca. 1950s-1990s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 110.70 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.