Spring Magic Auction 2018-04-28 Auction - 702 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 14
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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Orrin’s Clickety Click.: Orrin’s Clickety Click. London: Lewis Davenport, 1980s. Four ping-pong balls resting on a stand vanish in mid-air when hit with a ping-pong paddle; the stand is covered, and the balls reappear on
0315: Orrin’s Clickety Click.Est. $100-$200
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Orrin’s Streamlined Uplift.: Orrin’s Streamlined Uplift. London: Jack Hughes, ca. 1949. A spectator’s borrowed ring is placed into a round red cylinder, two yellow cylinders are placed on top and the entire stack is covered
0316: Orrin’s Streamlined Uplift.Est. $100-$200
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Vanishing Alarm Clock.: Vanishing Alarm Clock. Colon: Abbott’s, ca. 1940s. An alarm clock resting on a tray is grasped by the magician with a floral cloth, lifted into the air, and vanishes from within. Tray 12 x 11".
0317: Vanishing Alarm Clock.Est. $150-$250
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Vanishing Alarm Clock.: Vanishing Alarm Clock. Azusa: Owen, ca. 1990s. An alarm clock resting on a tray is grasped by the magician with a clock, lifted into the air, and vanishes. Tray 14 x 12".
0318: Vanishing Alarm Clock.Est. $200-$300
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Magician’s Side Table.: Magician’s Side Table. Reidel, ca. 1960s. Black wooden table with carved panels depicting white egrets on both sides, backed with a translucent red polyester screen. Folds for packing, lacking
0319: Magician’s Side Table.Est. $150-$250
Rabbit Side Table.: Rabbit Side Table. Colon: Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co., ca. 1950. Side table painted to represent a head-on view of a white rabbit. Wooden top and rear support fold flat. 34" tall. Finish worn; good.
0320: Rabbit Side Table.Est. $200-$300Lot Passed
Compact Nite-Club Table.: Compact Nite-Club Table. Joe Palen, ca. 1960s. Folding wooden table with two internal shelves, multi-color crackle finish, lacking one (of four) outer shelf fasteners, easily replaced. 35 x 14 x 26".
0321: Compact Nite-Club Table.Est. $200-$300Lot Passed
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Floating Table.: Floating Table. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1940s. Wooden table which rises into the air at the mere touch of the magician’s fingertips. Repainted and re-covered, with vintage wooden packing
0322: Floating Table.Est. $400-$600
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Dragon Table.: Dragon Table. Columbus: MAK Magic, ca. 1970. Rolling table with three removable shelves and top, folds for packing. Decorated with bright Dragon design. Edges worn.
0323: Dragon Table.Est. $150-$250
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Elephant Head Table.: Elephant Head Table. Marietta Ohio: Tommy Windsor, ca. 1965. Magician’s side table decorated with an elephant head motif ala Thayer and Owen. Silk screened, with vinyl top. 35" high. Minor wear to
0324: Elephant Head Table.Est. $200-$300
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Magician’s Side Table.: Magician’s Side Table. New Haven: Petrie & Lewis (P&L), ca. 1939. Portable magician’s table with folding cast aluminum legs. Recovered top includes one two black art wells. 29" high. Hallmarked.
0325: Magician’s Side Table.Est. $100-$200
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White Rabbit Side Table.: White Rabbit Side Table. Pasadena: Homer Hudson, ca. 1950s. Vintage wooden conjurer’s table with rabbit design. 30" tall. In zippered canvas pouch. Paint well worn.
0326: White Rabbit Side Table.Est. $100-$200
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$1000 Challenge Dove Vanish.: $1000 Challenge Dove Vanish. Colon: Abbott’s Magic Mfg., ca. 1970. Two live doves are placed in a box, then a committee from the audience disassembles the box; the doves are gone. The magician
0327: $1000 Challenge Dove Vanish.Est. $200-$300
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Tip-Over Chest.: Tip-Over Chest. Alhambra: Owen Magic, ca. 1960. Wooden box painted to represent a brass-bound treasure chest. Shown empty by tipping it forward, then a massive production is made from within. 11 x 8
0328: Tip-Over Chest.Est. $300-$400
Triangular Production.: Triangular Production. Florida: Okito-Lembo, ca. 2010. Three flat panels are assembled into a triangular box on a low stand. From inside, the magician produces a large quantity of objects. Based on
0329: Triangular Production.Est. $400-$600Lot Passed
Where Do the Ducks Go?: Where Do the Ducks Go? Circa 1980. Two live ducks are placed into a rattan box, which is disassembled piece-by-piece. Even after a feint in which the spectators seem to catch on, the birds disappear
0330: Where Do the Ducks Go?Est. $400-$600Lot Passed
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Wandering Mummies.: Wandering Mummies. Munich: Zauberzentrale, ca. 1992. A hand-carved wooden sarcophagus travels invisibly from one casket to another. Caskets 5 ½ x 2 ½ x 2, cast resin painted bronze and gold.
0331: Wandering Mummies.Est. $500-$700
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Whispering Dragons With Original Molds.: Whispering Dragons With Original Molds. Arizona: Richard Gerlitz, 2002. The performer is able to predict which dice is placed in his hand by allowing it to "whisper" in their ear. 2 x 1 ½ x 2".
0332: Whispering Dragons With Original Molds.Est. $250-$350
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The Mystic Tubes of Sea-Ling.: The Mystic Tubes of Sea-Ling. Arizona: Richard Gerlitz, 2004. When the student drops a ball into two brass tubes, it falls quickly out the bottom; when the teacher does the same, the ball defies
0333: The Mystic Tubes of Sea-Ling.Est. $200-$300
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The Complete Gerlitz Magic Collection.: The Complete Gerlitz Magic Collection. Arizona: Richard Gerlitz, 2007. Portable media player containing photos and slideshows of Gerlitz apparatus, as well as videos of Gerlitz explaining and
0334: The Complete Gerlitz Magic Collection.Est. $200-$300
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Horus-scope.: Horus-scope. Cornwall: Alan Warner, ca. 1990. A paper billet is placed inside the Horus-scope, then a spectator chooses one of six small tokens; when the slip of paper is revealed, it correctly
0335: Horus-scope.Est. $150-$250
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Tablets of Ra.: Tablets of Ra. Cornwall: Alan Warner, ca. 1990. The spectator’s chosen tablet, along with four others, hangs from a wooden strip within a teakwood cover; at the performer’s command, the chosen
0336: Tablets of Ra.Est. $150-$250
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Circus Trick.: Circus Trick. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1950s. Based on the Bob Kline trick At the Circus, in which a child’s chosen animal token disappears from the circus tent and reappears in the cage with the
0337: Circus Trick.Est. $200-$300
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The Appearing Sun.: The Appearing Sun. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1950s. A sun mysteriously vanishes and reappears behind clouds and doors. Doors 11" long, cloud 8". Includes two identical suns and a third, slightly
0338: The Appearing Sun.Est. $200-$300