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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Houdini/Gimbel Brothers Packing Box Escape Challenges |
Philadelphia | 1912 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,952.00 | |
| 77 | Houdini 14th Street Store Packers Challenge |
New York | 1906 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,460.00 | |
| 78 | Houdini Mirror Cuff Challenge Ephemera |
1904 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,952.00 | ||
| 79 | Packing Box Challenge Letter to Houdini |
1916 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 861.00 | ||
| 80 | Houdini Beer Barrel Escape Challenge |
New York | 1911 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,168.50 | |
| 81 | Koch & Co. Houdini Challenge |
New York | 1907 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 19,680.00 | |
| 82 | Press Photo of Houdini Behind Bars |
1920s | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,230.00 | ||
| 83 | F.N. Trowers | Two TLSs Regarding a Spirit Photo of Mary Todd Lincoln |
1925 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,920.00 | |
| 84 | Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926) | Houdini Typed Letter, Signed |
1924 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,476.00 | |
| 85 | Beatrice Houdini; Harry Rouclere; Dorny; James Wobensmith; Bernard Ernst; Harry Redan; Joe Lightner | A Group of Vintage and Modern Houdini Ephemera |
1920s - 90s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 184.50 | |
| 86 | Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz, 1874-1926) | Harry Houdini Guest Book Autograph and Inscription |
1913 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,476.00 | |
| 87 | Candid photo of Houdini and Seven Uniformed Women |
c. 1920 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,690.00 | ||
| 88 | J.C. Fitzpatrick (1876-1940) | ALS From a Librarian of Congress Regarding the Unmasking of Robert-Houdin |
1916 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,230.00 | |
| 89 | Business Syndicate Invitation Presented to Harry Houdini |
c. 1920 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 369.00 | ||
| 90 | William Berol; John Mulholland | Group of Houdini-Related Ephemera |
1910s-40s | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 553.50 | |
| 91 | Jim Cassidy | Real Photo Postcard of Houdini's Gravesite Bust |
c. 1914 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,168.50 | |
| 92 | Edward Saint; Oscar S. Teale | Pair of Booklets from Houdini Associates, including: Life, History and Handcuff Secrets of Houdini; Houdini Exposes the tricks used by the Boston Medium "Margery"... |
New York | ND (ca. 1907); 1924 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 369.00 |
| 93 | Houdini in the New York Clipper |
1903 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 584.25 | ||
| 94 | Grim Game Promotional Brochure |
New York | 1919 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 461.25 | |
| 95 | Tony Curtis | Two Houdini Movie Signed Lobby Cards |
1953 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 861.00 | |
| 96 | Harry Houdini As I Knew Him Handbill |
London | 1934 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 184.50 | |
| 97 | Houdini Russian Broadside Fragment |
Russia | c. 1903 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 922.50 | |
| 98 | Houdini All Star Cabaret Program |
New York City | 1925 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 153.75 | |
| 99 | NVA 1925 Benefit Deluxe Souvenir Program Book |
New York | 1925 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 184.50 | |
| 100 | In-Store Window Card Featuring Houdini |
New York | 1936 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 307.50 |
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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.