Spring Magic Auction 2018-04-28 Auction - 702 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 22
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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Group of John Ramsay Ephemera.: Ramsay, John. Group of John Ramsay Ephemera. Ayr, Scotland, ca. 1950s. Includes ALS on Ramsay letterhead, two advertising thimbles with the text "John Ramsay Conjuring Entertainer Ayr", and two
0507: Group of John Ramsay Ephemera.Est. $250-$350
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Large Binder of Memorabilia of The Great Raymond: Raymond, Maurice. Large Binder of Memorabilia of The Great Raymond Ephemera. 1920s—1930s. Forty pieces of South American and U.S. ephemera of this globe trotting magician, including many
0508: Large Binder of Memorabilia of The Great RaymondEst. $300-$400
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Richiardi Memorabilia Group.: Richiardi (Aldo Richiardi). Richiardi Memorabilia Group. 1950s. Six items, including programs for The London Palladium, the Newcastle Empire Theatre, and the Blackpool Variety Theatre, three other
0509: Richiardi Memorabilia Group.Est. $100-$150
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Swastika Magic Co. Letterhead.: Swastika Magic Co. Letterhead. Circa 1913. Unused letterhead for the short-lived magic manufacturing concern operated in Westville, Connecticut by John A. Petrie before WWI and the eventual founding
0512: Swastika Magic Co. Letterhead.Est. $250-$350
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Swastika Magic Company Printing Block.: Swastika Magic Company Printing Block. Metal over wood, bearing an image of an Okito Coin Box held in an outstretched hand, the Swastika logo prominent in one corner. The verso bearing the name of
0513: Swastika Magic Company Printing Block.Est. $250-$350
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Group of Tampa the Magician Memorabilia.: Tampa (Raymond Sugden). Group of Tampa the Magician Memorabilia. Ten pieces of ephemera, including illustrated stationery, Tampa’s Genuine Gypsy Fortune Telling System Kolibri instructions,
0514: Group of Tampa the Magician Memorabilia.Est. $100-$150
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Thick Binder of Howard Thurston Memorabilia.: Thurston, Howard. Thick Binder of Howard Thurston Memorabilia. Thirty pieces of ephemera including throw cards, a multiplicity of programs, playbills, "Bud" Morris’ portfolio with assorted
0515: Thick Binder of Howard Thurston Memorabilia.Est. $300-$500
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Group of Howard Thurston Ephemera.: Thurston, Howard. Group of Howard Thurston Ephemera. Including Thurston throw-out card; Will Rock throw-out card; Thurston’s Book of Magic; 1922-23 program for Thurston’s appearance at the
0516: Group of Howard Thurston Ephemera.Est. $100-$300
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Thurston Wrigley Throw Out Card.: Thurston, Howard. Thurston Wrigley Throw Out Card. Circa 1914. Stiff card bears a black-and-white portrait of the "World’s Master Magician" on the recto, and a chromolithographed advertisement for
0517: Thurston Wrigley Throw Out Card.Est. $150-$250
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Thurston the Magician Swift Postcard, Signed.: Thurston, Howard. Thurston the Magician Swift Postcard, Signed. Circa 1932. Monochrome ¾ length portrait of Thurston on the recto, the verso filled with text regarding his radio programs sponsored
0518: Thurston the Magician Swift Postcard, Signed.Est. $200-$300
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Howard Thurston ‘Perfect Breather’ Postcard.: Thurston, Howard. Howard Thurston ‘Perfect Breather’ Postcard. Circa 1930. Advertising postcard for Thurston’s sleep-aid device, featuring a photo of Thurston on the recto next to a lengthy
0519: Howard Thurston ‘Perfect Breather’ Postcard.Est. $200-$300
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Martinka & Co. ALS to Howard Thurston.: [Thurston, Howard] Martinka & Co. ALS to Howard Thurston. Dated December 17, 1914. On Martinka letterhead, the message states, in party, "We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. Howell…he was the
0520: Martinka & Co. ALS to Howard Thurston.Est. $100-$200
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Walking Through a Solid Brick Wall Blueprint.: Walking Through a Solid Brick Wall Blueprint. New York Magical Exchange, 1914. Three pages total, with two pages of blueprints and one page of text and instructions, introducing the act as the
0525: Walking Through a Solid Brick Wall Blueprint.Est. $50-$100
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Two TLSs from A.M. Wilson to Clyde Powers.: Wilson, A.M. Two TLSs from A.M. Wilson to Clyde Powers. Three pages total, on Sphinx letterhead, dated Apr. 6, 1914 (1pp.) and May 29, 1914 (2pp.), the first congratulating Powers on
0526: Two TLSs from A.M. Wilson to Clyde Powers.Est. $100-$200