Spring Magic Auction 2018-04-28 Auction - 702 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 15
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
Auction Details

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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Block Off Ribbon.: Block Off Ribbon. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1950s. A solid block is linked to a wooden frame by threading a ribbon through each object; at the magicians command, the ribbon penetrates the block and
0339: Block Off Ribbon.Est. $200-$300
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The Buddha Box.: The Buddha Box. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1950s. Box for color changing silk or silk to confetti effects. 8 ¾ x 5 x 6 ½". Hand painted red box with silver Buddha on face. Hinge on interior switch
0340: The Buddha Box.Est. $200-$300
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Group of Taytelbaum Props.: Group of Taytelbaum Props. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1950s. An incomplete Hippity Hop Rabbit effect (lacking bases); a hand wooden painted die with a hole through the middle; and a handmade wooden
0341: Group of Taytelbaum Props.Est. $100-$200
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Production Die.: Production Die. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1960s. A die suddenly appears – or vanishes – at the magician’s command. Painted wood with plastic inlaid spots. 2 ¾" sq. Lacking elastic.
0342: Production Die.Est. $80-$150
Pair of Papercraft Ornaments.: Pair of Papercraft Ornaments. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1970s. An octahedron and an icosahedron made of fine colorful and metallic paper. Large ornament approx. 3 ½". Fine.
0343: Pair of Papercraft Ornaments.Est. $50-$100Lot Passed
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Enchanted Card Slide.: Enchanted Card Slide. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, 1960s. A playing card instantly and visibly transforms into the spectator’s selected card when pushed inside the slide. 2 x 3". Wood with green paint
0344: Enchanted Card Slide.Est. $200-$300
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Collection of Abbott’s Magic Props.: Collection of Abbott’s Magic Props. Including Disecto, Flat Beer, Sen-Sashe Glass Vanish, Chinaman Card Rise (imitation after the Abbott’s design), Fantastic Fan, and others. Generally good
0346: Collection of Abbott’s Magic Props.Est. $200-$300
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Lot of Three Vintage Magic and Novelty Sets.: Lot of Three Vintage Magic and Novelty Sets. Including S.S. Adams Life of the Party (ca. 1950s); Veda, the Magic Answer Man" (ca. 1960s); and John Calvert Master of Mystery (ca. 1960s). Boxed with
0348: Lot of Three Vintage Magic and Novelty Sets.Est. $100-$200
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Trio of A.C. Gilbert Mysto Magic Sets.: Trio of A.C. Gilbert Mysto Magic Sets. New Haven, 1930s. Including No. 2, No. 2 ½, and No. 5A, each boxed with the compartmentalized interiors, and including instructional booklets, stock
0349: Trio of A.C. Gilbert Mysto Magic Sets.Est. $250-$350
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A.C. Gilbert Magic Exhibition Set No. 2005.: A.C. Gilbert Magic Exhibition Set No. 2005. New Haven, 1930. Original color lithographed box depicting a boy magician at a table laden with props, with original cardboard frame neatly holding the
0350: A.C. Gilbert Magic Exhibition Set No. 2005.Est. $150-$250
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Juego de Magia Spanish Magic Set.: Juego de Magia Spanish Magic Set. Circa 1930s. Deluxe childrenÂ’s magic set in the original paper covered wooden box, with original instructional booklet and compartmentalized interior that
0351: Juego de Magia Spanish Magic Set.Est. $200-$300
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Group of Vintage Clown and Jester Costumes.: Group of Vintage Clown and Jester Costumes. Mid-century group of colorful costumes, including four full-length bodysuits and one tall conical hat. Collection of Magic, Inc.
0353: Group of Vintage Clown and Jester Costumes.Est. $100-$150
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Lot of Punch and Judy Character Puppets.: Lot of Punch and Judy Character Puppets. Circa 1930s/40s. Including two carved wooden crocodile puppets, and two devils (one wooden, one plaster). Plus, two incomplete crocodile carved figures of the
0354: Lot of Punch and Judy Character Puppets.Est. $150-$250
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A Two Volume Spiritualism Scrapbook Kept and Annotated: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). A Two Volume Spiritualism Scrapbook Kept and Annotated by Harry Houdini. Two quarto volumes (12 x 10"), approximately 200 and 140 leaves respectively, obtained from
0357: A Two Volume Spiritualism Scrapbook Kept and AnnotatedEst. $30,000-$40,000
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Group of Seven Glass Photo Negatives Owned by Houdini.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Group of Seven Glass Photo Negatives Owned by Houdini. Atlantic City Orpheum Theater, Restraints, Hardeen Broadsides. Housed in the original storage box annotated by
0358: Group of Seven Glass Photo Negatives Owned by Houdini.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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Glass Negative of Houdini Outside Villa (Wiljalba): Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Glass Negative of Houdini Outside Villa (Wiljalba) Frikell. 1903. Houdini stands outside the magician Wiljalba Frikell’s residence in Kotchenbroda, Germany. 5 x 7".
0359: Glass Negative of Houdini Outside Villa (Wiljalba)Est. $1,500-$2,500
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Elliot Sanford’s Houdini Manuscripts and Archive.: [Houdini] Elliot Sanford’s Houdini Manuscripts and Archive. A collection of manuscript material, books, clippings, and ephemera kept by Elliot Sanford, secretary and assistant to Harry Houdini.
0360: Elliot Sanford’s Houdini Manuscripts and Archive.Est. $10,000-$15,000
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Knotting & Splicing Ropes, Signed by Harry Houdini.: [Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz)] Hasluck, Paul (ed.). Knotting & Splicing Ropes and Cordage, Signed by Houdini. London: Cassell & Co., 1913. Green cloth lettered in red and black. Boldly signed by
0361: Knotting & Splicing Ropes, Signed by Harry Houdini.Est. $1,200-$1,800
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Signed Photograph of Harry Houdini.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Signed Photograph of Harry Houdini. N.p., 1920s. Bust portrait of the magician signed boldly in green fountain pen: "Houdini/good luck". 6 ¼ x 4 ½". Pinholes to
0362: Signed Photograph of Harry Houdini.Est. $900-$1,300