Spring Magic Auction 2017-04-08 Auction - 448 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 12
Escamotage Magic Set.Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table.Bess Houdini's Diamond and Gemstone Brooch
Done
Chicago, IL, United States
Auction Details

Spring Magic Auction

Our spring auction features magic memorabilia, books, posters, and apparatus for beginning and advanced collectors alike. Hightlights include a brooch presented to Bess Houdini by Russian royalty, Carl Waring Jones correspondence, and three pages of rhyming verse hand written by Harry Houdini.
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Hilliard, John Northern. Archive of Letters from: Hilliard, John Northern. Archive of Letters from Hilliard to Carl Waring Jones, with Related Ephemera. Cleveland, Ohio and Rochester, New York, 1932 – 33. Including nine typed or autograph letters
0262: Hilliard, John Northern. Archive of Letters fromEst. US$800-US$1,200
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Hull, Ralph W. Large File of Letters and Manuscripts on: Hull, Ralph W. Large File of Letters and Manuscripts on Card Tricks, to Carl Waring Jones and John Northern Hilliard. Crookesville, Ohio, 1936 – 40. Including over 25 autograph and typed letters
0263: Hull, Ralph W. Large File of Letters and Manuscripts onEst. US$1,000-US$1,500
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Dante (Harry August Jansen). Portrait of Dante the: Dante (Harry August Jansen). Portrait of Dante the Magician. N.p., 1930s. Fine matte-finish silver print portrait of the Danish-American magician. The image was reproduced on many of Dante's
0264: Dante (Harry August Jansen). Portrait of Dante theEst. US$300-US$400
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Dante (Harry August Jansen). Trick Photograph of Dante: Dante (Harry August Jansen). Trick Photograph of Dante the Magician. N.p., 1930s. Fine matte-finish silver double-exposure print showing Dante pouring himself a glass of champagne. 11 ½ x 9".
0265: Dante (Harry August Jansen). Trick Photograph of DanteEst. US$300-US$400
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Dante (Harry August Jansen). Four Pieces of Printed: Dante (Harry August Jansen). Four Pieces of Printed Ephemera. Circa 1930s. Including a signed real-photo postcard (RPPC); a die-cut Sim-Sala-Bim handbill card (cleanly split at original central
0268: Dante (Harry August Jansen). Four Pieces of PrintedEst. US$200-US$300
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De Biere, Arnold. Hold-To-Light Postcard. The: De Biere, Arnold. Hold-To-Light Postcard. The Sculptor's Vision. [London], ca. 1910. Linen-finish lithograph postcard on which a beautiful woman playing a fluted instrument appears when held to a
0269: De Biere, Arnold. Hold-To-Light Postcard. TheEst. US$150-US$250
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De Biere, Arnold. Hand painted Maquette of Magician: De Biere, Arnold. Hand painted Maquette of Magician Arnold De Biere. Caricature-like full-length portrait painted by "Nibs" (F. Drummond Niblett), one of Will Goldston's artists, and depicting the
0270: De Biere, Arnold. Hand painted Maquette of MagicianEst. US$800-US$1,200
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De Kolta, Buatier. Photograph of De Kolta Performing: De Kolta, Buatier. Photograph of De Kolta Performing the Expanding Die. Circa 1910. Antique sepia print bearing a full-length image of the French magician and his assistant on a Moorish stage
0271: De Kolta, Buatier. Photograph of De Kolta PerformingEst. US$250-US$350
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Downs, T. Nelson. Autograph Letter Signed to Howard: Downs, T. Nelson. Autograph Letter Signed to Howard Thurston Regarding "The Art of Magic." Marshalltown, Iowa, March 27, 1932. On a plain sheet of paper (11 x 8 ½"), in black fountain pen, regarding
0273: Downs, T. Nelson. Autograph Letter Signed to HowardEst. US$300-US$400
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[Downs, T. Nelson] Autograph Letter Signed from Welsh: [Downs, T. Nelson] Autograph Letter Signed from Welsh Miller, Annotated by Downs. July, 1925. One sheet of Miller's pictorial letterhead, a confrontational letter to his supposed rival, in which he
0274: [Downs, T. Nelson] Autograph Letter Signed from WelshEst. US$100-US$150
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Dunninger, Joseph. Two Signed Checks.: Dunninger, Joseph. Two Signed Checks. March, 1962. Personal checks, with Dunninger's name pre-printed above the signature line, issued by Irving Trust Co. (New York). Very good.
