Antique typewriters hammered out big numbers at Auction Team Breker

Jackson Type I typewriter, which sold for €22,000 ($23,820, or $29,485 with buyer’s premium) at Breker.

COLOGNE, GERMANY — Although the modern typewriter ultimately assumed a single design, its invention was incremental, and was the product of numerous inquiring minds working independently or in competition across decades. However, as the pace of business communications changed in the late 19th century, so the pace of typewriter development accelerated.

Some of the most desirable typewriters in the collecting field were offered by technology specialist Auction Team Breker in its March 23 sale. They shared two features in common. All dated from a relatively brief period — circa 1890 to 1905 — and none experienced much in the way of commercial success.

Joseph Hassel Jackson’s Typewriter Company of Boston, Massachusetts advertised its first ‘time and labour saving’ product in August 1899. The Jackson Type I, designed by factory foreman Andrew Wilton Steiger (1856-1935), was promoted as the ‘fastest machine in the world’ and was priced at $100.

The curious ‘grasshopper-action’ is described by Darryl Rehr in the 1997 book Antique Typewriters and Office Collectibles as follows: “Each type-bar resembles an elongated pantograph, with the scissors action accomplishing the mechanical gymnastics [that causes each bar to] do a somersault on its way to the platen.”

With only a few units produced and sold across four years (the Jackson Type II made circa 1903 has a different typebar arrangement and keyboard layout), it is one of the rarest typewriters in the collecting hobby.

The example offered by Breker, bearing the maker’s plaque reading ‘Patented Jackson Typewriter, Boston, Mass’ with the serial no. 653, was estimated at €15,000-€20,000 and took €22,000 ($23,820, or $29,485 with buyer’s premium) from an online bidder using LiveAuctioneers. It is one of only a few Jackson Type II models known, although another with the serial no. 597 took €18,000 ($23,800) at the saleroom in April 2020.

The Ford typewriter was introduced in 1895 by Eugene Ford, an engineer (no relation to Henry) who later became chief development engineer at a firm called the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. It later changed its name to IBM. Unlike many competing typewriters of this time, the Ford was a forward-striking machine, which allowed the typist to see the text as it was typed, and it was the first typewriter to use aluminum in its construction. The copper-plated type-bar cover is beautifully decorated, and is its signature feature. The example on offer was in working, original condition and had a low serial number of 417. It hammered to an internet bidder for €29,000 ($31,395, or $38,870 with buyer’s premium) against a €16,000-€22,000 estimate.

The Kosmopolit, patented by the sewing machine manufacturer Guhl & Harbeck of Hamburg, was introduced to the German market at the end of 1888. An index machine, which had the user choose the letters with a pointer rather than rely on a keyboard, it could produce 90 different letters and symbols carried in two rows on a rubber type plate. The writing can be seen only when the typist raises the carriage. Admired for its clear typing, it was exported to several European countries, but it seems to disappear from the record around 1903. Now a rarity, it hammered to a LiveAuctioneers bidder for €18,000 ($19,490, or $46,380 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of €8,000-€12,000.

Index machines were slower to use than keyboard type machines, but proved popular for a couple of decades as they were mechanically simpler, lighter, and cheaper. The model patented by Dr. George Williamson Coffman (1859-1943) of St. Louis in 1902, called the Coffman Pocket Typewriter, weighed under 1.5lbs and retailed at $5. The characters were selected with the right hand from a two-row rubber index plate using an indicator. They were probably only made for a couple of years, so the example presented at Auction Team Breker in its original wood casket is extremely scarce. Estimated at €3,000-€5,000, it went to a LiveAuctioneers bidder at €7,000 ($7,580, or $9,380 with buyer’s premium).

The sensational result in this auction was provided by one of only 95 Leica ‘Luxus’ 1 cameras produced from 1929 to 1931. This model, with its gold-plated upper and lower parts and snakeskin, is among the Holy Grail pieces for Leica collectors. Back in 2012, one sold for a record £600,000 (roughly $757,490) at Bonhams in Hong Kong.

