Potter and Potter Auctions: Houdiniana and Magic Memorabilia, 1179, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 13, 2024 - April 13, 2024
Page Size: 230 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
287 [JAMES, Stewart (1908 -- 1996)]. SLAIGHT, Allan (ed).

The James File.

Toronto 2000 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
288 JAMES, Stewart (1908 -- 1996).

Stewart James in Print: The First Fifty Years.

Toronto 1989 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
289 JARRETT, Guy (1881 -- 1972).

Jarrett. Magic and Stage Craft Technical.

[New York] 1936 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 60,000.00
290 KARR, Todd (1965 -- ), (ed).

Essential Robert-Houdin.

[Los Angeles] 2006 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 84.00
291 KARR, Todd (1965 -- ), (ed.).

The Secret Ways of Al Baker.

Seattle 2003 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
292

Kaufman and Greenberg Hardcover Books. Seven titles including Secrets Draun From Underground.

1993 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 180.00
293 KLEEFELD, Jim (1949 -- ).

The Book Test Book.

[Ohio] 2020 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
294 LEAT, Harry (1874 -- 1949).

Group of Six Harry Leat Publications. Comprising Depot Magic, Forty Years in & around Magic, Magic of the Depots - 1923, Magic of the Depots - 1924, Tragic Magic, and Diversified Magic.

London 1923-25. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 84.00
295 LORAYNE, Harry (1926 -- 2023).

Richard Himber's Ideas in The Hundred Dollar Book.

New York 1963 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
296 MAXWELL, Mike.

The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings.

Tahoma 1986 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
297 MINCH, Stephen (1948 -- ).

The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley.

Tahoma 1990, 1991, and 1994 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
298 ORTIZ, Darwin (1948 -- 2023).

Scams & Fantasies with Cards.

2002 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
299 ROBINSON, Ben.

Twelve Have Died.

Watertown 1986 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 240.00
300

Stanyon & Co., Illustrated Catalogue of Conjuring Tricks.

Circa 1905. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
301 STEELE, Margaret (ed).

Adelaide Herrmann: Queen of Magic.

2012 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
302 TARBELL, Harlan (1890 -- 1960).

Tarbell Course in Magic. Vols. 1 -- 8.

New York 1946 -- 1997. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
303 TELLER (b. 1948) and KARR, Todd (b. 1965), editors.

House of Mystery. The Magic Science of David P. Abbott.

[Los Angeles:] 2005 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 720.00
304 VERNON, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner, 1894 - 1992).

Revelation.

Pasadena 2008 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 420.00
305 MINCH, Stephen (1948 -- ), et al.

The Vernon Chronicles.

Tahoma 1987---92. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,140.00
307

Biz for the Wiz. Joe Karson.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
310 BAUER, Ron (1938 -- ).

Group of 17 "Private Studies" Pamphlets.

Michigan ca. 2000 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 72.00
311

The Cardiste. J. Russell Duck. N1 - N13

1958 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 300.00
312

The Cauldron. Charles Cameron. V1 N1 - V1 N10

1968 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 540.00
313

Chap's Scrapbook. Frank Chapman. NV N# - V2 N24 (Jun.

1940 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
314

Clarke The Senator Crandall Comments (Crandall's Comments).

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
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