0276: Dunninger, Joseph. Two Signed Checks.Est. US$50-US$100
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[Escape Artists] Lot of Six Postcards.: [Escape Artists] Lot of Six Postcards. V.p., early to mid twentieth century. Including two real-photo postcards of a Spanish performer, one showing him chained to a chair; Envoy Hutton; Albert Lahaie
0277: [Escape Artists] Lot of Six Postcards.Est. US$150-US$250
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Fu Manchu (David Bamberg). Typed Letter Signed,: Fu Manchu (David Bamberg). Typed Letter Signed, "David," to Carl Waring Jones, with Related Documents. Colombia, May, 1940. Including Bamberg's signed letter to Jones regarding their visit together
0278: Fu Manchu (David Bamberg). Typed Letter Signed,Est. US$400-US$600
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Hardeen, Theo (Theodore Weiss). Signed Christmas: Hardeen, Theo (Theodore Weiss). Signed Christmas Postcard. Circa 1910s. Color lithograph postcard bearing halftone oval portrait of Hardeen, signed in the bottom margin, "I'm still a Lion/ Hardeen."
0279: Hardeen, Theo (Theodore Weiss). Signed ChristmasEst. US$200-US$300
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Heller, Robert. Cabinet Card Portrait of Heller.: Heller, Robert. Cabinet Card Portrait of Heller. New York: Kern Bros., ca. 1900. Sepia-tone bust portrait of the conjurer. Standard cabinet-format mount, studio stamp in the lower margin. Verso
0280: Heller, Robert. Cabinet Card Portrait of Heller.Est. US$700-US$1,000
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Hellstrom, Axel. Inscribed and Signed Portrait of: Hellstrom, Axel. Inscribed and Signed Portrait of Mindreader Axel Hellstrom. Circa 1928. Bust portrait of the German contact mind reader and inventor of "Hellstromism." 7 x 10". Inscribed and signed
0281: Hellstrom, Axel. Inscribed and Signed Portrait ofEst. US$200-US$300
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Henning, Doug. Three Pieces of Ephemera.: Henning, Doug. Three Pieces of Ephemera. Including a "biographical data" sheet (1974) for "Theatre World," with information filled out by Henning, and signed by the performer in the lower right; a
0282: Henning, Doug. Three Pieces of Ephemera.Est. US$100-US$200
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Herrmann, Adelaide. Portrait of Adelaide Herrmann as: Herrmann, Adelaide. Portrait of Adelaide Herrmann as Cagliostro, a Gift to Howard Thurston. N.p., ca. 1908; inscribed 1935. Gelatin silver print full-length portrait of the Queen of Magic in wizard's
0283: Herrmann, Adelaide. Portrait of Adelaide Herrmann asEst. US$500-US$800
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[Herrmann, Alexander] Herrmann's Manuscript of "Will,: [Herrmann, Alexander] Herrmann's Manuscript of "Will, the Witch, and the Watchman," Presentation Gift from Adelaide Herrmann to Howard Thurston. Circa 1875; top sheet of Thurston letterhead inscribed
0284: [Herrmann, Alexander] Herrmann's Manuscript of "Will,Est. US$3,000-US$5,000
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Herrmann, Leon. Leon Herrmann. The World's Renowned: Herrmann, Leon. Leon Herrmann. The World's Renowned Prestidigitator. American, 1900s. Round souvenir pocket mirror advertising the French magician. Approx. 2 ¼" diam. Mirror cracked, image strong
0285: Herrmann, Leon. Leon Herrmann. The World's RenownedEst. US$600-US$900