Spring Magic Auction 2017-04-08 Auction - 448 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 4
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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Satyr Head Automaton.: Satyr Head Automaton. Paris: Voisin, ca. 1890. Magnificent and early magician's automaton crafted to represent the disembodied head of a Satyr, replete with realistic hair, eyes, and mouth, and with
0073: Satyr Head Automaton.Est. $15,000-$20,000
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Silk Pistol.: Silk Pistol. German, ca. 1940. A silk handkerchief draped over the faux gun's barrel vanishes when the trigger is pulled. Mechanism stamped "Germany." 11" long.
0074: Silk Pistol.Est. $250-$350
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Silver Odyssey I.: Silver Odyssey I. Middleburg: Collectors' Workshop, ca. 1995. Handsome model of Bob Kline's classic Copenetro. Four coins vanish, then visibly reappear in a shot glass covered by a tumbler resting on
0075: Silver Odyssey I.Est. $800-$1,200
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Balloon to Rabbit.: Balloon to Rabbit. Vandalia: Walter Sheppard, ca. 1990. When a balloon placed in a small cage pops, a rabbit appears in its place. Highly decorated cage with transfers in the Okito style. 15 ½ x 10
0076: Balloon to Rabbit.Est. $200-$300
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Doves to Rabbit.: Doves to Rabbit. Vandalia: Walter Sheppard, ca. 1990. The magician places doves in a large cage enclosed by a decorated box. The box is closed and when opened a moment later, the doves have
0077: Doves to Rabbit.Est. $600-$900
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Imperial Rabbit Chest.: Imperial Rabbit Chest. Vandalia: Walter Sheppard, ca. 1990. A snow white rabbit appears instantly in an empty Asian chest. Highly decorated cabinet, sword, and panel. 11 ½" high. Hallmarked. With
0078: Imperial Rabbit Chest.Est. $200-$400
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Conjuring Tricks Magic Set.: Conjuring Tricks Magic Set. England, ca. 1930. Handsome and large vintage magic set including wooden and paper tricks, among them the Egg Vase, Die Through Hat, Marble Vase, Grandmother's Necklace,
0079: Conjuring Tricks Magic Set.Est. $200-$300
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Escamotage Magic Set.: Escamotage Magic Set. Paris, ca. 1880. Lovely magic set filled with turned boxwood tricks including the Dice Vase, Melting Coin Vase, Pillars of Solomon, Mysterious Divination Bottle (small balls
0080: Escamotage Magic Set.Est. $1,200-$1,800
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Physique magic Set.: Physique magic Set. Paris: J.L., ca. 1880. Oversize magic set with turned wood, metal, and cloth tricks, including Cups and Balls, Egg Vase, Divination Bottle, Die through Hat, Coin Bank, Metal Card
0081: Physique magic Set.Est. $700-$900
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Physique Amusante magic set.: Physique Amusante magic set. Paris, ca. 1890. Handsome magic set with turned wood, metal, and cloth tricks, including Cups and Balls, Egg Vase, Pillars of Solomon, Bonus Genius, Scotch Purse, boxwood
0082: Physique Amusante magic set.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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The Magic World of Blackstone.: [Magic Sets] The Magic World of Blackstone. New York: Pressman, 1983. Three different examples, comprising the beginner's, intermediate, and master sets. Each sealed in shrink-wrapping, light
0083: The Magic World of Blackstone.Est. $200-$300
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Three Vintage British Magic Sets.: [Magic Sets] Three Vintage British Magic Sets. Including one BGL Conjuring Outfit set; one Ernest Sewell Cabinet of Conjuring Tricks 1a; and Max Andrews "Vampire" Magic Kit. 1950s. Condition varies,
0084: Three Vintage British Magic Sets.Est. $150-$250
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Spirit Collar.: Spirit Collar. European, ca. 1900. Heavy metal collar used to secure a spirit medium or escape artist to a pillory. Gimmicked for quick and silent release and re-entry. 4 ½" wide. Some resoldering.
0085: Spirit Collar.Est. $250-$350
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Square Circle.: Square Circle. Vandalia: Walter Sheppard, ca. 1990. Two nesting tubes are separately shown empty, nested, and a gigantic production of objects is made from within. Stage size version rests on short
0086: Square Circle.Est. $600-$900
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Conjurer's Table.: Conjurer's Table. European, ca. 1900. Handsome wooden magician's table, complete with circular spring-loaded trap in its top and folding rear door to conceal a servante. Wooden construction, painted
0087: Conjurer's Table.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Three Colonio Tables.: Three Colonio Tables. Asuza: Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1990. Three Thayer-style tables, tops covered in velvet, trimmed in gold braid, with turned center columns. Two side tables and one center table,
0088: Three Colonio Tables.Est. $600-$900
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Talking Skull.: Talking Skull. Circa 1930. Faux skull resting on a chromed stand attached to a wooden pedestal raps out answers to questions, once for yes, twice for no. Skull crafted from heavy wood, gesso-covered
0089: Talking Skull.Est. $250-$350
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Tempo Tempo Clock Transposition.: Tempo Tempo Clock Transposition. Hamburg: Janos Bartl, ca. 1932. A pocket watch and an alarm clock visibly transpose when placed in two handsome nickel-plated stands, the alarm clock loudly ringing
0090: Tempo Tempo Clock Transposition.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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Vanishing Birdcage.: Vanishing Birdcage. England: Yimka, ca. 1950. A metal birdcage vanishes from between the magician's hands. Semi-rigid model. Hallmarked.
0091: Vanishing Birdcage.Est. $150-$250
Vanishing Radio.: Vanishing Radio. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1939. Handsome hardwood radio resting on a table with turned wooden legs is covered with a cloth. When tossed in the air, the radio vanishes. Smooth in
0092: Vanishing Radio.Est. $2,000-$2,500Lot Passed
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Watch Target.: Watch Target. London: J. Bland [?], ca. 1890. A borrowed watch vanishes, only to reappear in the center of this target when the magician fires a pistol at it. Toleware base, metal target possibly
0093: Watch Target.Est. $400-$600
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Manipulation Watches.: Manipulation Watches. European, ca. 1935 [?]. Two sets of ten nesting watches for production by the magician, and one watch with finger clip for continuous production from mid air. Paper dials. Very
0094: Manipulation Watches.Est. $200-$300
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Watch Production Act and Ringing Clock Stand.: Watch Production Act and Ringing Clock Stand. St. Louis: Joe Scott, ca. 1930. Floor stand with three hidden ringing devices activated when faux alarm clocks are produced and hung on the stand.
0095: Watch Production Act and Ringing Clock Stand.Est. $400-$600
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Where the Rainbow Ends.: Where the Rainbow Ends. London: Jack Hughes, ca. 1955. Ribbons are fed into an opening in the front door of a cabinet shown empty moments before. They are suddenly sucked in to the cabinet in a
0096: Where the Rainbow Ends.Est. $500-$750