Winter Magic Auction 2017-12-16 Auction - 510 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL
Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer.Radarcos.Outstanding Scrapbook of Kolar Photographs, Letters,
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Winter Magic Auction

Our December sale will feature magic collectibles in a wide range of categories. From uncommon Chung Ling Soo posters to early broadsides, a selection of rare and unusual Taytelbaum-made tricks, choice ephemera, collectible apparatus, and antiquarian books.
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The Incomparable Albini. World’s Master Magician and: Albini, Herbert (Abraham Laski). The Incomparable Albini. World’s Master Magician and Illusionist. Milwaukee: American Showprint, ca. 1910. Three-sheet color lithograph bearing a three-quarter
0001: The Incomparable Albini. World’s Master Magician andEst. US$2,000-US$3,000
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Alexander. The Man Who Knows. Signed Window Card.: Alexander (Claude Alexander Conlin). Alexander. The Man Who Knows. Signed Window Card. Bombay: Av Yaga, 1915. Small window card advertising the mind-reading show of this successful and nefarious
0002: Alexander. The Man Who Knows. Signed Window Card.Est. US$5,000-US$7,000
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Mystic Odylicism. The Materialized Mahatmas. As Given: Baldwin, Samri (Samuel Spencer Baldwin). Mystic Odylicism. The Materialized Mahatmas. As Given by Prof. and Miss Baldwin of the Butterfly Coterie. Cincinnati: The Enquirer Job Printing Co., ca. 1890.
0004: Mystic Odylicism. The Materialized Mahatmas. As GivenEst. US$1,500-US$2,500
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Carter the Great. The World’s Weird Wonderful Wizard.: Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. The World’s Weird Wonderful Wizard. Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1930. Three-sheet color lithograph bearing striking imagery of multi-colored imps clambering up
0005: Carter the Great. The World’s Weird Wonderful Wizard.Est. US$1,200-US$1,800
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Carter the Great. Condemned to Death for Witchcraft.: Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. Condemned to Death for Witchcraft. Cheats the Gallows. Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1930s. Four-sheet color lithograph poster depicting the magician’s limp body
0006: Carter the Great. Condemned to Death for Witchcraft.Est. US$600-US$900
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Musee Grevin. Magie Noire. Apparations Instantanees.: Cheret, Jules (1836—1932). Carmelli, Professeur. Musee Grevin. Magie Noire. Apparations Instantanees. Paris: Chaix, 1887. Color lithograph poster depicting the magician Carmelli, one of the most
0007: Musee Grevin. Magie Noire. Apparations Instantanees.Est. US$2,000-US$3,000
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Chung Ling Soo. Chinese Conjurer.: Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Chung Ling Soo. Chinese Conjurer. Ashton-Under-Lyne: Horrocks & Co., ca. 1908. Photo offset full-length image of Soo in a dragon robe, on a blue
0008: Chung Ling Soo. Chinese Conjurer.Est. US$3,000-US$5,000
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Chung Ling Soo. A Few Facial Expressions During the: Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Chung Ling Soo. A Few Facial Expressions During the Fire Trick. Birmingham: James Upton Ltd., ca. 1908. Twelve bust portraits of Soo with different
0009: Chung Ling Soo. A Few Facial Expressions During theEst. US$4,000-US$6,000
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Chung Ling Soo. And His Ten Assistants.: Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Chung Ling Soo. And His Ten Assistants. Birmingham: James Upton Ltd., ca. 1908. Striking portrait of Soo with his fingers – his “ten assistants"
0010: Chung Ling Soo. And His Ten Assistants.Est. US$5,000-US$6,000
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Hits the Bull’s Eye of Public Opinion Every Time. Chung: Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Hits the Bull’s Eye of Public Opinion Every Time. Chung Ling Soo. Birmingham: James Upton Ltd., ca. 1908. Soo aims a bow and arrow at a target before
0011: Hits the Bull’s Eye of Public Opinion Every Time. ChungEst. US$2,500-US$3,500
