Spring Magic Auction 2018-04-28 Auction - 702 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 17
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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Handcuff Secrets.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Handcuff Secrets. London: George Routledge, 1910. Rebound in red pebbled buckram, spine gilt stamped. Half-title/frontis., illustrated. Front ad leaf for pub.’s
0386: Handcuff Secrets.Est. $200-$300
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The Jail Breaker and Dexerous Handcuff King. Houdini.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). The Jail Breaker and Dexerous Handcuff King. Houdini. Liverpool: Sam Griffiths Printer, 1905. Two-color broadside advertising Houdini at the top of a variety bill. His
0387: The Jail Breaker and Dexerous Handcuff King. Houdini.Est. $3,000-$5,000
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Houdini New York Hippodrome Program.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini New York Hippodrome Program. New York, 1924. Ten cent staple-bound souvenir program, orig. color wraps. Illustrated. 4to. Houdini billed on the center program
0388: Houdini New York Hippodrome Program.Est. $300-$500
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Houdini New York Hippodrome Program.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini New York Hippodrome Program. New York, 1919. Five-cent staple-bond souvenir program, orig. color wraps, with a photo of Houdini reproduced inside. 4to.
0389: Houdini New York Hippodrome Program.Est. $250-$350
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Houdini Detroit Temple Theatre Program.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Detroit Temple Theatre Program. Detroit, 1926. Sixteen pages, bearing a full-page advertisement for Houdini as an upcoming attraction at the venue.
0390: Houdini Detroit Temple Theatre Program.Est. $200-$300
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Houdini Final Tour Souvenir Program.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Final Tour Souvenir Program. [New York, 1925]. Pictorial wrappers bearing a striking photo of Houdini. Illustrated with photos and line drawings. 4to. Creases
0391: Houdini Final Tour Souvenir Program.Est. $250-$350
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Houdini Palace Music Hall Program.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Palace Music Hall Program. March 6, 1916. One folded page, billing Houdini as the sixth (of eight) attractions, presenting the Chinese Water Torture Cell and
0392: Houdini Palace Music Hall Program.Est. $200-$300
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Houdini Keith’s Theatre Program.: Houdini, Harry. Houdini Keith’s Theatre Program. Circa 1906. Houdini appears in the prestigious second-to-closing spot on a mixed vaudeville bill at the Keith’s theatre in Philadelphia. He
0393: Houdini Keith’s Theatre Program.Est. $200-$300
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Houdini Original Pencil Portrait Sketch.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Original Pencil Portrait Sketch. Circa 1914. Undated vintage pencil drawing of Houdini on 12 x 13" paper, together with other magic related pencil and pen and
0395: Houdini Original Pencil Portrait Sketch.Est. $150-$250
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Houdini Theatrical Program, Pittsburgh.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Theatrical Program, Pittsburgh. 1925. Ten page program for the Shubert Alvin Theatre, Pittsburgh, in which Houdini is mentioned on the cover, and with extensive
0396: Houdini Theatrical Program, Pittsburgh.Est. $100-$150
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Houdini 1926 Theatrical Program.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini 1926 Theatrical Program. Chicago, 1926. Twelve page program for the Shubert Princess Theatre, Chicago, in which Houdini offers "Three Shows in One. Magic -
0397: Houdini 1926 Theatrical Program.Est. $100-$150
S.A.M. 1908 Banquet Menu.: [Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz)] S.A.M. 1908 Banquet Menu. New York, 1908. Four-page menu finely printed in red and black on a thick mould-made paper, listing Houdini among members of the Reception
0399: S.A.M. 1908 Banquet Menu.Est. $150-$250Lot Passed
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Hardeen Brother of Houdini.: Hardeen (Theo Weisz). Hardeen Brother of Houdini. American, ca. 1935. Three-color screen print poster depicting Houdini’s brother and picturing the Milk Can escape and advertising Hardeen as the
0401: Hardeen Brother of Houdini.Est. $300-$400
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Houdini: His Life and Work in Prose and Picture.: Hardeen, Theo (Theo Weisz). Houdini: His Life and Work in Prose and Picture. Circa 1922. Original printed wrappers, front cover inscribed and signed: "Cordially yours/ Theo Hardeen/Bro of Houdini."
0402: Houdini: His Life and Work in Prose and Picture.Est. $200-$300
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RPPC of Theo Hardeen in Handcuffs.: Hardeen, Theo (Theodore Weisz). RPPC of Theo Hardeen in Handcuffs. [England], ca. 1906. Sepia-toned real photo full-length portrait postcard of Houdini’s brother, his hands cuffed behind his back.
0403: RPPC of Theo Hardeen in Handcuffs.Est. $250-$350
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Portrait Postcard of Hardeen, Inscribed.: Hardeen, Theo (Theodore Weisz). Portrait Postcard of Hardeen, Inscribed. [England], ca. 1906. Black-and-white half-length portrait of the escape artist, titled "Hardeen, The Handcuff King." Divided
0404: Portrait Postcard of Hardeen, Inscribed.Est. $250-$350
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Hardeen Billboard Challenge Postcard.: Hardeen, Theo (Theodore Weisz). Hardeen Billboard Challenge Postcard. [England], ca. 1907. Card depicts a giant billboard in front of the Holloway (London) Empire advertising Hardeen’s challenge
0405: Hardeen Billboard Challenge Postcard.Est. $200-$300
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Early Hardeen British Program.: Hardeen, Theo. (Theodore Weiss) Early Hardeen British Program. A 1903 trifold program for the Palace Theatre, Hull, in which Hardeen is featured as a "handcuff and trunk manipulator." This is a
0406: Early Hardeen British Program.Est. $200-$250
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The Edge of the Unknown.: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The Edge of the Unknown. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1930. First American Edition. Grey cloth with jacket (chipped, panels separated, price clipped). 8vo. Good. Doyle’s
0408: The Edge of the Unknown.Est. $200-$300