Spring Magic Auction 2018-04-28 Auction - 702 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 16
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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Typed Letter Signed by Houdini.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Typed Letter Signed by Houdini. May 20, 1924. On a sheet of S.A.M. letterhead naming Houdini its president, to James C. Wobensmith, secretary of Philadelphia Assembly
0363: Typed Letter Signed by Houdini.Est. $1,200-$1,800
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Shakespeare Birthday Book Autograph Album Signed by: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Shakespeare Birthday Book Autograph Album Signed by Harry Houdini. Circa 1910s. Small clothbound album (4 ¼ x 3") belonging to H.J. Collings (likely Herbert J.
0364: Shakespeare Birthday Book Autograph Album Signed byEst. $1,000-$1,500
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Portrait Photograph of Harry Houdini.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Portrait Photograph of Harry Houdini. New York, ca. 1920s. Bust portrait of the magician and escape artist slightly smiling at the viewer. 6 ¼ x 5". Culver Pictures
0367: Portrait Photograph of Harry Houdini.Est. $200-$300
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Spirit Photo of Harry Houdini.: Houdini, Harry. Spirit Photo of Harry Houdini. Circa 1924. Staged by the magician himself, possibly in his own home, he crouches on the floor trying to grasp a ghostly form floating in mid-air above
0368: Spirit Photo of Harry Houdini.Est. $500-$750
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Real Photo Postcard of Houdini.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Real Photo Postcard of Houdini. [London]: Campbell-Gray, ca. 1910s. Glossy RPPC bearing a three-quarter length portrait of the magician in a three-piece suit. Divided
0370: Real Photo Postcard of Houdini.Est. $300-$400
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Photograph of Houdini and A.M. Wilson.: Houdini, Harry. Photograph of Houdini and A.M. Wilson. Stamped on the verso, "Nov. 1, 1923." Candid image shows the two magicians outside an Orpheum Theatre (possibly in Kansas City), in front of a
0372: Photograph of Houdini and A.M. Wilson.Est. $300-$500
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Houdini The Handcuff King Kinema Comic Souvenir.: Houdini, Harry. Houdini The Handcuff King Kinema Comic Souvenir. 1920. Printed photographic souvenir on thin paper depicts Houdini restrained by cuffs, balls and chains. Image taken from a Houdini
0373: Houdini The Handcuff King Kinema Comic Souvenir.Est. $300-$400
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Houdini Challenge to Any Medium in the World.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Challenge to Any Medium in the World. Circa 1910s. Printed challenge mounted to double-ply board, bearing an engraved bust portrait of the magician, offering a
0374: Houdini Challenge to Any Medium in the World.Est. $700-$900
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Daring Leap! Houdini The Famous Handcuff King.: Houdini, Harry. Daring Leap! Houdini The Famous Handcuff King. Newport: F.D. Biddle, 1913. Letterpress handbill advertising a "leap heavily manacled" Houdini will make from the Newport Bridge. 5 x 7
0376: Daring Leap! Houdini The Famous Handcuff King.Est. $500-$750
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Houdini. Can the Dead Speak to the Living?: Houdini, Harry. Houdini. Can the Dead Speak to the Living? Circa 1924. Pictorial handbill advertises Houdini’s anti-spiritualism lecture at the White Theatre, October 26. Bust portrait on recto,
0377: Houdini. Can the Dead Speak to the Living?Est. $400-$600
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Houdini Coast to Coast Tour Luggage Label.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Coast to Coast Tour Luggage Label. Circa 1920s. Gummed luggage label printed boldly in black within a decorative border. 6 3/8 x 10 ¾". Partially gummed
0378: Houdini Coast to Coast Tour Luggage Label.Est. $300-$500
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Houdini Luggage Label.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Luggage Label. Circa 1920s. Gummed label printed in bold red lettering on pale yellow paper. 3 ¾ x 5".
0378A: Houdini Luggage Label.Est. $300-$500
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Houdini Cartoon Christmas Card.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Cartoon Christmas Card. 1920s. Large-format Christmas greeting from Houdini, with various vignettes of the magician by McBride. 12 ¾ x 9 ½". Fine.
0379: Houdini Cartoon Christmas Card.Est. $250-$350
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Houdini’s Paper Magic.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini’s Paper Magic. E.P. Dutton, 1922. Inscribed and signed by Houdini in pencil on the ffep to Fulton Oursler, and bearing Oursler’s bookplate on the opposite
0380: Houdini’s Paper Magic.Est. $1,800-$2,600
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The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist. (New York), (1922). Original pictorial pink wrappers (detached), signed by Houdini on the front cover to the left of the
0381: The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist.Est. $900-$1,200
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Mein Training Und Meine Tricks.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Mein Training Und Meine Tricks. Berlin: Grethlein and Co., (ca. 1919). Pebbled red cloth, spine gilt stamped. Portrait frontispiece of Houdini in chains. 12mo. Lacks
0382: Mein Training Und Meine Tricks.Est. $500-$750
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The Right Way to Do Wrong.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). The Right Way to Do Wrong. Boston, 1906. Pictorial wrappers. Portrait frontis. Illustrated. 8vo. Bookplate of T. Francis Fritz (Frank Ducrot), as editor of Mahatma, to
0383: The Right Way to Do Wrong.Est. $200-$300
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The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist. (New York), (1922). Original pictorial orange wraps. Illustrated. 8vo. Scattered nicks and losses to backstrip, scuffing to
0384: The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist.Est. $250-$350
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Two Volumes on Magic by Houdini.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Two Volumes on Magic by Houdini. Including The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin [1909; second edition], shaken, hinges reinforced with cloth tape, scattered foxing; and
0385: Two Volumes on Magic by Houdini.Est. $200-$300