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Chicago, IL, United States
Auction Details
Select Secrets - Rare & Important Magicana
Potter & Potter Auctions
Our first magic auction of 2021 will be the first of its kind for Potter & Potter: a closely-curated selection of rare and important magicana. Just over 100 lots will go on the block, but what the auction will lack in quantity it will more than make up for in quality. Unique Houdini memorabilia, exceptional stone lithographs, unusual apparatus and historically significant association items will all be part of the sale.
Auction Curator:

Gabe Fajuri
PresidentTOP






![[Alexander] Portrait of the Nartell Twins & Mlle.: [Alexander] Portrait of the Nartell Twins & Mlle. Valiska, Inscribed and Signed by Alexander. Bombay: Av Yaga, 1923. Full-length studio image of the twins in profile, their outstretched hands](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/192253/96937699_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1611271139)
![[Alexander] Deli Martell Dance of Death. With: [Alexander] Deli Martell Dance of Death. With Alexander. (Bombay, Av Yaga), ca. 1910. Vibrant stone lithograph depicts Martell, a member of Alexander’s company, menaced by a cobra on the ground](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/192253/96937700_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1611271139)

![[Anderson, John Henry] The Wizard’s Book of Conundrums.: [Anderson, John Henry] The Wizard’s Book of Conundrums. New York: T.W. Strong, 1852. Pictorial buff printed wrappers. 8vo. p. [i—iii] iv [5] 6—108. Stains to front wrap through page](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/192253/96937702_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1611271139)


![[Autographs] Group of Important Magicians’ Autographs,: [Autographs] Group of Important Magicians’ Autographs, Including Houdini. [New York, ca. 1921]. Impressive grouping of important American magicians’ autographs, likely collected by John](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/192253/96937705_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1611271139)
![[Autographs] Three Magicians’ Autographs with Original: [Autographs] Three Magicians’ Autographs with Original Caricatures. 1930s. Three original pencil and ink portraits of Howard Thurston, Paul Rosini, and Jose Frakson by Ruth Aarons on thin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/192253/96937706_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1611271139)



![[Blackstone] Salla, Salvatore. Portrait of Magician: [Blackstone] Salla, Salvatore. Portrait of Magician Harry Blackstone Sr. Chicago, 1942. Oil on canvas half-length portrait of the great American stage illusionist, portrayed in tan coat and patterned](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/192253/96937710_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1611271139)