This Cologne Luxus 1, with the serial number 48442, dates from 1931 and has a link to Fritz and Alfred Rotter — the most prominent private theater directors during the Weimar Republic before they fled Berlin in 1933. With the estimate set at a relatively modest €18,000-€24,000, it hammered at €150,000 ($162,390, or $201,040 with buyer’s premium).

Ingo Maurer suspension light leads our five auction highlights

Uchiwa series light fixture by Ingo Maurer, which hammered for €22,000 and sold for €26,820 ($29,200) with buyer’s premium at Colasante Casa D'Aste.

Ingo Maurer Suspension Light, $29,200

ROME – The height of European chic half a century ago, lights from Ingo Maurer’s Uchiwa series have roared back into fashion. The Munich-based artist dubbed the ‘poet of light’ made his bamboo and lacquered rice paper pendants using traditional Japanese techniques of fan-making to create a series of organic forms.

Most were fashioned in the early to mid-1970s, and the survival rate for such delicate creations has not been great. The examples that come to market today can bring large sums – such as the €22,000 bid for this 1973 suspension light. The top lot of the Colasante Casa D’Aste Design and 20th Century Decorative Arts auction in Rome on November 22, it had been estimated at €6,000-€8,000 and ultimately sold for €26,820 ($29,200) with buyer’s premium.

1:72 Scale Model of a Lockheed Tristar in Sterling Silver, $8,200

1976 silver model of the Lockheed TriStar at 1:72 scale, which hammered for £4,800 and sold for £6,480 ($8,200) with buyer’s premium at Kinghams.
1976 silver model of the Lockheed TriStar at 1:72 scale, which hammered for £4,800 and sold for £6,480 ($8,200) with buyer’s premium at Kinghams.

MORETON-IN-MARSH, U.K. – This sterling silver scale model of the Lockheed TriStar aircraft was the top lot in Kingham’s November 24 Silver and Objects of Vertu sale in the Cotswolds region of England. The estimate was £600-£800, but it hammered at £4,800 and sold for £6,480 ($8,200) with buyer’s premium.

Measuring more than 4½in (37cm) in length, and with a wingspan of 12½in (32cm), the model aircraft was made in 1:72 scale and is complete with a wooden stand. The detail is so fine and exact that the plane’s wings depict the stabilizers, ailerons, rudders and elevators. The cargo and passenger doors, radar nose cone, cabin and cockpit windows are also represented with great accuracy.

The piece is fully hallmarked to the underside of the fuselage, confirming that it was made by the Nayler Brothers in London in 1976.

It was commissioned by a British Airways pilot, who consigned it for sale. In 1973, he traveled to Lockheed in Palmdale, California as part of a team of six experts tasked to ensure the TriStar’s smooth introduction into British Airways’ routes.

Limited Edition Leica MP59 Camera Once Owned by Yul Brenner, $1.6 Million

One of two Leica MP cameras owned by Yul Brynner. This one, number 59, hammered for €1.2 million and sold for €1.5 million ($1.6 million) with buyer’s premium at Leitz Photographica.
One of two Leica MP cameras owned by Yul Brynner. This one, number 59, hammered for €1.2 million and sold for €1.5 million ($1.6 million) with buyer’s premium at Leitz Photographica.

VIENNA – The sales at Leitz Photographica on November 24-25 included the personal collection of the late Yul Brynner (1920-1985), consigned by his daughter Victoria. Though best remembered on stage and screen, the Russian-born actor was also a talented photographer and Leica fan. Both passions were on display in this sale, with his original prints sold alongside some very rare black paint MP Leica cameras.

Brynner’s celebrity allowed him access to some of the factory’s most exclusive models, most of which were sold to professional photographers. With lovingly built-up patinas, original condition and perfect operational status in their favor, both his MP59 Leica and his MP60 Leica were individually estimated at €600,000-€700,000. They hammered for €1.2 million and €1.1 million respectively, and, with buyer’s premium, sold for €1.5 million ($1.6 million) and €1.3 million ($1.5 million) respectively.

Issued in 1956 as a model catering to the photojournalist, the original Leica MP – the P stands for professional – is among the rarest Leica models of all time. Of the 412 made, just 141 were black-paint versions.

