Sold2018After Jean EugŽne Robert-Houdin. Glass Column MysteryAfter Jean EugŽne Robert-Houdin. Glass Column Mystery Clock. Recreation of the famous French magicianÕs second series (or ÒdoubleÓ) mystery clock, without a visible or traditional connection betweSee Sold Price
Sold2017Mystery Clock – Robert-HoudinThis single hand Mystery Clock could be attributed to Robert-Houdin. The clock tells time with no apparent connection between the hand and the base. Robert-Houdin’s name (along with Paris) is etchedSee Sold Price
Sold2016Rare Houdin Glass Dial Mystery Swinger ClockRare Houdin Glass Dial Mystery Swinger Clock. Heavy 7 in. beveled glass dial signed "Ch. Schwalb Lutzenrath, Bruges", has reverse gilt painted hour numerals, pierced decorated and engraved gilt handsSee Sold Price
Sold2016Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Tricheries Dec Grecs.Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Tricheries Dec Grecs. Paris: J. Hetzel, 1863. Publisher's decorative printed wraps. Illustrated title page, other figures and drawings. 8vo. Front wrapper detached, spine dSee Sold Price
Sold2018Soirees Fantastiques Tour Handbill.Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Soirees Fantastiques Tour Handbill. Paris: Michelet, ca. 1860. Lithograph on fine, nearly translucent paper. Robert-Houdin listed as both founder and director. Finely illusSee Sold Price
Sold2018Magie et Physique Amusante.Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Magie et Physique Amusante. Paris: Calmann Levy, 1892. Full red leather with Parisian coat of arms gilt-stamped on cover, gilt title on banded spine, all edges red, marbledSee Sold Price
Sold2018La Malle des Indes.[Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene] La Malle des Indes. Paris and London, ca. 1870. Lithographed sheet music by Georges Lamothe, dedicated “to my friends Robert-Houdin and Brunnet.” The cover depicts a bSee Sold Price
Sold2021Antique French Slate & Marble Mantle ClockAntique French Slate & Marble Mantle Clock. Porcelain dial, R&G Paris signed movement T&S bell strike. Black enameled slate case with marble trim & columns, beveled glass, brass bezel. 11"x11" **ThisSee Sold Price
Sold2015Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. L’Art De Gagner A Tous LesRobert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. L’Art De Gagner A Tous Les Jeux. Paris: Calmann Levy, 1879. Nineteenth century green quarter leather, the raised spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Marbled sides and endSee Sold Price
Sold2022ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN-EUGENE (1805-1871). CONFIDENCES ET REVE...ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN-EUGENE (1805-1871). CONFIDENCES ET REVELATIONS. Paris: A. Dalahays, 1868. 8vo. Frontispiece with illustrations of Robert-Houdin’s most amazing feats with an optical illusionSee Sold Price
Sold2018Les Tricheries Des Grecs Devoilees. ProfessorRobert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Les Tricheries Des Grecs Devoilees. Professor Hoffmann’s Copy. Paris: J. Hetzel, 1863. Contemporary half buckram, marbled sides. Signed by Professor Hoffmann undSee Sold Price
Sold2016Houdin’s Figural Mystery Swinger ClockHoudin Figural Mystery Swinger Clock. 6.25 in. dia. reverse painted glass dial with black Roman hour numerals, arrow style hands, a brass disc center with small unusual pinwheel mystery escapement andSee Sold Price
Sold2024French Art Deco Chandelier By Jean Gauthier For J Robert Paris 1920s LaliqueFrench Art Deco Chandelier By Jean Gauthier Master Glassmaker For J Robert ( Manufacturer ) Paris France 1920's 7 Light Chandelier & Accessories with Frosted Art Glass Shades Side Panels and Center GlSee Sold Price
Sold2016Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin.Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First English Edition. Two volumes in matching dark blue publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. 8vo. SpinesSee Sold Price
Sold2016Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann).Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann). The Card Sharper Detected and Exposed. London: George Routledge, 1882. Publishers pictorial blue cloth stamped in red, black and gilt. Floral enSee Sold Price
Sold2015Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. The Tricks of the GreeksRobert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. The Tricks of the Greeks Unveiled. New York: John Lovell, 1882. Publisher’s cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt. Illustrated with line drawings. 8vo. Minor scuffSee Sold Price
Sold2016Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann).Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann). The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878. Dark red pictorial cloth, stamped gilt and black. Frontispiece withSee Sold Price
Sold2016Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin.Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. Philadelphia: Geo. G. Evans, 1859. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 8vo. General light wear and scuffing on cover, many pages wiSee Sold Price
Sold2015Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann).Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann). The Card Sharper Detected and Exposed. London: George Routledge, 1882. Publisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in red, black and gold. Floral endsSee Sold Price
Sold2015Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their TricksRobert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake, 1903. Green cloth lettered in gilt on front. Publisher’s decorative endsheets. 8vo. 201pp + 4pp advts. LSee Sold Price
Sold2017Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their TricksRobert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed, or The Art of Always Winning. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake, 1902. Trans. William J. Jilliar. Publisher’s red pictorial cloth. IllustraSee Sold Price
Sold2016Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann).Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann). The Secrets of Stage Conjuring. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. Vibrant maroon pictorial cloth, stamped in black and gold. Portrait froSee Sold Price
Sold2020Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Card-Sharping Exposed.Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Card-Sharping Exposed. London: George Routledge, (1882). FIRST EDITION. Original light blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, red, and black, floral endpapers. Illustrated.See Sold Price
Sold2017Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Four Pulp Books onRobert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Four Pulp Books on Card-Sharping. Including The Sharper: Detected and Exposed (London: Chapman and Hall, 1863; significant foxing and chipping on spine), The Tricks of theSee Sold Price
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