Spring Magic Auction 2017-04-08 Auction - 448 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 16
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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Thurston, Howard. Early Chinese Tour Handbill.: Thurston, Howard. Early Chinese Tour Handbill. China, 1907. Scarce pictorial program handbill (12 x 9 ½") bearing the widely-used image of Thurston with imps on his shoulders. Inscribed and signed
0357: Thurston, Howard. Early Chinese Tour Handbill.Est. $250-$350
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Thurston, Howard. Pair of Illusion Demonstration: Thurston, Howard. Pair of Illusion Demonstration Photographs. San Francisco: George Knight, ca. 1900s. Early sepia photos on cabinet-format mounts embossed with the studio name, depicting Thurston
0362: Thurston, Howard. Pair of Illusion DemonstrationEst. $1,000-$1,500
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The Great Thurston Levitation Postcard.: Thurston, Howard. The Great Thurston Levitation Postcard. Np, ca. 1910s. Photo-engraved postcard showing the magician levitating an assistant and passing a hoop over the length of her body. Divided
0364: The Great Thurston Levitation Postcard.Est. $300-$400
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Paycheck Signed by Thurston.: Thurston, Howard. Paycheck Signed by Thurston. New York, Feb. 5, 1930. A check, payable to Howard Thurston for $1000, signed by the manager of the Thurston Company, and endorsed by Thurston on the
0365: Paycheck Signed by Thurston.Est. $300-$400
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Thurston March & Two Step.: Thurston, Howard. Thurston March & Two Step. Cleveland: Anthony J. Stastny Music Co., 1911. Color lithographed sheet music bearing the well-known portrait of the magician with imps on his shoulders.
0366: Thurston March & Two Step.Est. $100-$200
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Six Photos of Thurston and His Illusions.: Thurston, Howard. Six Photos of Thurston and His Illusions. New York, 1930s. Vintage photos depicting Thurston and various assistants on stage and in the performance of various illusions. 10 x 8".
0367: Six Photos of Thurston and His Illusions.Est. $100-$200
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Massive Collection of Over 700 Conjuring Postcards,: [Postcards] Massive Collection of Over 700 Conjuring Postcards, Including RPPCs, Some Signed. American and European, 1900s – 1960s. An immense lifetime collection containing numerous scarce and
0368: Massive Collection of Over 700 Conjuring Postcards,Est. $5,000-$7,000
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Vintage Photographs of Magicians, some signed.: [Photographs] Vintage Photographs of Magicians, some signed. 1910s – 70s. Over 60 vintage photographs, including images of famous and lesser-known performers, among them Clint Reidel, Charles
0370: Vintage Photographs of Magicians, some signed.Est. $400-$600
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Scrapbook of Vintage Magic Ephemera, Including Houdini: [Scrapbook] [Magicians] Scrapbook of Vintage Magic Ephemera, Including Houdini and Thurston Items. Compiled and collected by New Zealand Magician Robert Kudarz (and possibly others), and filled with
0371: Scrapbook of Vintage Magic Ephemera, Including HoudiniEst. $2,500-$3,500
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Virgil the Magician Touring Trunk.: Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey). Virgil the Magician Touring Trunk. Circa 1950. Sturdy metal-bound footlocker painted bright red and stenciled with the name "Virgil" and the number 50. One of the many
0372: Virgil the Magician Touring Trunk.Est. $300-$500
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Cups and Balls Magician. "The Mountebanks.": Daumier, Honore (French, 1808 – 1879). Cups and Balls Magician. "The Mountebanks." Paris, (1839). Lithograph in black and white, from Les Saltimbanques, captioned, "Oh Maitre Bilboques, we've had
0374: Cups and Balls Magician. "The Mountebanks."Est. $50-$100
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Sorcier du Village, our L'Oracle Universel.: Anonymous. Sorcier du Village, our L'Oracle Universel. French, ca. 1880. Hand-colored woodcut showing a wizard with a raised wand at a table set up with cards, a skull, and other implements. 11 ½ x
0375: Sorcier du Village, our L'Oracle Universel.Est. $100-$150
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Sorceress in the Woods.: Ganthony, Robert. Sorceress in the Woods. N.p., 1927. Photo engraved print hand-finished in watercolor and gouache. 10 x 7 ¼". Signed lower right by Ganthony, the author of books on magic and
0376: Sorceress in the Woods.Est. $200-$400
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Punch and Judy on Boston Common.: Punch and Judy on Boston Common. New York, 1883. Hand-colored engraving showing a family gathered around the puppet box on a sunny day in the park. Judy wields a club. 15 ½ x 10". Matted, in a gilt
0377: Punch and Judy on Boston Common.Est. $80-$125
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L'Escamoteur.: Rhodon, Rachel (after Philippe Mercier). L'Escamoteur. Paris: Lienard, mid or late eighteenth century. Color etching, depicting a magician performing the Cups and Balls. 11 ¾ x 16 ¼". Matted. Fine.
0378: L'Escamoteur.Est. $300-$500
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Stage Conjurer.: Anonymous ("F.O."). Stage Conjurer. European, late nineteenth century. Fine color lithograph depicting a wizard on stage at a table set up with cards, balls, cones, and cups, with doves flying about
0379: Stage Conjurer.Est. $300-$500