Raymond Dabb Yelland, ‘Mount Tahoma (Mount Rainier),’ $100,000

Raymond Dabb Yelland, ‘Mount Tahoma (Mount Rainier),’ which hammered for $80,000 and sold for $100,000 with buyer’s premium at MBA Seattle Auction.
Raymond Dabb Yelland, ‘Mount Tahoma (Mount Rainier),’ which hammered for $80,000 and sold for $100,000 with buyer’s premium at MBA Seattle Auction.

RENTON, Wash. – Leading MBA Seattle Auction‘s November 30 sale of Fine Native and Western Arts was a monumental oil on canvas by realist painter Raymond Dabb Yelland (1848-1900). The artist, who trained in New York after serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, specialized in depicting what we now call the ‘big sky’ seashores and mountains of Northern California, where he moved in 1873. Large-scale canvases of the local landscape bathed in light were his forte, with this 6ft by 3ft 4in panorama from 1884 depicting the icy slopes of the majestic Mount Rainier (Tahoma) volcano in Washington state, with a cabin and a sole figure in foreground.

The painting had a label on the verso for the Hoover Gallery of San Francisco, although, as the archetypal boardroom picture, its most recent provenance was “a distinguished corporate collection in Washington state.” Offered in professionally cleaned and restored condition, it was estimated at $10,000-$20,000 but hammered for $80,000 and sold for $100,000 with buyer’s premium. According to Artprice, this represents a record sum for the artist at auction.

Breguet Silver Carriage Clock Commissioned by Ettore Bugatti, $276,480

Silver Breguet hump-backed carriage clock commissioned by Ettore Bugatti as a milestone birthday gift to himself, which hammered for £170,000 and sold for £216,000 ($276,480) with buyer’s premium at Bonhams.
Silver Breguet hump-backed carriage clock commissioned by Ettore Bugatti as a milestone birthday gift to himself, which hammered for £170,000 and sold for £216,000 ($276,480) with buyer’s premium at Bonhams.

LONDON – An exceptional silver Breguet hump-backed carriage clock commissioned by carmaker Ettore Bugatti topped Bonhams’ Fine Clock Sale on November 29. Following competitive phone bidding, the clock sold towards the top end of its £100,000-£200,000 estimate, hammering for £170,000 and selling for £216,000 ($276,480) including buyer’s premium.

Like many engineering aficionados, Bugatti had a love for horology, and he chose an equally driven firm of clockmakers, Breguet of Paris, to manufacture his personal 50th birthday gift in 1931.

Breguet hump-backed carriage clocks were some of the most complex domestic timepieces of the period. This example, No. 759, took three years to complete, and its remarkable movement, housed in a silver case with a secret opening mechanism, has a perpetual calendar that accounts for leap days every four years. It retained its original velvet-lined travel case and keys along with its certificate, No. 3278.

Bonhams specialist James Stratton said, “The clock would have been a constant companion to Bugatti as he steered the company over the following years, producing some of the most powerful and beautiful cars of the 20th century. This really was a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to acquire an object steeped in both automotive and horological history.”

Yul Brynner’s top-flight Leicas and his photographs of fellow stars shine at Leitz Nov. 24-25

Yul Brynner's Leica MP black paint no.60, estimated at €600,000-€700,000 ($636,000-$742,000) at Leitz Photographica.

VIENNA — Vintage cameras and photography are burgeoning areas in today’s collectors market, with an ever-increasing demand for vintage hardware and the images produced by them. Leitz Photographica returns for a two-day fall event on Friday, November 24 (Photographs: Shaping Visions) and Saturday, November 25 (Camera Auction) with an outstanding selection of rare and unusual photographic hardware, plus a collection of prints from some of the 20th century’s most noted photographers. The catalogs are now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

Spanning the two sessions are consignments from the personal collection of the late Yul Brynner (1920-1985) via his daughter Victoria. Though best remembered as the King of Siam in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I (1951 on stage, 1956 motion picture), the Russian-born actor was also an extremely talented photographer and Leica fan. Both passions are on display in this sale, with artistic prints and incredibly rare cameras from his collection. All Brynner items come with full estate authentication.

