Potter and Potter Auctions: Winter Magic Auction Featuring the Collection of Max Maven
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Winter Magic Auction Featuring the Collection of Max Maven | Total Sales (USD) | 280,542.00 |
| Auction Date | December 14, 2024 - December 14, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 123,905.00 |
| Sale Number | #1196 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 217,975.00 |
| Total Lots | 361 | ||
| Sold Lots | 357 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 124,805.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 98.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 219,575.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 4 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 127.77% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 358 | IONIA (Clementine De Vere, 1883 - 1973) | Ionia / L'Enchantresse. |
ca.1910. | USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 300 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz) | The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, Inscribed Copy with Signed Photographs and Annotated; and a Signed Pitch Book. |
1908 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 |
| 101 | MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022) | The Protocols of the Elders of Magic. |
2005 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 103 | [LECTURE NOTES] Collection of Max Maven's Lecture Notes. |
1970s -- 2010s. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 5,040.00 | |
| 351 | CHUNG Ling Soo (W.E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918) | Chung Ling Soo / Has Reached the Highest Pinnacle of Fame. |
ca.1915. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
| 383 | Harry Lorayne. | [MARLO] Apocalypse. Monthly. V1 N1 -- V14 N10 |
1978-1991 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 39 | ALEXANDER (Claude Alexander Conlin) | The Inner Secrets of Psychology, Vols. 1 - 5. |
1924 | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
| 170 | [OCCULT]. Group of approximately 120 books on occult subjects. |
Size 4to and smaller. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,320.00 | |
| 302 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Scrapbook of Houdiniana and Magic Ephemera. |
1927 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
| 381 | KLAUSE, Roger (1938--2008) | Roger W. Klause's Notebooks of Unpublished Effects of Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsey, and Larry Jennings. |
v.d. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
| 209 | WEBER, Michael (b. 1961) | Collection of Pamphlets and Lecture Notes. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 4,080.00 | |
| 350 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson, 1861 - 1918) | Chung Ling Soo. [Tea Chests]. |
ca.1915. | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 11 | ANNEMANN, Ted (Theo. Squires, 1907 -- 1942) | Archive of Ted Annemann / Al Baker Correspondence. |
1920s -- 30s. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 28 | [PSYCHICS -- AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Scrapbook of ephemera related to African American psychics. |
v.d. ca.1920s-40s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,120.00 | |
| 330 | POLLOCK, Channing (1926 -- 2006) | Notes and Diagrams on the Double Sawing Illusion. |
1960s. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 382 | Bascom Jones, Jr. | Magick. Biweekly. N1 - N497 |
1970-1994 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 36 | WELLES, Orson (1915 -- 85) | TLS to Max Maven. |
1980 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 258 | [CARD MAGIC AND DECKS] Max Maven's Collection of Card Tricks, Gimmcked, and Ungimmicked Decks. |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,880.00 | ||
| 361 | KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922) | Kellar. |
1907 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 234 | MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022) | Max Maven. After Sunday he May be Banned from the Track. |
1970s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 310 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Exposes Fraudulent Mediums and Fortune Tellers / Exclusively in Brooklyn Times. |
ca.1922. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 377 | The Conjuror's Magazine; or Magical and Physiognomical Mirror. |
1792--93. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,640.00 | |
| 10 | ANNEMANN, Ted (Theo. Squires, 1907 -- 1942) | Important Archive of Annemann / J.G. Thompson Jr. Correspondence. |
1929 -- 41 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 298 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini TLS Regarding Spiritualism and Vintage Photograph. |
1926 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 336 | HARBIN, Robert (Ned Williams, 1909 -- 78) | The Magic of Robert Harbin. |
1970 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
