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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 295 | Harry Blackstone (Henry Boughton, 1885 -1965); Inez Blackstone | Collection of Blackstone Autographs and Ephemera |
1920s - 60s | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 399.75 | |
| 296 | Lusha Nelson (1900 - 38) | Portrait of Cardini by Lusha Nelson |
1930s | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 4,182.00 | |
| 297 | Cardini (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973) | Four Pieces of Cardini Ephemera |
1940s - 90s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 246.00 | |
| 298 | Cardini (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973) | Two Signed Cardini Christmas Cards |
1930s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 522.75 | |
| 299 | Cardini (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973) | Cardini Portrait Inscribed to Silent Mora |
Louisville | c. 1927 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,230.00 |
| 300 | Oversize Portrait of Dai Vernon Fanning Cards |
c. 1948 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 430.50 | ||
| 301 | Robert K. Weill | Scrapbook commemorating Dai Vernon's 1976 Grand Island lecture |
1976 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,845.00 | |
| 302 | Oversize Portrait of Dai Vernon and Chester Morris |
c. 1948 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 338.25 | ||
| 303 | Richiardi; Faucet Ross; Glen Pope; George Jason; Les Levante | Photographs from the Collection of Dai Vernon |
1920s – 80s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 399.75 | |
| 304 | Dai Vernon (1894 - 1992) | Dai Vernon Signed Portrait |
1976 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 615.00 | |
| 305 | Joseffy (Joseph Freud, 1873 - 1946); Hal Phyfe | Large Signed Portrait of Joseffy and Balsamo |
New York | c. 1935 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 7,995.00 |
| 306 | Hamid Bey (1897 - 1976) | Signed Photograph of Hamid Bey |
1920s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 338.25 | |
| 307 | Jay Ose | Jay Ose Business Card and Photograph |
1960s - 70s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 153.75 | |
| 308 | Some of the Conjuring Lights. Living & Deceased. |
New York | 1898 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 492.00 | |
| 309 | Maurice Raymond (1877 - 1948) | Two Maurice Raymond Oversize Portraits |
Fall River, MA | 1910s | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 461.25 |
| 310 | Maurice Raymond (1877 - 1948) | Two Photographs of Raymond and his Illusion Show |
Chicago | c. 1915 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,168.50 |
| 311 | Harlan Tarbell (1890 - 1960) | Harlan Tarbell Portrait, Signed |
New York | 1950s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 276.75 |
| 312 | Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936) | Congratulatory Letter Signed by Howard Thurston |
Detroit | April 9, 1924 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 338.25 |
| 313 | Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936) | Thurston TLS to Magician Will Lindhorst |
March 6, 1923 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 338.25 | |
| 314 | J.F. Burke; Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936) | Howard Thurston Company Correspondence |
Lexington Kentucky | Jan. 17, 1924; Nov. 27, 1924 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,706.00 |
| 315 | Fred Fredericks | Mandrake the Magician Sketches and Comics |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 399.75 | |
| 316 | Vonetta (Etta Paul, 1878 - 1964); De Vega; Woodhouse Pitman | Collection of Vonetta Ephemera |
1900s - 30s | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 799.50 | |
| 317 | Channing Pollock (1926 - 2006) | Group of Channing Pollock Photos and Ephemera |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 123.00 | |
| 318 | Danny Dew (1906 – 96) | Group of Danny Dew Ephemera |
1930s – 60s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 123.00 | |
| 319 | Kalanag (Helmut Schreiber, 1903 - 63) | Large Collection of Kalanag Ephemera and Programs |
1930s - 50s | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,476.00 |
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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.