Potter and Potter Auctions: Magicana of the Golden Age, 22866, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195 | DeVere Clementine (1883-1973) | Ionia. L'Enchantresse |
Birmingham | ca. 1910 | Not Available | USD 9,375.00 |
| 196 | LeRoy Servais (1865-1953) | LeRoy, Talma & Bosco. The Great Hindu Rope Trick |
New York | ca. 1915 | Not Available | USD 30,000.00 |
| 197 | Maro Ed (1868-1908) | Maro Prince of Magic |
Chicago | ca. 1905 | Not Available | USD 187.50 |
| 198 | Maro Ed (1868-1908) | Maro Prince of Magic / Flags of the World |
Chicago | ca. 1905 | Not Available | USD 218.75 |
| 199 | Moore E.J. (1880-1957) | Moore the Magician. In Mysteries of the Past Ages |
Erie, PA | ca. 1910 | Not Available | USD 7,500.00 |
| 201 | Thurston Howard (1869-1936) | Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet |
Cleveland | 1920s | Not Available | USD 1,625.00 |
| 202 | Thurston Howard (1869-1936) | Thurston / The Famous Magician East Indian Rope Trick |
Cleveland | ca. 1928 | Not Available | USD 3,000.00 |
| 203 | Rock Will (1907-1995) | Are Ghosts Real. Thurston |
ca. 1939 | Not Available | USD 437.50 | |
| 204 | Thurston Howard (1869-1936) | Thurston the Great Magician. Vanished! |
Cincinnati; New York | 1918 | Not Available | USD 10,625.00 |
| 205 | Knaus Ludwig (1829-1910) | The Magician in the Barn |
Circa 1870 | Not Available | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 301 | Harbin Robert (1908-1978) | Robert Harbin's Master Note in Cigarette Prototype |
1944; 1929 | Not Available | USD 437.50 | |
| 332 | Houdini Harry (1874-1926) | A Magician Among the Spirits |
New York | 1924 | Not Available | USD 2,000.00 |
| 333 | Houdini Harry (1874-1926) | The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin and Handcuff Secrets |
London | 1909 | Not Available | USD 1,125.00 |
| 334 | Duplessi-Bertaux Jean (1747-1819) | Recueil de Cent Sujets de Divers Genres |
Paris | 1846 | Not Available | USD 500.00 |
| 335 | Cervon Bruce (1941-2007); Minch Stephen (1948-) | Ultra Cervon |
Tahoma | 1990 | Not Available | USD 281.25 |
| 336 | Christian Magic | J.N. Hofzinser Non Plus Ultra |
Seattle | 2013/2021 | Not Available | USD 812.50 |
| 337 | Downs T Nelson (1867-1938) | Modern Coin Manipulation |
New York | [1900] | Not Available | USD 312.50 |
| 338 | Downs T Nelson (1867-1938) | The Art of Magic |
Buffalo | 1909 | Not Available | USD 312.50 |
| 339 | Downs T Nelson (1867-1938) | The Art of Magic |
Chicago | 1921 | Not Available | USD 312.50 |
| 340 | Ganson Lewis | The Dai Vernon Book of Magic |
London | [1957] | Not Available | USD 2,500.00 |
| 341 | Vernon Dai (1894-1992); Minch Stephen (1948-); Perovich Michael A (1946-) | The Vernon Chronicles and the Vernon Companion |
Tahoma; Seattle | 1987-2016 | Not Available | USD 750.00 |
| 342 | Hoffmann Professor (Angelo Lewis 1839-1919) | Latest Magic |
New York | 1918 | Not Available | USD 2,000.00 |
| 343 | Huggins Wilf (c.1893-1977) | The Midget Magician |
N/A | Not Available | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 344 | Robert-Houdin Jean Eugene (1805-1871); Hoffmann Professor | Card-Sharping Exposed |
London | [n.d., ca. 1882] | Not Available | USD 437.50 |
| 345 | Maskelyne Nevil (1863-1924); Devant David | Our Magic |
London | [1911] | Not Available | USD 500.00 |
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