Auction details
MAGIC: the Collection of Walter Graham
8:00 AM PT - Sep 12th, 2009
offered by
Potter & Potter Auctions
Chicago, IL 60640
Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
20%
Bid Increments
| From | Increment |
| 0 | 5 |
| 30 | 10 |
| 100 | 25 |
| 500 | 50 |
| 1000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 200 |
| 6000 | 500 |
| 10000 | 1000 |
| 20000 | 2000 |
| 50000 | 5000 |
Auction House Preview
September 11, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
313 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Abbott's Magic Co. collection of 15 catalogs. |
75 - 100 |
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| 2 |
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Five publications from R. Buffum's Abracadabra. |
100 - 200 |
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| 3 |
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Albo's Classic Magic Series, Vols. 1-11, each volume |
4,500 - 5,500 |
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| 4 |
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Albo's The Ultimate Okito & Ultimate Okito Addendum |
500 - 700 |
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| 5 |
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T. Andruzzi's The Negromicon of Masklyn Ye Mage. |
600 - 800 |
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| 6 |
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Al Baker's Collection of five volumes, three signed. |
100 - 200 |
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| 7 |
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Bead Prediction by John McKinven |
300 - 400 |
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| 8 |
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The Collected Mental Secrets of C.A. George Newmann |
200 - 400 |
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| 9 |
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Charles Bertram's Isn't It Wonderful? |
50 - 100 |
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| 10 |
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37 different hardbound magicians' biographies |
400 - 600 |
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| 11 |
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Birch poster "The Sensational Vanishing Pony" |
40 - 80 |
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| 12 |
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Harry Blackstone Archive of 24 pieces of ephemera a |
250 - 350 |
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| 13 |
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Harry Blackstone poster. World's Master Magician. |
200 - 300 |
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| 14 |
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Harry Blackstone poster "The Disappearing Horse." |
75 - 150 |
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| 15 |
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Signor Blitz's Fifty Years in the Magic Circle. |
75 - 150 |
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| 16 |
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A collection of over 40 Thayer Blueprints and instr |
200 - 400 |
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| 17 |
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John Nicholls Booth. Group of 11 Volumes, many sign |
150 - 250 |
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| 18 |
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Abbott's Magic Co. Botania, |
75 - 150 |
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| 19 |
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Bran Vase by Donald Holmes, ca. 1915. |
250 - 350 |
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| 20 |
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The Fred Braue Notebooks |
100 - 200 |
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| 21 |
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The Brema Brasses by Richard Buffum. |
150 - 250 |
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| 22 |
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The Carl Owen Book. Keep the Wheels Turning…. |
100 - 200 |
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| 23 |
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Burlingame's "Herrmann the Great." |
100 - 200 |
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| 24 |
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Burlingame's Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap Books. |
75 - 150 |
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| 25 |
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Card Box. Maker unknown (possibly P&L), ca. 1935. Nickel plated box approximating the look of a fine cigarette cas... |
75 - 150 |
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| 26 |
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Handsome wooden Sliding Card Frame ca. 1920. |
50 - 100 |
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| 27 |
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Large collection of vintage magic tricks with candl |
50 - 100 |
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| 28 |
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Group of 114 softbound books about card tricks. |
200 - 250 |
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| 29 |
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Collection of 24 hardbound books on card tricks |
125 - 250 |
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| 30 |
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Collection of over 35 vintage and contemporary card |
150 - 250 |
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| 31 |
|
Change Bag by F.G. Thayer & Co., Los Angeles, ca. 1 |
200 - 300 |
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| 32 |
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Four different P&L Change Bags. |
150 - 300 |
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| 33 |
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Chrome Plated Changing Globe, ca. 1910. |
250 - 350 |
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| 34 |
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David Charvet's Alexander The Man Who Knows. |
50 - 100 |
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| 35 |
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David Charvet's Jack Gwynne |
150 - 300 |
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| 36 |
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Okito's Masterpiece Checker Cabinet. |
4,000 - 6,000 |
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| 37 |
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Collection of 36 catalogs from Chicago-based magic |
150 - 250 |
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| 38 |
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Collection of over 80 magic catalogues and price li |
200 - 300 |
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| 39 |
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Collection of over 60 magic catalogs and price list |
150 - 200 |
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| 40 |
|
Chop Cup by Rings N' Things, ca. 1970. |
75 - 150 |
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| 41 |
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Chop Cup by Unique Magic Studio, ca. 1965 |
100 - 200 |
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| 42 |
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Four books about Chung Ling Soo, the "Marvelous Chi |
50 - 100 |
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| 43 |
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Henry Clapham's Melody Magic. |
75 - 150 |
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| 44 |
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Large collection of close-up magic props and "envel |
300 - 400 |
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| 45 |
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Group of 25 vintage close-up magic tricks and gimmi |
250 - 350 |
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| 46 |
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Archive of over 13 vintage circus and circus-relate |
75 - 150 |
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| 47 |
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Collection of over 30 specially machined coin trick |
200 - 300 |
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| 48 |
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Collectors Forum, Fred W. Evans ed. |
100 - 200 |
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| 49 |
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The Cone and Orange ca. 1915 trick, with instructio |
150 - 250 |
|
| 50 |
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Conjurors' Magazine complete file. |
100 - 200 |
