Magic Memorabilia 2018-08-25 Auction - 468 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 12
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Magic Memorabilia

Our summer sale of magicana includes vintage posters, apparatus, antiquarian books, and ephemera. Among the highlights are rarities advertising the shows of the Hanlon Brothers, early and uncommon conjuring catalogs, and relics from the career of Howard Thurston.
Auction Curator:
Gabe Fajuri
Gabe Fajuri
President
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Harry Blackstone Sr. Broadside.: Blackstone, Harry. Harry Blackstone Sr. Broadside. 1931. Double-sided broadside on orange stock describing Blackstone’s show at the Bowling Green High School Auditorium, including his Box
0266: Harry Blackstone Sr. Broadside.Est. $150-$250
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Carter the Great. The Modern Priestess of Delphi: Your: Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. The Modern Priestess of Delphi: Your Mind is an Open Book to Her. Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1930. Three-sheet (76 ½ x 41”) color lithograph advertising
0267: Carter the Great. The Modern Priestess of Delphi: YourEst. $1,200-$1,800
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Carter the Great. Carter Beats the Devil.: Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. Carter Beats the Devil. Cleveland: Otis Lithograph Co., 1920s. Classic color lithographed window card shows the magician playing poker with Mephistopheles. 22 x
0269: Carter the Great. Carter Beats the Devil.Est. $200-$300
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Carter the Great. The World’s Weird Wonderful: Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. The World’s Weird Wonderful Wizard. Cleveland: Otis Lithograph Co., 1920s. Color window card of the globe-trotting magician. 22 x 15”. Framed. Wear
0270: Carter the Great. The World’s Weird WonderfulEst. $200-$300
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Chung Ling Soo. The Marvellous Chinese Conjurer.: Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Chung Ling Soo. The Marvellous Chinese Conjurer. Ashton-Under-Lyne: Horrocks & Co. Ltd., ca. 1915. A bust portrait of the famous stage magician at the
0271: Chung Ling Soo. The Marvellous Chinese Conjurer.Est. $4,000-$6,000
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The Hanlons.: Hanlon Brothers, The. The Hanlons. Circa 1895. Bust portrait of a clown in whiteface, eyes askew and lips pursed, a white cap atop his head and red ribbon around his neck. Framed to 30 x 22”.
0272: The Hanlons.Est. $3,000-$5,000
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Pif Paf Pouf.: Pif Paf Pouf. Paris: F. Appel, ca. 1900. Lively lithograph advertises the variety show of this company, including dancing, boxing, and thought reading. 31 ¾ x 23 ¼”. Faint central
0273: Pif Paf Pouf.Est. $500-$750
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Verbeck. Phenomenes Magnétiques.: Verbeck, Eugene. Verbeck. Phenomenes Magnétiques. Paris: F. Appel, ca. 1890. Bright oversize stone lithograph bears scenes from Verbeck’s hypnosis show, including a variety of
0273A: Verbeck. Phenomenes Magnétiques.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Three Spanish Language Broadsides for Powell.: Powell, Frederick Eugene. Three Spanish Language Broadsides for Powell. Circa 1910. Trio of letterpress broadsides advertising the magician’s appearances in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Argentina;
0274: Three Spanish Language Broadsides for Powell.Est. $200-$300
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The Great Feodorovich.: [Stock Poster] The Great Feodorovich. New York and Chicago: National, 1920s. Color lithograph stock poster for a magician who shares the surname of the Russian magician Kio. 20 ½ x 27”.
0275: The Great Feodorovich.Est. $100-$200
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The Fak Hongs.: [Stock Poster] The Fak Hongs. Hamburg: Adolph Friedlander, ca. 1910s. Color lithograph panel poster. Linen backed. 37 x 13”. Browned at edges and along folds; several repaired creases and
0276: The Fak Hongs.Est. $150-$250
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Adolph Friedlander Conjurer.: [Stock Poster] Adolph Friedlander Conjurer. Hamburg, ca. 1920s. One-sheet color lithograph depicts a magician standing amid a plethora of conjuring-themed creatures and props. 37 ½ x 27
0277: Adolph Friedlander Conjurer.Est. $200-$300
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Conjuring Stock Poster.: [Stock Poster] Conjuring Stock Poster. [Paris], ca. 1900. Color lithograph broadside bearing vignettes of a magic show including a decapitation and levitation, filled with imps, devils, and bats.
0278: Conjuring Stock Poster.Est. $200-$300
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Conjuring Stock Poster.: [Stock Poster] Kemp, Robert. Conjuring Stock Poster. Birmingham: Moody Bros., ca. 1920s. Vividly colored lithograph poster depicts a serpent and Mephistopheles in a sky turned blood-red by exploding
0279: Conjuring Stock Poster.Est. $200-$300
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Sauszuk the Mystifier.: [Stock Poster] Sauszuk the Mystifier. New York and Chicago: National Ptg., ca. 1920s. Color lithograph depicting a magician performing the Linking Rings, producing roses from a hat, and other tricks.
0280: Sauszuk the Mystifier.Est. $200-$300
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Levitation. Magician’s Stock Poster.: [Stock Poster] Levitation. Magician’s Stock Poster. Hamburg: Adolph Friedlander, ca. 1913. Handsome lithograph depicts a mustachioed and tuxedo-clad magician levitating a lady in front of two
0281: Levitation. Magician’s Stock Poster.Est. $700-$900
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Thurston the Great Magician. Levitation–The: Thurston, Howard. Thurston the Great Magician. Levitation–The Greatest Mystery of the Age. Cincinnati/New York: Strobridge Litho., 1916. Three-sheet color lithograph depicts Thurston, assisted
0282: Thurston the Great Magician. Levitation–TheEst. $15,000-$25,000
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She Floats All Over the Stage. One of Thurston’s: Thurston, Howard. She Floats All Over the Stage. One of Thurston’s Astounding Mysteries. Cleveland: Otis Litho, ca. 1929. One-sheet color lithograph depicting the levitation illusion in a
0284: She Floats All Over the Stage. One of Thurston’sEst. $2,000-$3,000
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The Mad Doctor and His Midnite Voodoo Show.: The Mad Doctor and His Midnite Voodoo Show. Benson, N.C. Card Co., ca. 1960. Three-color double-ply spook show window card depicts the mag magician holding a skull over a dead woman’s body. 22
0285: The Mad Doctor and His Midnite Voodoo Show.Est. $150-$250
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Dr. Evil and His Terrors of the Unknown.: Dr. Evil and His Terrors of the Unknown. American, ca. 1962. Two-color double-ply spook show window card with horrific imagery including amputated limbs, a bloody axe, and various monstrous
0286: Dr. Evil and His Terrors of the Unknown.Est. $100-$200
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Kio.: Kio, Igor. Kio. [Moscow], ca. 1950s. Color lithograph on a minimalist design incorporating a top hat, card sword, doves, and streamers. 35 x 24”. Mounted to Kraft paper (ex-David Price/Egyptian
0287: Kio.Est. $150-$250