Spring Magic Auction 2018-04-28 Auction - 702 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 4
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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The Magic of J.N. Hofzinser.: Fischer, Ottokar (compiler), and Richard Hatch (trans.). The Magic of J.N. Hofzinser. Walter B. Graham, 1985. One of 75 leather-bound copies, original dust-jacket under Mylar. Illustrated. 8vo. Fine.
0073: The Magic of J.N. Hofzinser.Est. $150-$250
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The Magical World of Slydini.: Fulves, Karl. The Magical World of Slydini. New York: Louis Tannen, 1979. Two volumes, one of text, one of photos, in publisher’s hardcovers. Illustrated. 4to. Pre-print signature on title page,
0075: The Magical World of Slydini.Est. $80-$150
Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic.: Garcia, Frank. Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic. Author, 1976. First Edition. Red cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. Illustrated. 8vo. Light shelf wear, else very good.
0076: Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic.Est. $150-$250Lot Passed
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Genii. Complete File.: Genii. Complete File. William Larsen, Sr. Monthly. V1 N1 (Sept. 1936) – V77 N12 (Dec. 2014). Complete through 2014; partial file thereafter to V81 N1 (Jan. 2018). Loose issues organized in seven
0077: Genii. Complete File.Est. $600-$800
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Ghost.: Ghost. Dr. Edward McGlynn [Cliff West]. N1 (May 1936) – N9 (Jan. 1937). Lacking the final issue for completeness, including two copies of N9. Loose issues. Fine. Alfredson/Daily 2395.
0078: Ghost.Est. $100-$150
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The Magician’s Road to Fame.: Glen, Laurence. The Magician’s Road to Fame. Ludo Press, ca. 1921. Buff printed boards. Illustrated with photographic reproductions of magic posters and advertisements, some hand-tipped,
0079: The Magician’s Road to Fame.Est. $150-$250
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Sensational Tales of Mystery Men.: Goldston, Will. Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. London, 1929. First edition, numbered first impression (stamped 353), signed by the author on the frontispiece, with tissue guard. Scarce pictorial
0083: Sensational Tales of Mystery Men.Est. $250-$350
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Tricks that Mystify.: Goldston, Will. Tricks that Mystify. Will Goldston Ltd., [1934]. Publisher’s deluxe edition, signed by Goldston on the half-title. Full green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers.
0084: Tricks that Mystify.Est. $200-$300
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Great Tricks Revealed.: Goldston, Will. Great Tricks Revealed. London, 1935. Light red cloth, original dust-wrapper with chips to spine panel, dampstained lower edge. Warmly inscribed and signed by Goldston to Bernard M.L.
0085: Great Tricks Revealed.Est. $100-$200
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Group of 38 Will Goldston Publications.: Goldston, Will. Group of 38 Will Goldston Publications. Including several issues of The Magician Annual (1907 – 1911, 1915); More Tricks and Puzzles (1930); Sensational Tales of Mystery Men (1929);
0087: Group of 38 Will Goldston Publications.Est. $300-$500
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Magician Annuals.: Goldston, Will. Magician Annuals. London: 1907/08 – 1915/16. Six volumes. Publisher’s pictorial red and black cloth. Frontispieces, illustrations. 4tos. Cover of 1907/08 vol. shows damp stain;
0088: Magician Annuals.Est. $300-$500
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Grant’s Inner Circle Magazine.: Grant’s Inner Circle Magazine. U.F. Grant. V1 N1/2 (1948) – V1 N11/12 (Aug./Sep. 1949). Complete file. Loose issues. Fine. Uncommon. Alfredson/Daily 2570.
0089: Grant’s Inner Circle Magazine.Est. $200-$300
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Thayer Quality Magic.: Gravatt, Glenn (compiler). Thayer Quality Magic. Magic Ltd., 1980s. Four vols., uniform cloth, dust-jackets. Illustrated. 8vo. Fine.
0090: Thayer Quality Magic.Est. $100-$200
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Nightmare Alley.: Gresham, William Lindsay. Nightmare Alley. Rinehart & Co., 1946. First edition. Publisher’s lime cloth, gilt lettered spine, unclipped pictorial dust-jacket under Brodart. 8vo. Loss to bottom
0091: Nightmare Alley.Est. $50-$100
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A Modern Mystery Merchant.: Hertz, Carl. A Modern Mystery Merchant. London: Hutchinson and Co., 1924. First Edition. Dark green publisher’s cloth stamped with black. Photographic portrait frontispiece, 24 other illustrations
0095: A Modern Mystery Merchant.Est. $80-$150
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Greater Magic.: Hilliard, John Northern. Greater Magic. Minneapolis, 1947. Eighth impression. Publisher’s cloth stamped in gilt. Inscribed on the front flyleaves by members of the Indian Magicians’ Academy of
0096: Greater Magic.Est. $200-$300