Spring Magic Auction 2017-04-08 Auction - 448 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 12
Escamotage Magic Set.Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table.Bess Houdini's Diamond and Gemstone Brooch
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Spring Magic Auction

Our spring auction features magic memorabilia, books, posters, and apparatus for beginning and advanced collectors alike. Hightlights include a brooch presented to Bess Houdini by Russian royalty, Carl Waring Jones correspondence, and three pages of rhyming verse hand written by Harry Houdini.
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Hilliard, John Northern. Archive of Letters from: Hilliard, John Northern. Archive of Letters from Hilliard to Carl Waring Jones, with Related Ephemera. Cleveland, Ohio and Rochester, New York, 1932 – 33. Including nine typed or autograph letters
0262: Hilliard, John Northern. Archive of Letters fromEst. $800-$1,200
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De Biere, Arnold. Hold-To-Light Postcard. The: De Biere, Arnold. Hold-To-Light Postcard. The Sculptor's Vision. [London], ca. 1910. Linen-finish lithograph postcard on which a beautiful woman playing a fluted instrument appears when held to a
0269: De Biere, Arnold. Hold-To-Light Postcard. TheEst. $150-$250
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De Biere, Arnold. Hand painted Maquette of Magician: De Biere, Arnold. Hand painted Maquette of Magician Arnold De Biere. Caricature-like full-length portrait painted by "Nibs" (F. Drummond Niblett), one of Will Goldston's artists, and depicting the
0270: De Biere, Arnold. Hand painted Maquette of MagicianEst. $800-$1,200
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Dunninger, Joseph. Two Signed Checks.: Dunninger, Joseph. Two Signed Checks. March, 1962. Personal checks, with Dunninger's name pre-printed above the signature line, issued by Irving Trust Co. (New York). Very good.
0276: Dunninger, Joseph. Two Signed Checks.Est. $50-$100
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[Escape Artists] Lot of Six Postcards.: [Escape Artists] Lot of Six Postcards. V.p., early to mid twentieth century. Including two real-photo postcards of a Spanish performer, one showing him chained to a chair; Envoy Hutton; Albert Lahaie
0277: [Escape Artists] Lot of Six Postcards.Est. $150-$250
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Fu Manchu (David Bamberg). Typed Letter Signed,: Fu Manchu (David Bamberg). Typed Letter Signed, "David," to Carl Waring Jones, with Related Documents. Colombia, May, 1940. Including Bamberg's signed letter to Jones regarding their visit together
0278: Fu Manchu (David Bamberg). Typed Letter Signed,Est. $400-$600
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Hardeen, Theo (Theodore Weiss). Signed Christmas: Hardeen, Theo (Theodore Weiss). Signed Christmas Postcard. Circa 1910s. Color lithograph postcard bearing halftone oval portrait of Hardeen, signed in the bottom margin, "I'm still a Lion/ Hardeen."
0279: Hardeen, Theo (Theodore Weiss). Signed ChristmasEst. $200-$300
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Heller, Robert. Cabinet Card Portrait of Heller.: Heller, Robert. Cabinet Card Portrait of Heller. New York: Kern Bros., ca. 1900. Sepia-tone bust portrait of the conjurer. Standard cabinet-format mount, studio stamp in the lower margin. Verso
0280: Heller, Robert. Cabinet Card Portrait of Heller.Est. $700-$1,000
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Henning, Doug. Three Pieces of Ephemera.: Henning, Doug. Three Pieces of Ephemera. Including a "biographical data" sheet (1974) for "Theatre World," with information filled out by Henning, and signed by the performer in the lower right; a
0282: Henning, Doug. Three Pieces of Ephemera.Est. $100-$200
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[Herrmann, Alexander] Herrmann's Manuscript of "Will,: [Herrmann, Alexander] Herrmann's Manuscript of "Will, the Witch, and the Watchman," Presentation Gift from Adelaide Herrmann to Howard Thurston. Circa 1875; top sheet of Thurston letterhead inscribed
0284: [Herrmann, Alexander] Herrmann's Manuscript of "Will,Est. $3,000-$5,000