Magic Memorabilia 2018-08-25 Auction - 468 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 8
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Chicago, IL, United States
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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 Signed RPPC.: Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone Signed RPPC. San Francisco: Stull Magic, 1947. A portrait postcard of the famous magician signed boldly in black fountain pen to the lower image
0170: Harry Blackstone Signed RPPC.Est. $150-$250
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Three Pieces of Fredrik the Great Ephemera.: [Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton)] Three Pieces of Fredrik the Great Ephemera. Circa 1917. Including a theater program, handbill listing the entire show, and letterpress broadside. All three
0171: Three Pieces of Fredrik the Great Ephemera.Est. $200-$300
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Blackstone Company Payroll Sheet.: Blackstone, Harry. Blackstone Company Payroll Sheet. For the week of October 9, 1926, at St. Catharines [?] theater. Signed by all company members on uncommon Blackstone letterhead bearing an
0172: Blackstone Company Payroll Sheet.Est. $100-$200
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Magician Loring Campbell Scrapbook.: Campbell, Loring. Magician Loring Campbell Scrapbook. Owned and kept by the lyceum and Chautauqua magician, and filled with booking letters, 8 x 10” glossy photographs, business cards,
0173: Magician Loring Campbell Scrapbook.Est. $50-$100
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Two Robes from the Carter Illusion Show.: Carter, Charles. Two Robes from the Carter Illusion Show. 1920s. Heavy velvet costume robes, one deep blue with a braided cord belt, the other dark red with a skull emblem sewn to the reverse,
0177: Two Robes from the Carter Illusion Show.Est. $250-$350
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H. Cooke Spiritualism Handbill.: Cooke, H. H. Cooke Spiritualism Handbill. New York: Torrey & Clark, 1880. Letterpress handbill advertises the appearance of Prof. H. Cooke, exhibiting “spiritualism without the aid of
0178: H. Cooke Spiritualism Handbill.Est. $300-$500
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Chung Ling Soo Postcard.: Chung Ling Soo (William E. Robinson). Chung Ling Soo Postcard. England, 1900s. Bearing a halftone portrait of the magician, pre-print signature in English and Chinese. Divided back, not postally used.
0179: Chung Ling Soo Postcard.Est. $150-$250
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Chung Ling Soo “Marvelous Chinese Conjurer”: Chung Ling Soo (William E. Robinson). Chung Ling Soo “Marvelous Chinese Conjurer” Postcard. England, ca. 1900s. Silhouette of the magician printed in black and red. Inscribed to a Miss
0180: Chung Ling Soo “Marvelous Chinese Conjurer”Est. $150-$250
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Full-Length Portrait Photo of Felix Herrmann.: Herrmann, Felix. Full-Length Portrait Photo of Felix Herrmann. Hopkins, ca. 1910s. Matte-finish gelatin print portrait of the magician holding a cane or wand in the crook of his arm, standing against
0182: Full-Length Portrait Photo of Felix Herrmann.Est. $300-$500
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T. Nelson Downs Autograph Letter, Signed.: Downs, T. Nelson. T. Nelson Downs Autograph Letter, Signed. Dated July 31, 1933, Downs writes in his characteristic script on his elaborate and colorful stationery/brochure to Doc Harad, a mind
0184: T. Nelson Downs Autograph Letter, Signed.Est. $200-$300
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Portrait of Downs, Tarbell, Thurston and Davies,: Downs, T. Nelson. Portrait of Downs, Tarbell, Thurston and Davies, Signed. Milwaukee: Botz-Morrison, ca. 1930. Three-quarter length silver print portrait of Harlan Tarbell, Howard Thurston, Downs and
0185: Portrait of Downs, Tarbell, Thurston and Davies,Est. $300-$500
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Grand Moving Panoramic Picture of the Nile.: [Egyptian Hall] Grand Moving Panoramic Picture of the Nile. Circa 1870. Framed letterpress advertisement for a moving-panorama “from the city of Cairo to the second cataract inclusive,”
0186: Grand Moving Panoramic Picture of the Nile.Est. $100-$200
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Ottokar Fischer TLS to Dr. Samuel Cox Hooker.: Fischer, Ottokar. Ottokar Fischer TLS to Dr. Samuel Cox Hooker. Dated Oct. 26, 1924, Fischer writes from Vienna, stating “David Bamberg…happened to spy the original orange tree trick of
0187: Ottokar Fischer TLS to Dr. Samuel Cox Hooker.Est. $150-$250
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Signed and Inscribed Portrait of Hardeen.: Hardeen, Theo. Signed and Inscribed Portrait of Hardeen. [New York]: Herbert Mitchell, ca. 1939. Bust portrait of Houdini’s brother in coat and tie, late in life. 8 x 10”. Inscribed and
0188: Signed and Inscribed Portrait of Hardeen.Est. $250-$350
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Harrington Broadside.: Harrington, Jonathan. Harrington Broadside. Boston: F.A. Searle, 1863. Letterpress broadside heralding the “second week of the New England favorite…the celebrated Ventriloquist, Mimic,
0189: Harrington Broadside.Est. $400-$600
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Adelaide Herrmann ALS to Silent Mora.: Herrmann, Adelaide. Adelaide Herrmann ALS to Silent Mora. Dated March 12, 1913, the “Queen of Magic” writes to sleight-of-hand magician Mora in response to information he has provided
0190: Adelaide Herrmann ALS to Silent Mora.Est. $250-$350
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Alexander Herrmann Handbill.: Herrmann, Alexander. Alexander Herrmann Handbill. Circa 1878. Handsome letterpress handbill describes Herrmann’s four-part program in detail, including the “anatomical wonders” of
0192: Alexander Herrmann Handbill.Est. $600-$800