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MAGIC: Marketplace Auction
8:00 AM PT - Jan 18th, 2009

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Potter & Potter Auctions

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January 17th, 2009 11 am - 6 pm

290 Items

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251 Lot 251

Leo Rullman, group of 23 catalogs
[Catalogs] Leo Rullman, group of 23 catalogs. New York, 1928...

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252 Lot 252

Where Houdini Was Wrong
Sardina, Maurice. Where Houdini Was Wrong. London, 1950. Fir...

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253 Lot 253

Scarne on Cards
Scarne, John. Scarne on Cards. New York, 1949. First edition...

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254 Lot 254

[Catalog] R.S. Schlosser Magic Co. 
[Catalog] R.S. Schlosser Magic Co. New York, ca. 1917. Illus...

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255 Lot 255

Oversized scrapbook filled with posters, letters,
[Scrapbook] Oversized scrapbook filled with posters, letters...

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256 Lot 256

Oversized scrapbook filled with hundreds of pictor
[Scrapbook] Oversized scrapbook filled with hundreds of pict...

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257 Lot 257

Oversized scrapbook filled with ephemera and vinta
[Scrapbook] Oversized scrapbook filled with ephemera and vin...

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258 Lot 258

Selbit, P.T. (Percy Thomas Tibbles). Four clothbound titles. The Magic Art of Entertaining (1907); The Magician's H...

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259 Lot 259

Selbit, P.T. The Million-Dollar Mystery
[Broadside] Selbit, P.T. The Million-Dollar Mystery. 10 ¾ x ...

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260 Lot 260

Five pieces of sheet music
[Sheet Music] Five pieces of sheet music. Including Hanky Pa...

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261 Lot 261

Shiels, Tony "Doc." Two first editions. Daemons, Darklings and Dopplegangers (Bideford, 1968) and The C...

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262 Lot 262

Solid Gold Gimmick
[Apparatus] Solid Gold Gimmick. Richard Himber, ca. 1959. A ...

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263 Lot 263

Soo, Chung Ling (W.E. Robinson). Three pieces of e
[Ephemera] Soo, Chung Ling (W.E. Robinson). Three pieces of ...

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264 Lot 264

One page ALS on possibly unique Kellar letterhead
[Ephemera] Soo, Chung Ling (W. E. Robinson). One page ALS on...

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265 Lot 265

Chung Ling Soo's Fan
[Apparatus] Soo, Chung Ling. Paper fan used by Chung Ling So...

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266 Lot 266

Steinmeyer, Jim. Group of three signed first editions. Device and Illusion (1991); The Science Behind the Ghost (1 ...

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267 Lot 267

Stodare's Fly-Notes; or, Conjuring Made Easy
Stodare, Colonel. Stodare's Fly-Notes; or, Conjuring Made Ea...

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268 Lot 268

Tambourine Production with alarm clock production
[Apparatus] Tambourine Production with alarm clock productio...

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269 Lot 269

Pen and ink drawings for the original mail-order T
[Ephemera] Tarbell, Harlan. Pen and ink drawings for the ori...

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270 Lot 270

Tarbell Orange Vase Combination advertising poster
[Ephemera] Tarbell, Harlan. Tarbell Orange Vase Combination ...

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271 Lot 271

The History of Playing Cards, with Anecdotes of th
Taylor, Rev. Ed. S. and Others. The History of Playing Cards...

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272 Lot 272

Thurston-Dante Letter Set
Temple, Phil. Thurston-Dante Letter Set. N.p., 1981. Number ...

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273 Lot 273

[Howard Thurston] Canary in Light Bulb
[Apparatus] [Howard Thurston] Canary in Light Bulb. Hand-blo...

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274 Lot 274

[Howard Thurston] Garden of Flowers Production
[Apparatus] [Howard Thurston] Garden of Flowers Production. ...

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275 Lot 275

Thurston Souvenir Pocket Mirror ("Mirror Card"). 
[Ephemera] Thurston, Howard. Thurston Souvenir Pocket Mirror...

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276 Lot 276

Thurston, Howard. Group of five pieces of ephemera
[Ephemera] Thurston, Howard. Group of five pieces of ephemer...

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277 Lot 277

Thurston, Howard. ALS to his daughter Jane Thursto
[Ephemera] Thurston, Howard. ALS to his daughter Jane Thurst...

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278 Lot 278

Thurston, Howard. Group of 11 publications. Thurston's Card Tricks (First paperbound edition, 1900), Foolin...

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279 Lot 279

Unsorted accumulation of over 50 magicians' good l
[Tokens and Palming Coins] An unsorted accumulation of over ...

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280 Lot 280

Watching Thurston from the Front Row
Van Gilder, John S. Watching Thurston from the Front Row. N....

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281 Lot 281

Vernon, Dai. Group of eight pieces of ephemera
[Ephemera] Vernon, Dai. Group of eight pieces of ephemera. I...

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282 Lot 282

The Great Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey). Group of
[Ephemera] The Great Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey). Group of...

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283 Lot 283

Watch Box
[Apparatus] Watch Box. Maker Unknown (after Martinka), ca. 1...

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284 Lot 284

A collection of 15 wee and small-format books
[Wee Books] A collection of 15 wee and small-format books. T...

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285 Lot 285

The Boy's Modern Playmate
Wood, Rev. J.G. The Boy's Modern Playmate. London, 1891. Pub...

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286 Lot 286

The Boy's Own Treasury of Sports and Pastimes. 
Wood, Rev. J.G. and others. The Boy's Own Treasury of Sports...

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287 Lot 287

An accumulation of over 320 wooden nickels mounted
[Wooden nickels] An accumulation of over 320 wooden nickels ...

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288 Lot 288

Wrist Reel - P&L w/Original Box and Inst.
[Apparatus] Wrist Reel. Petrie and Lewis, ca. 1930. Finely c...

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289 Lot 289

Wu-Ling Pagoda
[Apparatus] Wu-Ling Pagoda. F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940. Finely cr...

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290 Lot 290

The Woman Who Can Tell You Anything
[Playbill] Zomah. The Woman Who Can Tell You Anything. N.p.,...

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