The Leicas of Yul Brynner represent not only his passion for photography, but also his connections as a celebrity who also happened to love shooting pictures. Brynner’s Leica Nos. 59 and 60 in black paint represent the pinnacle of Leica rarity, particularly the 60, of which only 141 were ever made, with nearly all going to professional photographers. With lovingly built-up patinas and perfect operational status, both the MP 59 and MP 60 are individually estimated at €600,000-€700,000 ($636,000-$742,000).

A collection of prints from Brynner’s original negatives are also stars of the sale. They include a 1964 color image of Frank Sinatra departing a helicopter with a drink in his hand and a smile on his face (€6,000-€7,000 or $6,360-$7,420); Audrey Hepburn on a Venetian gondola in 1965 (€18,000-€22,000 or $19,080-$23,320); and Debora Kerr on the set of 1957’s The Journey (€2,500-€3,000 or $2,650-$3,180).

Other notable lots include an ex-Leica Museum Telyt 6/80cm lens, the only one known, estimated at €200,000-€300,000 ($212,000-$318,000), and the Leica Astro Rifle camera designed for the World War II-era Luftwaffe (€160,000-€200,000 or $169,600-$212,000).

In addition to these two sales, Leitz Photographica will present a second event on November 14, starting at 1:30 pm Eastern time, titled Truth in Focus – Auction Benefitting CPJ. Presented in conjunction with Leica Camera USA, it features 22 lots of Leica cameras as well as images by Leonard Freed, Deborah Anderson, Brian Bowen Smith, and more. Proceeds will benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an organization that upholds and defends press freedom the world over.

John Moran’s ReDesigned sale cast a wide net over two centuries of art

Shane Guffogg. ‘A Second From Now,’ $2,000. Image courtesy of John Moran Auctioneers
Shane Guffogg. ‘A Second From Now,’ $2,000. Image courtesy of John Moran Auctioneers
Shane Guffogg. ‘A Second From Now,’ $2,000. Image courtesy of John Moran Auctioneers

LOS ANGELES — On July 11, John Moran Auctioneers presented its ReDesigned sale, featuring more than 400 lots that reflected a variety of styles, periods, designers and marquee names of the 20th and 21st centuries. Works by legends such as Andy Warhol, Peter Max, Richard Wyatt Jr., Itzchak Tarkay, Shane Guffogg, LeRoy Neiman, Victor Vasarely, Corita Kent, Keith Haring, Harold von Schmidt and Larry Poons represented the art. For sculpture, there was a large collection of Romain de Tirtoff (aka Erte) bronzes and fine examples by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy. Furniture highlights ranged from Art Deco and mid-20th-century to contemporary, coming from designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Chiavari, Hudson-Rissman, Baker Furniture and Michael Aram. Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated through LiveAuctioneers.

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Gallery Report: L’Engle painting of dance troupe a stellar performer

ATLANTA – At the beginning of every month, ACN columnist Ken Hall delivers top auction highlights from around the United States and the world at large. Here’s his July 2021 edition of Gallery Report. All prices include the buyer’s premium, except where noted.

Lucy L’Engle painting, $50,000, Bakker Auctions

A 1931 oil on canvas by Lucy L’Engle (American, 1889-1978), titled Martha Graham Dance Composition, depicting the dance troupe performing in the dunes, sold for $50,000 at a Summer Online Fine Arts auction held June 5 by Bakker Auctions in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Also, an oil painting by Edith Lake Wilkinson (American, 1868-1957), titled Unitarian Universalist Church, realized $6,875, and a painting by Karl Knaths (American, 1891-1971), titled Interior, sold for $6,250.

Sir Isaac Newton manuscript, $118,750, University Archives

A manuscript penned by Sir Isaac Newton, with mathematical notes and calculations relating to Book III of his scientific work Principia, sold for $118,750 in an online-only auction of autographs, manuscripts, artwork, and comic art held May 26 by University Archives in Wilton, Connecticut. Also, an important three-page scientific manuscript pertaining to Albert Einstein’s Unified Field Theory from the 1940s brought $68,750, and a signed photo of Einstein reached $34,375.