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Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer.: Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer. Ashton-Under-Lyne: Horrocks & Co., ca. 1908. Bamboo-mat pattern background frames multiple portraits of
0012: Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer.Est. US$5,000-US$6,000
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Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer.: Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer. Birmingham: James Upton Ltd., ca. 1908. Strong image of a dragon below an offset bust portrait of Soo, on
0013: Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer.Est. US$3,000-US$4,000
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Chung Ling Soo. The World’s Greatest Conjurer.: Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Chung Ling Soo. The World’s Greatest Conjurer. Birmingham: James Upton Ltd., ca. 1908. Soo conjures livestock and his assistant from a smoldering
0014: Chung Ling Soo. The World’s Greatest Conjurer.Est. US$4,000-US$5,000
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Who is the World’s Greatest Conjurer? Why, Chung Ling: Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson). Who is the World’s Greatest Conjurer? Why, Chung Ling Soo! Birmingham: James Upton Ltd., ca. 1908. Soo’s portrait in chalk on a blackboard, a
0015: Who is the World’s Greatest Conjurer? Why, Chung LingEst. US$2,000-US$3,000
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Chung Ling Soo Mysteries. The Birth of the Pearl.: Chung Ling Soo (William E. Robinson). Chung Ling Soo Mysteries. The Birth of the Pearl. Acton: Weiners Litho, ca. 1915. Half-sheet color lithograph advertising the illusion in which a sea nymph
0016: Chung Ling Soo Mysteries. The Birth of the Pearl.Est. US$2,000-US$3,000
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Comedians de Mephisto Co. LeRoy-Talma-Bosco.: LeRoy, Servais. Comedians de Mephisto Co. LeRoy-Talma-Bosco. Hamburg: Adolph Friedlander, 1905. Horizontal color lithograph depicts LeRoy’s famous illusion, the Flying Visit. 18 x 27". Linen
0017: Comedians de Mephisto Co. LeRoy-Talma-Bosco.Est. US$1,000-US$2,000
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LeRoy Talma Bosco. Servais LeRoy Co.: LeRoy, Servais. LeRoy Talma Bosco. Servais LeRoy Co. Hamburg: Adolph Friedlander, 1912. Magicians clamber up a hill, grasping for a trunk suspended from a rope above them. 27 x 18". Linen backed.
0018: LeRoy Talma Bosco. Servais LeRoy Co.Est. US$800-US$1,200
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Houdini East Ham Palace Theater Broadside.: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini East Ham Palace Theater Broadside. [London], ca. 1900s. Letterpress broadside issued by the vaudeville and entertainment publication Variety News, boldly
0019: Houdini East Ham Palace Theater Broadside.Est. US$2,500-US$3,500
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Kellar the Great Magician.: Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar the Great Magician. Cincinnati: Strobridge Litho., 1894. One-sheet color lithograph poster which introduced the widely-copied “whispering devils" motif. 37
0020: Kellar the Great Magician.Est. US$4,000-US$6,000
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Kellar.: Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar. Cincinnati: Strobridge Litho, (1907). Three-sheet color lithograph portrait of the famous American magician used on his farewell tour. 72 x 39 1/2". Linen
0021: Kellar.Est. US$1,500-US$2,500
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Laurant and His Show of Magic Supreme. The Man of Many: Laurant, Eugene. Laurant and His Show of Magic Supreme. The Man of Many Mysteries. Wichita: The Western Lithograph, ca. 1925. Lithograph depicting Laurant producing rabbits out of a Chinese bowl.
0022: Laurant and His Show of Magic Supreme. The Man of ManyEst. US$150-US$250
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Enchantress.: Raymond, Maurice (Morris Raymond Saunders). Enchantress. Birmingham: Moody Bros., ca. 1920. Six-sheet color lithograph poster depicting an enchantress whose form emanates from the flames of a
0023: Enchantress.Est. US$1,000-US$1,500
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Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet.: Thurston, Howard. Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet. Cleveland: The Otis Litho. Co, ca. 1928. Striking one-sheet color lithograph poster depicts a Willy’s-Overland Car vanishing in
0024: Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet.Est. US$1,000-US$1,500