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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 442 | SMITH, George. | Memoirs and Anecdotes of Mr. Love, the Celebrated Ventriloquist. |
London | 1831 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 443 | The Snake Charmer. |
New York | ca. 1890 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 480.00 | |
| 444 | Leonce Spiral All Heil! |
N.p. | ca. 1900. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 420.00 | |
| 445 | Spirit Photograph of a Mother and her Departed Child. |
Boston | ca. 1870 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 446 | Spirit Photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln. |
Boston | ca. 1870 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 447 | Mumler Spirit Photograph Collage. |
London | ca. 1870 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 780.00 | |
| 448 | [BUGUET, Edouard (1840 -- 90)]. | Spirit Photograph of the Baron du Potet. |
Paris | ca. 1870 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 449 | [BUGUET, Edouard (1840 -- 90)]. | Spirit Photograph. |
Paris | ca. 1875 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 450 | Confessions of a Medium. |
London | 1882 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 420.00 | |
| 451 | Group of 5 volumes on spiritualism and related subjects. Including: REIMERS, Christian. The Trapped Medium, or Too Clever Sceptics. |
London | 1877 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 840.00 | |
| 452 | Sports and Amusements for the Juvenile Philosopher. |
Middletown | 1836 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 96.00 | |
| 453 | [STONE EATER]. HOLLAR, Wenceslas (16070 -77) | The True Portraiture of a Roman Youth .... |
Circa 1641. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 454 | STRONG, J.C. (James Carey) | Gambling Dice Cards. Why Players Lose [cover title]. |
Hollywood | 1929 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 455 | [STRONGMAN]. TOPHAM, Thomas (1710 -- 49) | Anecdotes of Remarkable Characters. Topham, The Remarkable Strong Man. |
London | n.d. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 456 | The Celebrated Strong Woman, The Welch Female Hercules. Mrs. Laugharne. |
W. Bethell | 1819 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 510.00 | |
| 457 | SUGG, Christopher Lee (d. 1831) | The Ventriloquist in a Coal Hole!!! |
London | 1816 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 458 | TALBOT, J.R. | Turf, Cards and Temperance; or Reminiscences of a Checkered Life. |
Bristol, Rhode Island | 1882 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 720.00 |
| 459 | TAMARIZ, Juan (b. 1942) | The Five Points in Magic. |
Madrid | n.d. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 460 | HOWARD, Frank and Annie. | Pitchbooks for Annie and Frank Howard, the Tattooed Couple. |
London | ca. 1890 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 461 | GIBBONS, Anna Artoria (1893 -- 1985) | Real photo postcard of Artoria, Tattooed Lady. |
Los Angeles | ca. 1920s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 462 | Prof. Milt Zeis, Seattle's Premier Tattoo Artist calling card. |
Circa 1940s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 | ||
| 463 | TUTTLE, Lyle (1931 -- 2019) | Color portrait and two advertising cards. |
Circa 1970s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 464 | TAYLOR, C.T. | C.T. Taylor's Book on Magic. |
Circa 1880. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 570.00 | |
| 465 | TAYLOR, W.G. Langworthy. | Katie Fox and the Fox-Taylor Record. |
New York | 1933 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 466 | TESTOT, Monsieur (Felix Testot) | Mons. Testot, the Celebrated French Performer of Recreative Philosophy, from Paris, will Exhibit his Magical Illusions, Metamorphoses and Transformations, on Friday Evening, June 28th, 1833. |
Bell | 1833 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 600.00 |
![<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.")
![<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.")
