Sold2018Roterberg, A. Catalog #15#3058 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Superior Magical Apparatus. 1916. Chicago, IL. Condition: Fair.See Sold Price
Sold2017J. Theobald & Co.#3511, #3512, #3516 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Consists of: Catalogue of Conjuring Apparatus 1889. Brown binding, tan with black text. 6.8” x 9.3” with 60 pages. StaiSee Sold Price
Sold2017Martinka & Co.#2472 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Fine Magical Apparatus and Illusions 1910. Blue binding – slight wear to edge, with wonderful color illustration of magician with wandSee Sold Price
Sold2017R. W. Read Catalogue #10#2965 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Reliable Magical Apparatus (no date). Black binding. Light green with black border. 5.5” x 8.5” with 48 pages. Chicago, Illinois. FroSee Sold Price
Sold2017R. W. Read Catalogue #11#2965 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Reliable Magical Apparatus (no date). Black binding. Light green with black border. 5.5” x 8.5” with 48 pages. Chicago, Illinois. FroSee Sold Price
Sold2018Felsman, Arthur P. Catalogue No 101#1125 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. ND. Reliable Magical Apparatus. 5.5” x 8.5”, 48pp. Condition: Good.See Sold Price
Sold2018Shaw, W.H.J.#3170 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Shaw’s Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Extraordinary And Superior Novelties in Conjuring Tricks And Magical Apparatus, IllusioSee Sold Price
Sold2017A. Roterberg Catalogue #15#3058 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Catalogue Of Superior Magical Apparatus 1916. Tan with navy blue text. 6.7” x 9.3” with 223 pages. 151 Ontario Street, Chicago, IL. CSee Sold Price
Sold2017Read & Covert#2963 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Illustrated Catalogue of Superior Magical Apparatus 1910. Black binding. Red with black text and design. 5.6” x 8.5” with 52 pages. CSee Sold Price
Sold2016Divination Box. Hamburg: Carl Willmann, ca. 1900. FourDivination Box. Hamburg: Carl Willmann, ca. 1900. Four numbered blocks are arranged in a box by a spectator. This box is locked in another, larger box. Even so, the magician knows their order. HandsomSee Sold Price
Sold2021Blooming Vase. Hamburg: Carl Willmann[?], 1900s. A spunBlooming Vase. Hamburg: Carl Willmann[?], 1900s. A spun metal vase is shown and filled with earth, then a seed is planted and the lid is replaced. Removed moments later, a beautiful bouquet sprouts inSee Sold Price
Sold2023Theo Bamberg Conjuring Catalog. New York, [1909]. Orange pi...Theo Bamberg Conjuring Catalog. New York, [1909]. Orange pictorial wrappers bound in brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Profusion of illustrations. 8vo.Bamberg issued two catalogs during his tenureSee Sold Price
Sold2015Voisin. Two E. Voisin Conjuring Catalogs. Paris, 1893.Voisin. Two E. Voisin Conjuring Catalogs. Paris, 1893. The first a supplementary catalog in pale orange printed wrappers, several pages crudely repaired with old cello-tape; the second in pink pictoriSee Sold Price
Sold2017“MODERNE SALON MAGIE” – CARL WILLMANNLeipzig. 1891. First edition hardbound with pictorial cover. 460+ pages. Over 500 illustrations. Willmann’s treatise on “modern magic” in German. Ex Jack Chanin with his signature. A tight, fineSee Sold Price
Sold2017“MODERNE WUNDER” – CARL WILLMANNLeipzig. 1897. Otto Spamer. Subtitled (translated): “A natural explanation of the older as well as recent secrets of spiritualists and anti- spiritists, ghost sitters, clairvoyants, thought readersSee Sold Price
Sold2022E.H. Sargent and Co. Scientific Laboratory Apparatus Catalog1929, List No. 35, Chicago, IL, some pages ripped out.See Sold Price
Sold2017Appearing Tea Kettle – John Gaughan AssociatesReproduced in 2004 after a design of Carl Willmann in the late 1800’s (page 928, Greater Magic – The Magic Tea Kettle). The performer can produce the kettle from under a foulard and pour from theSee Sold Price
Sold2018Hellis, Robert#1701 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Catalog of Conjuring Tricks 1870 Hard Cover Binding Black. Inside Yellow w Red & Green boarders and text. 513 Silver Street., Kensington,See Sold Price
Sold2018Two Packs of Billy McComb’s Jumbo Rising Cards.McComb, Billy. Two Packs of Billy McComb’s Jumbo Rising Cards. Carl Willmann (?), ca. 1917. Two packs of faux jumbo cards, both apparently complete, but in need of repair. One with a cloth bag bSee Sold Price
Sold2017Halton, Jansen, & Leroy Co Catalog #12#1579 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Jansen was Harry August Jansen (1883-1955) who later became Dante. Stage Illusions Extraordinaire – Binding Orange-Brown, inside Blue,See Sold Price
Sold2017A. Roterberg Catalog #4#3042 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Catalogue of Conjuring Tricks (no date). 5” x 6.5 “ with 19 pages. Illinois Street, Chicago, IL. Front bottom left corner torn and miSee Sold Price
Sold2018Vernelo, E.M.#3635 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Art of Magic Thoroughly Explained. ND. Chicago, IL. From the Burton Sperber Collection. Condition: GoodSee Sold Price
Sold2018Wiles, H.#3719 from Burton Sperber’s Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs. Wiles Home of Magic. 1910. Orange cover with black text. 6” x 9 ¼ ”, 54pp Manchester, England. Condition: Good, wrap starting to sepSee Sold Price
Sold2016Barnett, Daphne “Lucille.” Group of Five ConjuringBarnett, Daphne “Lucille.” Group of Five Conjuring Catalogs, Inscribed and Signed Portrait. Including Conjuring: Scarce Items for Collectors (Nos. 1 – 4; staple-bound in one volume) and SelectioSee Sold Price
Jun 08Potter & Potter AuctionsWILLMANN, Carl (1849 – 1934). Two German Conjuring Classics...US$100
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