Potter and Potter Auctions: The Ricky Jay Collection: Part 3, 1187, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 17, 2024 - August 17, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392 | [PICKPOCKETS]. Group of 9 prints and graphics. Including: The Arraignment of John Selman. |
1794 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 780.00 | ||
| 393 | Pictorial Souvenir of the Great Tichborne Case. Being a Readable Narrative of the Remarkable Lives of Roger Tichborne & The Claimant. |
London | 1874 | USD 125.00 - 175.00 | USD 72.00 | |
| 394 | FORES, S.W. and John Johnston. | The Pig-Faced Lady of Manchester Square. |
London | 1815 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 395 | WILLIAMS, Charles. | Waltzing in Courtship. |
London | 1815 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 396 | PINKERTON, Allan (1819 -- 1884) | Professional Thieves And The Detectives. |
N.p. | ca. 1880s. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 397 | Collection of Historically Significant Playing Card Gaffs. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,600.00 | |||
| 398 | POHL, Anton (d. 1837) | Archive of Documents and Broadsides Related to the Armless Calligrapher. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,020.00 | ||
| 399 | Group of Books on the Game of Poker. Eleven items. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 480.00 | |||
| 400 | [POKER]. BRELSFORD, C.E.H and C.W. Dimick. | It's All In The Draw. |
Boston | 1895 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 401 | [POKER]. COWELL, Joe. | Thirty Years Passed Among the Players in England and America. |
New York | 1844 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 402 | Group of Pre-Cinema Ephemera. Ten pieces. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 660.00 | |||
| 403 | Poole's Myriorama. |
Hanley | ca. 1900 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 404 | Professor W.S. Norris, The Royal Magician, begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry, that he attends Private Parties, Schools, Institutions, &c, in Town or Country, with his Superior Entertainments,... |
London | ca. 1880 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 405 | Nuts to Crack, Part XIV. |
London | ca. 1860 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 406 | Group of 4 Chinese Puzzle books. Including: The Chinese Puzzle. |
London | n.d. ca. 1840s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 407 | GRAHAM, James (1745 -- 1794) | Dr. Graham...will deliver a lecture this evening...on the simplest and most certain Means of preserving bodily Health. |
London | ca. 1784 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 408 | RACKSTORW, | B. Miscellaneous Observations, Together with a Collection of Experiments on Electricity. |
London | 1748 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 409 | REDMONDI. | Doctor Redmondi. The Wonder Worker. |
West Hartlepool | 1875 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 410 | Daniel Lambert, George Romondo and others. |
London | ca. 1810s. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 411 | [REMARKABLE CHARACTERS]. Group of 4 Titles in 17 Volumes. Including: The Eccentric Magazine; with Lives and Portraits of Remarkable Characters. |
London | n.d. ca. 1810s | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 412 | [ROBERT-HOUDIN]. | Le Cagliostro. Journal des Soirees Fantastiques de Robert-Houdin. |
Paris | 1845 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 413 | [ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean-Eugene (1805 -- 1871)]. | Two volumes on Robert-Houdin. Including: Robert Houdin, the Great Wizard, Celebrated French Conjurer, Author, and Ambassador. |
Philadelphia | 1871 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 414 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean Eugene (1805-1871)-- Professor Hoffmann (translator) | Card-Sharping Exposed. |
London: | [n.d., ca. 1880s] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 415 | ROBIN, Henry (1811 -- 74) | Salle de M. Robin Handbill. |
London | 1857 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 416 | Two confessional dime novels. Including: The Confessions of a Pretty Typewriter Girl. |
Chicago | 1908 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 360.00 |
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/e0a5c41f-2fd1-4645-8816-32d89dc4e5fb.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/58851f55-ad3a-4d3a-8a53-a311900b6f84.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/18c42c85-f730-43c0-bc2e-c8d799ae4308.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ac8ca527-c37b-44d5-b1d8-d369d712b17d.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/05e185d5-1ef2-48ba-943f-e6541c123bfe.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.")
