Potter and Potter Auctions: Select Secrets
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Select Secrets | Total Sales (USD) | 611,250.00 |
| Auction Date | December 13, 2025 - December 13, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 259,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #1226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 427,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 121 | ||
| Sold Lots | 120.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 260,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 99.17% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 430,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 142.09% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | THAYER, Floyd (1877 -- 1959). | Floyd Thayer's Scrapbooks of Magic and Magicians. |
1890s -- 1950s. | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 43,200.00 |
| 113 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926). | A Magician Among the Spirits. |
1924 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 127 | KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922). | Kellar. Levitation. |
1894 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 33,600.00 |
| 2 | Greats of Magic Signed Playing Card Pack. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 | ||
| 25 | CERVON, Bruce (1941 -- 2007). | Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks. |
1964 -- 87]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 |
| 70 | GOLDIN, Horace (Hyman Goldstein, 1873 -- 1939). | A Moorish Fantasy. Horace Goldin. The Royal Illusionist in the Tiger God. |
ca. 1912 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 |
| 165 | THURSTON, Howard (1869 -- 1936). | Thurston The Great Magician. Do They Come Back? |
ca. 1910 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 22,800.00 |
| 95 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926). | Candid Portrait of the Houdini Family Annotated by Houdini. |
ca. 1912 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 18,000.00 |
| 172 | VALADON, Paul (1867 -- 1913). | Kellar's Mysteries. |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 18,000.00 | |
| 76 | [HERRMANN] BRADY, Matthew (1822 -- 96). | Large-Format Glass Plate Negative of Alexander Herrmann. |
1893 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 15,600.00 |
| 155 | SCOT, Reginald (1538 -- 99). | The Discovery of Witchcraft. |
1665 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,600.00 |
| 107 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926). | Houdini's Silver Cake Tray. |
1919 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
| 31 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo. From the Land of the Peacock. |
ca. 1908 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 126 | KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922). | The Spectres Sanctum Illusion Hand-Drawn Diagram and Letter. |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 | |
| 128 | KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 -- 1922). | Kellar's Beautiful Production. The Queen of Roses. |
1895 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 164 | THURSTON, Howard (1869 -- 1936). | Thurston the Great Magician. [Book of Knowledge.] |
1910 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 117 | IONIA (Clementine DeVere, 1888 -- 1973). | Ionia. |
ca. 1910 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,000.00 |
| 184 | Library of Vintage and Modern Magic Books. | A massive collection of approximately 2,500 volumes spanning the 1880s -- 2020s, |
1880s -- 2020s, | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,000.00 |
| 29 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo. The Light of the World. Marvellous Chinese Conjurer. |
ca. 1910 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 62 | ERDNASE, S.W. | The Expert at the Card Table. Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table. |
(1902). | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 118 | IONIA (Clementine DeVere, 1888 -- 1973). | Ionia. |
ca. 1910 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 108 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926). | Houdini Man From Beyond Press Photo. |
[1922]. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 8,400.00 |
| 30 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918). | Chung Ling Soo Mysteries. A Rare Bit of Old China. |
[ca. 1915]. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 67 | GOLDIN, Horace (Hyman Goldstein, 1873 -- 1939). | Horace Goldin Royal Illusionist. |
ca. 1920s. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 94 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874--1926). | The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. |
1908 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
