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
185

The Fairing; or a Golden Toy for Children of all Sizes and Denominations. In Which They May See all the Fun of the Fair...

Glasgow 1780 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 720.00
186 FARINI, Krao (1876--1926)

Cabinet Card Portrait and Pitch Book. The portrait by Eisenmann of New York depicts Krao at a table with a book before her.

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,440.00
187 FARSON, Daniel (1927 -- 97)

Photograph of a Carnival Front and Bally.

London? ca. 1950s. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 240.00
188

Group of 6 books, booklets, and postcards on fasting men and women.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,440.00
189

Group of 5 prints and photographs of fat people.

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 900.00
190

Don't Fail to Visit John and Mary Powers Whose Combined Weight is Nearly 1400 Lbs! N.p., ca.

1870s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
191

The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of William Weare and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer.

London 1824 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 150.00
193 FECHNER. Christian (1944 -- 2008)

The Magic of Robert Houdin: An Artist's Life.

Bolougne 2002 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 540.00
194 FECHNER, Christian (1944 - 2008)

The Magic of Robert-Houdin: An Artist's Life.

Boulogne 2002 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
195 FECHNER, Christian (1944 -- 2008)

La Magie de Robert-Houdin.

Bolougne 2005 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
196

Two Broadsides for Variety Shows at the Victoria.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
197

Hedgehog's Grand Combination of the Powers of Darkness, will Exhibit at Jake Key's Roost, Thursday Evening May 5th, 1870.

N.p. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 450.00
198

Fireproof Men and Women -- A Group of Ephemera.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 540.00
199

Signor Bertolotto's Extraordinary Exhibition of the Industrious Fleas.

London ca. 1830s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 570.00
200 FLOCKTON, John (d. 1794)

Collection of Five Flockton Playbills.

London ca. 1770s. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,200.00
201 [FORTUNE TELLING]. BOILLY, Louis-Leopold (1761 -- 1845)

Le Tireur de Cartes.

Paris ca. 1826. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
202 VAN LENNEP, Henry J. (1815 -- 1889).

Gypsy Fortune Telling.

New York 1862 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
203

The Chinese Sensitive Leaf, Discovered by a celebrated Physician and eminent Professor of Botany and Chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China, Afterwards introduced into other parts of the Continent, and into England, by a very Learned and Sensible Foreigner

Boston ca. 1820s-30s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
204 FOX, Richard K. (1846 -- 1922)

The Richard K. Fox Purchasing and Supply Dep't. Sporting, Athletic and Gymnasium Goods.

New York 1890 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,320.00
205 FRANCE, Anatole (1844 -- 1924)

Le Jongleur de Notre Dame.

Paris 1906 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 150.00
206 [FREAKS]. LENTINI, Francis.

Souvenir card for "Francis Lentini Three-Legged Boy Born in Rosolini Siracusa, Italy..."

Philadelphia 1903 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
207

Nature's Wonders! As Exemplified in the Extraordinary Contents of the Museum of the College of Surgeons, Including Monstrosities, Malformations, and Wonderful Lusus Naturae, Together with Cases of Remarkable Disorders, &c. &c.

London n.d. ca. 1844. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,320.00
208

Bentley's Life. The Only Genuine Edition. Authentic Memoirs of the Life of the Celebrated Nath. Bentley, Esq. (Commonly called Dirty Dick - Late Proprietor of the Remarkable Dirty Warehouse)...

London ca. 1802. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
209

Group of 7 Pamphlets About Freaks. Including: "James Mandy The Man With the Iron Skull." Biographical Sketch by Barry Gray."

New York n.d. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,680.00
210 FREGOLI, Leopoldo (1867 -- 1936)

Three Postcards of the Quick-Change Artist.

Italian 1910s -- 20s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 360.00
  • 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
    Books & Autographs
    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.
  • 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
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