Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I, 1176, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 24, 2024 - February 24, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | WILKINS, John (ca. 1614 -- 72) | Mercury, or The Secret and Swift Messenger. |
London | 1694 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 177 | WILLMANN, Carl (1849 -- 1934) | Two Classic German Conjuring Textbooks. Including: Modern Salon Magie and Moderne Wunder. |
Leipzig | 1891 and 1897. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 175.00 |
| 178 | WILSON, G.H. | The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a Faithful and Interesting Delineation of Male and Female Characters. |
London and London | 1813, 1807 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 179 | WILSON, Henry and James Caufield. | The Book of Wonderful Characters. |
London | ca. 1869 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 180 | WINDER, Roland (d. 1970) | Check List of the Older Books on Conjuring in the Library of Roland Winder. |
[Leeds] | 1966 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 181 | [WITCHCRAFT]. GLANVIL, Joseph (1636-1680) | Saducismus Triumphatus: or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions. In Two Parts... |
London | 1682 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 182 | WITGEEST, Simon (pseudonym of unknown author) | Het Natuurlyk Tover-Boek, Of't Nieuw Speel-Toneel der Konsten... |
Amsterdam | 1684 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 183 | The Wizard's Book of Magic, or, Evening Amusements, for the Fireside. |
Glasgow | ca. 1860-75 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 184 | WORTHINGTON, Thomas Chew (1882 -- 1953) | Recollections of Howard Thurston. |
Baltimore | 1938 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 185 | ["YELLOW PERILS"]. Collection of Pearson's "Yellow Peril" Conjuring Books. |
London | 1910s -- 20s. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 450.00 | |
| 186 | [AUTOGRAPHS]. Magicians' Autograph and Postcard Album. |
1930s-50s, | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,400.00 | ||
| 187 | BIFFIN, Sarah (1784 -- 1850) | Miss S. Biffin. |
London: | 1821 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 800.00 |
| 188 | BLONDIN, J.F. (1824 -- 97) | J.F. Blondin. |
[Germany]: | 1864 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 189 | [BOOKPLATES]. The Dawes Magic Bookplate Collection. |
USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,000.00 | |||
| 190 | [CAGLIOSTRO]. MARCUARD, R.S. (d. 1788) Comte de Cagliostro. |
London | 1786 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 191 | CANNON, Alexander (1896 -- 1963) | Scrapbook and Minutes of the Isle of Man Magicians Club. |
early 1950s | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 175.00 | |
| 192 | CANNON, Alexander (1896 -- 1963) | Phrenology and Medicine Scrapbook. |
1930s. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 193 | CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 -- 1973) | Candid Photographs from Cardini's Scrapbooks. |
[New York] | 1920s-30s. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 194 | CHALON, John James (1778. - 1854) | L'Escamoteur. |
London | 1820 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 700.00 |
| 195 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1863 -- 1918) | Chung Ling Soo's Address Book. |
USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 26,000.00 | ||
| 196 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson, 1861 -- 1918) | Tivoli Theatre Grand Opening Night Silk Programme. |
Birmingham | 1900 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 700.00 |
| 197 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918) | Full Stage Photograph of Chung Ling Soo, Signed. |
Circa 1910. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 7,000.00 | |
| 198 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918) | Glasgow Coliseum Program. |
Scotland | 1911 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 199 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918) | Photograph and Autograph of Chung Ling Soo. |
Circa 1915. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 16,000.00 | |
| 200 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918) | Chung Ling Soo Advertising Beer Mat. |
Ashton-Under Lyne | ca. 1915 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