Cornelius Vanderbilt signed bond, $11,250, Holabird Western Americana Collections

A California Gold Rush-era bond certificate from 1856, signed twice by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, sold for $11,250 at a five-day Western Americana Signature Sale held May 13-17 by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC in Reno, Nevada. Also, a beautiful circa 1880-1920 Red Mesa Navajo rug measuring five feet by eight feet, five inches, brought $5,000.

Winchester cartridge board, CA$100,300, Miller & Miller Auctions

A framed Winchester 1884 cartridge display board sold for $100,300 in an online-only Canadiana & Sporting Auction held June 5 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. in New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. In addition, an 1887 Winchester cartridge display brought $88,500, and a circa-1880s Union Metallic Cartridge Company cartridge board hit $53,100. Prices are in Canadian dollars.

Leicaflex 35mm camera, $1,280, Crescent City Auction Gallery

A Leicaflex 35mm camera with a Leitz Summicron 1: 2/90 lens and a Summilux lens 1:1.4/50, sold for $1,280 at a Summer Decorative Arts & Interiors Auction held June 18 by Crescent City Auction Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also, a 20th century green onyx pedestal on a stepped octagonal base sold for $1,088, and a set of six 19th century French Henri II-style carved walnut dining chairs went to a determined bidder for $896.

Figural weathervane, $258,000, Morphy Auctions

A late 19th century molded and gilded copper weathervane depicting a full-bodied standing Massasoit Indian with bow and arrow atop a directional arrow sold for $258,300 at a Fine & Decorative Arts auction held June 8-9 by Morphy’s in Denver, Pennsylvania. Also, a double-signed Keith Haring vase featuring some of the artist’s iconic motifs sold for $84,000, and a 1916 double-die obverse Buffalo nickel realized $33,600.

De Latoix oil painting, $37,500, John Moran Auctioneers

An 1890 oil on canvas painting by Gaspard De Latoix (British, 1858-1918), titled Two Indians on Horseback, sold for $37,500 at an Art of the American West sale held May 25 by John Moran Auctioneers in Monrovia, California. Other lots that performed well include a set of 24 matted drypoint etchings on Japanese paper in a leather-bound portfolio case with 28-page Outlines of History, Description, etc., by Henry Chapman Ford (American, 1828-1894), which brought $34,375, and a Navajo Crystal room-sized rug, which sold for $11,875.

Judson’s Bird Girl sculpture, $390,600, Freeman’s 

A garden sculpture by Sylvia Shaw Judson, titled Bird Girl, which was pictured on the cover of the popular book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, sold for $390,600 at an American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists auction held June 6 by Freeman’s in Philadelphia. Also, a painting by Norman Rockwell, titled Piney Rest Motel, realized $478,800; a painting by Albert York titled Still Life: Green Apples hit $239,400; and a work by Daniel Garber titled Houses, Shannonville sold for $189,000.

WWII binoculars, $22,800, Cowan’s Auctions

A U.S. Navy ship’s bridge binoculars from World War II sold for $22,800 at an Arms & Armor auction held May 25-26 by Cowan’s in Cincinnati. Other top-performing lots include a 1902 DWM Luger carbine with stock and hardcase, which hit the mark for $10,455; a JP Sauer & Sohn M30 World War II Luftwaffe survival drilling, which changed hands for $9,225; a Type II Colt single action Army Artillery revolver, which brought $7,440; and an experimental XB serial numbered inlaid M1 carbine that went for $5,700.

Brooks cigar store Indian, $63,000, Pook & Pook

A circa-1882 beautifully carved and polychromed cigar store Indian by Thomas Brooks of New York sold for $63,000 at an Americana & International auction held May 21 by Pook & Pook, Inc. in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Also, an exquisite miniature watercolor portrait of a boy with riveting blue eyes, rendered by Mrs. Moses B. Russell, sold for $40,320, and a set of four Meissen painted porcelain portrait plates was the surprise lot of the day, realizing $32,760.

Rev-War discharge form, $18,750, Skinner

A George Washington-signed Revolutionary War printed discharge form for a soldier in the 2nd New York Regiment sold for $18,750 at a Historic Manuscripts & Rare Books Auction held May 13 by Skinner, Inc. in Boston. In addition, a 1787 sworn oath testifying to a debt owed by a Philadelphia sailmaker and signed by Benjamin Franklin realized $10,000, and the 1863 Civil War diary of Lincoln Ripley Stone, surgeon of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, made $11,250.

