Potter and Potter Auctions: The Ricky Jay Collection: Part 3, 1187, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
August 17, 2024 - August 17, 2024
Page Size: 496 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
417 SAMEE, Ramo (d. 1850)

Ramo Samee, the Indian Juggler!!! London: W.

Oxberry & Co. 1821 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 480.00
418

Sans Souci; or, Theatre of Variety / Harmless Guillotine by Professor Krosso.

Newington Butts 1852 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 570.00
419

Tricks and Traps of America; or, Swindlers, Quacks, Humbugs and Rascals Exposed.

Corfu, New York ca. 1880s. USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
420 SEXTON, George.

Spirit-Mediums and Conjurers. An Oration Delivered at the Cavendish Rooms, London, on Sunday Evening, June 15th, 1873.

London 1873 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
421 SCOT, Reginald (c. 1538-1599)

The Discoverie of Witchcraft.

Bungay 1930 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 540.00
422 SCOTTO, Hyronimus (c. 1505 -- 72)

Hyronimus Scotto Medal.

18th/19th Century. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
423 SCOTT, Samuel (c. 1813 -- 41)

Five Items Depicting the Fated American Diver. Including a handsome engraved half-length portrait

London 1841 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 540.00
424 SEMON, Zera (1847 -- 1901)

Pair of Zera Semon Broadsides. Includes: One-color pictorial letterpress broadside

Halifax ca. 1890s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
425

Physicien Des Salons Magic Set.

Paris 1880s. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,920.00
426 SEYMOUR, Richard (d. ca. 1750)

The Compleat Gamester.

London 1739 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 480.00
427 [SHADOWGRAPHY]. BURSILL, Henry (ca. 1832 -- 71)

Two Works on Hand Shadows. Including: Hand Shadows.

London 1860 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
428

A Collection of Works on Hand Shadows and Shadow Pantomimes.

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 450.00
429

Collection of Shadowgraphy and Shadow Pantomime Publications.

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 540.00
430 SHARPE, S.H. (1902 -- 92)

Neo Magic.

London 1932 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
431

[SIAMESE TWINS]. Five Broadsides and Handbills.

USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 510.00
432

Circus Sideshow Photograph.

Albion ca. 1915 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 360.00
433

"Susie" real photo postcard.

Dayton Ohio 1938 USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 48.00
434

Group of 10 CDVs of nineteenth century circus and sideshow performers.

V.p. ca. 1870-80s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,560.00
435

Five Nineteenth Handbills For Unusual Exhibitions. Including: Everyone Should See the Giant Baby.

London 1886 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 450.00
436

Group of 3 Pamphlets About Sideshow/Circus Acts. Including: "The Preservation and Restoration of .. Health .. In children and young and old people of both sex by Harry Waller the Boy Hercules."

Hamilton ca. 1890s. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
437

Four cabinet photographs of long-haired women.

V.p. ca. 1890s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 180.00
438 [SEURAT -- SKELETON]. CIESSE, Joseph de.

Descrizione Interessante de Caludeuio Ambrogio Seurat Detto L'omo Anatomico... .

Bologna 1833 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 240.00
439

Three Items Pertaining to Living Skeletons. Includes: Go and See the Living Skeleton! Dan J. Major.

Boston 1859 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 600.00
440 SKEAT, Rev. Walter W. and J.H. Nodal.

A Bibliographical List ... Illustrative of the Various Dialects of English.

London 1877 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 240.00
441

Group of 5 books on slang and cant. Including: [BADCOCK, John ("Jon Bee," pseudo.]. Slang. A Dictionary of The Turf, The Ring, The Chase, The Pit, of Bon Ton, and the Varieties of Life.

London 1823 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,920.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: 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.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [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.
    Forum Auctions
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: 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.
    Koller Auctions
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    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: 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.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
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