Spring Magic Auction 2018-04-28 Auction - 702 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 10
Sleight of Hand.Glass Negative of Houdini Outside Villa (Wiljalba)Spirit Photo of Houdini with Abraham Lincoln’s Ghost.
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Spring Magic Auction

Our spring sale features two recently-rediscovered Houdini scrapbooks as well as Houdiniana in the following categories - glass slides, autographs, books, and photographs. Also on the block is a diverse offering of vintage and antiquarian magic books, posters, broadsides, ephemera, and vintage magic apparatus.
Auction Curator:
Gabe Fajuri
Gabe Fajuri
President
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Group of Vintage Brass Pocket Tricks.: Group of Vintage Brass Pocket Tricks. Includes Trans-Mental (Viking, with instructions); Trans-Mint (Viking); Quartokito (Viking); Half Dollar Box; Coin Pedestal; Ball and Tube; and two drop outs
0219: Group of Vintage Brass Pocket Tricks.Est. $80-$150
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Buried Treasure (Bean Box).: Buried Treasure (Bean Box). Colon: Abbott’s Magic Mfg. (Arturo), ca. 1970. A borrowed, marked coin appears in the smallest of three nested wooden boxes lacquered in bright colors. Largest box 5 x 6
0220: Buried Treasure (Bean Box).Est. $200-$300
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Group of Vintage Pocket Tricks.: Group of Vintage Pocket Tricks. Includes Dial X (UF Grant); Gem Busters (Jack Miller); Coin Penetration Lighter; and UFO Dice (Japan: Tricks Co., 1975; includes box and instructions). Condition
0221: Group of Vintage Pocket Tricks.Est. $80-$150
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Five Pocket Tricks.: [Coin Magic] Five Pocket Tricks. Circa 1970s. Includes two tricks by Eddie Gibson: Chinese Bit and Copper Sandwich (both with instructions); two tricks by Johnson Magic: a coin penetration and The
0223: Five Pocket Tricks.Est. $50-$100
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Cabala.: Cabala. Burbank: Milson-Worth, ca. 1980. A steel ball penetrates a sheet of glass locked in a finely crafted walnut box. Box 4 x 3 x 1". With original instructions. Fine.
0224: Cabala.Est. $100-$200
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Silver Peau Doux Playing Cards.: Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Silver Peau Doux Playing Cards. Chicago: Walgreen Co., ca. 1934. Unopened pack of the bridge-size fanning cards purchased by Cardini for use in his famous act.
0225: Silver Peau Doux Playing Cards.Est. $250-$350
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Gold Peau Doux Playing Cards.: Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Gold Peau Doux Playing Cards. Chicago: Walgreen Co., ca. 1934. Unopened pack of the bridge-size fanning cards purchased by Cardini for use in his famous act.
0226: Gold Peau Doux Playing Cards.Est. $250-$350
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Jumbo Card Guillotine.: Jumbo Card Guillotine. Tabman Magic, ca. 1999. A signed jumbo card is found by the blade of the guillotine, which cuts to it as it falls into the deck. Based on the Eric Lewis design. Fine hardwood
0228: Jumbo Card Guillotine.Est. $400-$500
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Card Pedestal.: Card Pedestal. European, ca. 1905. Spun brass stand and cover. Cards, billets, or bills vanish, appear or change when placed on the stand and covered. 7 ¾" high.
0229: Card Pedestal.Est. $250-$350
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Casadega Cabinet.: Casadega Cabinet. Colon: Abbott’s Magic Mfg., ca. 1965. Miniature spirit cabinet as used by Blackstone. A handkerchief and other objects, placed into this small wooden cabinet, become animated and
0230: Casadega Cabinet.Est. $150-$250
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Abbott’s Classic Production.: Abbott’s Classic Production. Colon: Abbott’s Magic Mfg., ca. 1970. An empty box is built-up on a low three-fold stand. A moment later, a massive production of flowers, handkerchiefs, and
0231: Abbott’s Classic Production.Est. $200-$300
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Conley Card Sword.: Conley Card Sword. Colon: Abbott’s Magic, ca. 1970. A selected card is impaled on the blade of the sword when the pack is thrown in the air. 31" long. Chrome plated, with original wooden box and
0232: Conley Card Sword.Est. $200-$300
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Chest of Chu Chin Chow.: Chest of Chu Chin Chow. Los Angeles, F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. Rice is poured into a box on a skeleton stand. The grain can be seen through windows in the front of the box, then visibly vanishes. Stand
0233: Chest of Chu Chin Chow.Est. $600-$800
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Group of Vintage Clock and Watch Magic Tricks.: [Clocks and Watches] Group of Vintage Clock and Watch Magic Tricks. Including a Giant Comedy Watch (Yimka); eleven nesting production alarm clocks; and over twenty manipulation watches together with
0234: Group of Vintage Clock and Watch Magic Tricks.Est. $200-$300
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Johnny Platt Hindoo Cups and Balls.: Johnny Platt Hindoo Cups and Balls. Maywood, Ill., 1947. Set of three green and red wooden cups in the Indian style, with original purple velvet carrying bag and instructions, lacking wand and balls.
0235: Johnny Platt Hindoo Cups and Balls.Est. $150-$250
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Early Brass Cups and Balls Set.: Early Brass Cups and Balls Set. Banded brass cups used to perform the ancient conjuring feat. 3 ¼" tall, 3" diam. Scattered tarnishing and denting.
0236: Early Brass Cups and Balls Set.Est. $150-$250
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Cups and Balls.: Cups and Balls. Circa mid-twentieth century. Finely made vintage set of lightweight nickel-plated set of cups with a gold-tone wash on the interior. 3 ¼" tall, 3 ¼" diam. Light tarnish and wear
0238: Cups and Balls.Est. $150-$250
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Cups and Balls.: Cups and Balls. Circa mid-twentieth century. Chrome finish. 4 ¼" tall, 3 ½" diam. Light tarnish, minor dents.
0239: Cups and Balls.Est. $150-$250
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Charlie Miller Cups and Balls.: Charlie Miller Cups and Balls. Chicago: Magic Inc., ca. 1970s. Set of three heavy cups after Ross Bertram’s design, spun from copper. Tarnished.
0240: Charlie Miller Cups and Balls.Est. $100-$200
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Cups and Balls.: Cups and Balls. Richard Robinson, ca. 1970s. Brass. 5 ½" tall. 3 ¾" diam. Fine.
0241: Cups and Balls.Est. $100-$200
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Chas. Goodall "Viceroy" Playing Cards.: Chas. Goodall "Viceroy" Playing Cards. London, ca. 1900s. 52. Original printed box. Attractive back design depicts a Mephistophelean actor. Box scuffed with a few small tears, light signs of handling
0242: Chas. Goodall "Viceroy" Playing Cards.Est. $100-$150