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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin |
New York | 1908 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 676.50 | |
| 102 | Seymour Chwast (b. 1931) | Doug Henning / The Sensational Houdini Water Torture Cell Escape |
1974 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 338.25 | |
| 103 | Chuck Romano; Sidney Radner | Group of Five Houdini-Related Posters |
1960s-90s; 1994 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 215.25 | |
| 104 | Claude Conlin (1880-1954) | Ask Alexander |
c. 1915 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 584.25 | |
| 105 | Claude A. Conlin (1880-1954) | Alexander. The Man Who Knows. |
c. 1920 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 922.50 | |
| 106 | Al Nicol (1871-1958) | Around the World Tour. The Great Von Arx. |
St. Paul | c. 1915 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,107.00 |
| 107 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. Carter Beats the Devil. |
Cleveland | 1930s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 246.00 |
| 108 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. The Modern Priestess of Delphi: Your Mind is an Open Book to Her. |
Cleveland | c. 1930 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,214.00 |
| 109 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. The Vanishing Elephant. |
Cleveland | c. 1930s | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,968.00 |
| 110 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. The World's Weird Wonderful Wizard. |
Cleveland | c. 1930 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,599.00 |
| 111 | Charles Carter (1874-1936) | Carter the Great. The World's Weird Wonderful Wizard. |
Cleveland | 1930s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 984.00 |
| 112 | W.E. Robinson (1861-1918) | Chung Ling Soo |
Ashton-under-Lyne | c. 1910 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,920.00 |
| 113 | W.E. Robinson (1861-1918); Val Prince | Chung Ling Soo Mysteries. The Birth of the Pearl. |
Acton | c. 1915 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,920.00 |
| 114 | Leon Bosco | Comedians de Mephisto Co. Bosco. |
Hamburg | 1905 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,182.00 |
| 115 | Cortes and Mari Manipulador Illusionistas. |
Sevilla | c. 1910 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 184.50 | |
| 116 | Do the Dead Return? In Person DI Ghilini |
c. 1940 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 276.75 | ||
| 117 | Ormond McGill (1913 - 2005) | Dr. Zomb is Watching You! |
c. 1950 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 369.00 | |
| 118 | Gerald Heaney (1899 - 1974) | The Great Heaney. Famous Master Magician |
c. 1930 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 4,428.00 | |
| 119 | Harry Kellar (Heinrich Keller) | Kellar |
New York | c. 1897 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,166.00 |
| 120 | Harry Kellar (1849 - 1922) | Kellar. Presenting his Latest and Greatest Wonder. “Gone.” |
Cincinnati | c. 1900 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 20,910.00 |
| 121 | Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936) | Kellar and Thurston. Howard Thurston |
Cincinnati & New York | 1907 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 15,990.00 |
| 122 | Two Le Grand David Signed Posters |
Beverly, MA | 1970s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 399.75 | |
| 123 | Cecil Lyle (Cecil Cohen, 1889 – 1955) | Lyle with his Magical Revue Cavalcade of Mystery |
British | 1930s | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 461.25 |
| 124 | Cecil Lyle (Cecil Cohen, 1889 – 1955) | The Great Lyle with his Cavalcade of Mystery |
London | c. 1935 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 492.00 |
| 125 | C.A. George Newmann (1880 - 1952) | Newmann the Great and his Show of Wonders |
St. Paul | c. 1920 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 522.75 |
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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.