1830 center table, $46,875, Doyle

A circa-1830 Continental center table, probably German, featuring a giltwood base lavishly carved with lions, Bacchic masks, and floral swags supporting an alabaster top, sold for $46,875 at an English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts auction held May 26 by Doyle in New York City. Also, a German gilt-brass compass by Christopher Schissler from 1566 commanded $43,750. Overall, the auction totaled $762,623 against a pre-sale high estimate of $690,100.

Kurt Cobain drawing, $281,250, Julien’s Auctions

A self-portrait caricature drawing by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, created during the group’s 1992 Nevermind promotional tour, sold for $281,250 at a Music Icons auction held June 11-13 by Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles. Also, Alex Van Halen’s 1980 Invasion tour and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum-displayed Ludwig drum set sold for $230,400; Prince’s 1994 Blue Cloud electric guitar brought $281,250; and an Eddie Van Halen-owned guitar hit $210,225.

Joseph Severn oil painting, $31,250, Auctions at Showplace

An oil on canvas painting by Joseph Severn, titled Angelica Rescued, sold for $31,250 at an Estates auction held June 6 by Auctions at Showplace in New York City. Other lots of note include a circa-1915-1916 bronze sculpture by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, titled Head for Titanic Memorial, which brought $37,500; a vintage Van Cleef & Arpels 18K yellow gold link bracelet, which made $28,125; and a 17th century ink drawing on paper by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, titled Almond Seller, which went for $21,250.

Roman marble sculpture, $137,500, Hindman

A 1st or 2nd century Roman marble sculpture of Eros riding a dolphin sold for $137,500 at an Antiquities & Ancient Art auction held May 27 by Hindman in Chicago. Additional leading lots include a 2nd century Roman marble lower torso of a satyr, which realized $75,000; a Greek marble funerary stele of Eurynome from the early 4th century B.C.E., which achieved $56,250; a marble panther head from 2nd or 3rd century ancient Greece, which earned $68,750; and a Roman marble portrait head of Emperor Trajan, which sold for $43,760.

Tiffany stained glass window, Fontaine’s Auction Gallery

A circa-1910 leaded and stained glass window by Tiffany Studios, titled Sunset and Evening Star, sold for $139,150 at a two-session auction held May 22 and May 29 by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Also, a 1793 monumental English carved oak tall case clock chimed on time for $127,050, and a circa-1918 Tiffany Aquamarine paperweight went for $50,820.

Copy of Phantom Lady No. 17, $456,000, Heritage Auctions

A copy of Phantom Lady No. 17 from 1948, with cover art by Matt Baker, graded CGC NM+9.6, realized $456,000 at a sale of the Promise Collection, a group of all high-grade Golden Age comic books from the 1940s, held June 18 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Worthy of mention is a copy of Detective Comics No. 140, featuring the first appearance of the Riddler, graded CGC NM+9.6, which realized $456,000, and a copy of Mask Comics No. 1 from 1945, graded CGC VF+8.5, which finished at $102,000.

JFK birthday program, $29,232, RR Auction

An original program for President Kennedy’s birthday celebration, held in May 1962 at Madison Square Garden in New York City and signed by many of the luminaries who were there – including Marilyn Monroe – sold for $29,232 in an auction held May 25-June 16 by RR Auction in Boston. Other top-performing lots included a set of oversized and signed Wizard of Oz cast photos, which made $62,500; a William Penn-signed letter and document on Captain Kidd’s treasure, which hit $55,263; and an Albert Einstein handwritten scientific manuscript, which brought $38,781.

Thurston magician poster, $10,200, Potter & Potter

A Thurston, World’s Greatest Magician linen backed color litho poster from 1909 sold for $10,200 at a Summer Magic Sale held June 19 by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago. Also, a 1960s-era spun aluminum Ken Brooke Master Chop Cup, owned and used by British magician Paul Daniels, realized $19,200; a Wine and Water Change magic apparatus made in Hamburg by Cal Willmann around 1910 went for $16,800; and an archive of Robert Harbin ephemera rose to $12,000.

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