Spring Magic Auction 2018-04-28 Auction - 702 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 7
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
N.C.A. Digest.: N.C.A. Digest. Charles Hagen. V1 N1 (Aug. 1920) – NV N#. (Oct./Dec. 1921; 13th issue). Complete file. The private newsletter of the National Conjurer’s Association. Loose issues. Alfredson/Daily
0145: N.C.A. Digest.Est. $150-$250Lot Passed
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N.C.A. Recorder.: N.C.A. Recorder. Charles Hagen. Monthly. NV N# (Jul. 1913)—NV N# (Private Publication No. 3, ca. Feb. 1914). Complete file, p. 1—24. Loose issues. Alfredson/Daily 5055.
0146: N.C.A. Recorder.Est. $150-$250
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Die Intellektuellen Phanomene.: [Occult] Baerwald, Richard. Die Intellektuellen Phanomene. Berlin, 1925. Inscribed on the ffep by Ottokar Fischer: "To the serious investigator in supernatural phenomena Mr. John A. Dittmar is this
0147: Die Intellektuellen Phanomene.Est. $80-$125
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Osirian.: Osirian. Al Snyder. V1 N1 (Apr. 1925) – V1 N6 (Sep. 1925). Complete file. Loose issues. Fourth issue inscribed and signed on the cover by featured magician Clinton Burgess: "Best wishes to my
0149: Osirian.Est. $200-$300
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The Outlook on Magic.: The Outlook on Magic. Hugh Mackay. Irregular. N1 (Mar. 1927) – N8 (Feb. 1932). Complete file. Loose issues. Official organ of the Council of Nine (Edinburg, Scotland). Scarce private publication
0150: The Outlook on Magic.Est. $200-$300
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The Penumbra.: The Penumbra. William Goodwin and Gordon Bean. N1 (May/Jun. 2002) – N11 (Nov. 2009). Complete file. Loose issues. Light wear, otherwise very good condition.
0151: The Penumbra.Est. $200-$400
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The Boys’ Playbook of Science.: Pepper, John Henry. The Boys’ Playbook of Science. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. Blue-green cloth stamped in black and gold. All edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece under tissue.
0152: The Boys’ Playbook of Science.Est. $150-$250
The Boys’ Playbook of Science.: Pepper, John Henry. The Boys’ Playbook of Science. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1866. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and blind, edges gilded. Engraved frontispiece. Copiously illustrated.
0153: The Boys’ Playbook of Science.Est. $100-$200Lot Passed
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Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena.: Robinson, William E. (Chung Ling Soo). Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena. New York, 1898. First edition. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Frontis., illustrated. 8vo. 148 + 2pp (ads.). Edges
0156: Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena.Est. $150-$250
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Early Vernon.: Ross, Faucett (ed.). Early Vernon. Chicago: Ireland Magic Co., 1962. Custom hardbound with pebbled black leather boards and gilt title on spine. Illustrated. 8vo. Near fine.
0157: Early Vernon.Est. $100-$200
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Lot of Three Magic Books by Roterberg.: Roterberg, August. Lot of Three Magic Books by Roterberg. Including Card Tricks: How to Do Them, and Sleight of Hand (Frederick J. Drake, 1902), scarce pictorial cloth issue, shaken binding, spine
0158: Lot of Three Magic Books by Roterberg.Est. $100-$150
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Sleight of Hand.: Sachs, Edwin T. Sleight of Hand. London: "The Bazaar" Office, (1877). First edition. Publisher’s green cloth, beveled edges, stamped ornamentally in silver, gilt, and black. All edges gilt. Pale
0159: Sleight of Hand.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Sleight of Hand.: Sachs, Edwin T. Sleight of Hand. London: Upcott Gill, 1899. Third edition. Gilt-lettered floral cloth. Personal copy of Walter E. Floyd, bearing his ownership signature and bookplate both signed
0160: Sleight of Hand.Est. $100-$200
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The Discoverie of Witchcraft.: Scot, Reginald. The Discoverie of Witchcraft. John Rodker, 1930. Number 353 of 1275 copies. Finely printed facsimile of the first edition, quarter dark red morocco over green cloth, t.e.g., printed
0161: The Discoverie of Witchcraft.Est. $250-$350
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Seven Circles.: Seven Circles. Walter Gibson. V1 N1 (Apr. 1931)—V5 N6 (Jun. 1934). Complete file. Five vols., ex-libris Magic Circle (London), with the group’s emblem stamped to the cover of four of the vols.,
0162: Seven Circles.Est. $250-$350
Memoirs of Robert-Houdin.: Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First English edition. Two vols. in one, early twentieth century dark blue library buckram gilt-lettered,
0163: Memoirs of Robert-Houdin.Est. $250-$350Lot Passed
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Neo-Magic Artistry.: Sharpe, S. H. Neo-Magic Artistry. [Seattle]: The Miracle Factory, 2000. Cloth with jacket. Review from November 2000 issue of Genii laid in. Illustrated. 8vo. Fine.
0164: Neo-Magic Artistry.Est. $200-$300
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The Sphinx. Partial File.: The Sphinx. Partial File. William Hilliar, et al. Monthly. 1902 – 1953. Two cartons of loose issues. Many volumes complete. Includes V1 N1. Condition varies from fair to very good.
0165: The Sphinx. Partial File.Est. $250-$350
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Stanyon’s Magic.: Stanyon’s Magic. Ellis Stanyon. Monthly. V1 N1 (Oct. 1900) – V15 N9 (Jun. 1920). Complete File. Deluxe modern quarter leather, gilt-lettered spine, marbled sides. Alfredson/Daily 3535.
0166: Stanyon’s Magic.Est. $500-$700
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Three Works on Magic by Steinmeyer and Gaughan.: Steinmeyer, Jim. Three Works on Magic by Steinmeyer and Gaughan. Including Device and Illusion (Hahne, 1991); Antonio Diavolo (1986, one of 500 copies); and The Mystery of Psycho (1987), the latter
0169: Three Works on Magic by Steinmeyer and Gaughan.Est. $100-$200