Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes, 1191, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 26, 2024 - October 26, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 | SAMEE, Ramo (d. 1850) | Royal Coburg Theatre Broadside. |
[London], | 1822 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 179 | SCOTT, Walter (1895 -- 1995) | Two Phantom of the Card Table Session Photos. |
New York | 1930 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 180 | [SHEET MUSIC] Collection of Magic/Magician-Themed Sheet Music. Eleven pieces, |
1890s -- 1950s | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 181 | [SIDESHOW] Headless Woman Postcard. |
[England] | ca1940 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 182 | [STAGE MONEY] Collection of Imitation Bills, Stage Money, and Related Magic Ephemera. Primarily English and American, |
1910s -- 2000s. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | ||
| 183 | [TABLE TIPPING] Punch's Magnetic Table Moving, Grin-Producing, Side-Splitting Sheet of Fun. |
(London | ca.1850 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 184 | TALMA (Mary Ann Ford, 1868 - 1944) | Three Souvenir Portrait Postcards. |
ca1920 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 185 | THIODON, Jean Francois (d. 1862) | Mechanical & Picturesque Theatre of Arts. |
Hull | 1819 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 186 | [VENTRILOQUISM] Three Early English Ventriloquists' Broadsides. Neat letterpress bills including: Mr. Flemmington ... The First Ventriloquist of the Day |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |||
| 187 | VERNON, Dai (David W. Verner, 1894 -- 1992) | TLS to Graham Adams Regarding the Twenty Dollar Manuscript. |
1933 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 188 | VONETTA (Etta Paul, 1878 - 1964) | Group of Vonetta Postcards and Photographs. |
early 1900s | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 189 | [WAX EXHIBITION]. Springthorpe's Splendid Collection of Wax-Work. |
Hull | n.d. 1860s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 190 | [WITCH] Mother Damnable of Kentish Town. |
[London] | 1793 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 191 | WORTHINGTON, Thomas Chew (1882 -- 1953) | Inscribed and Signed Portrait. |
[Baltimore, | 1954 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
| 192 | YOUNG, Wellington. | New Great National Standard Theatre / The Great Wizard, Wellington Young. |
Shoreditch, | 1855 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Unknown |
| 247 | Al Smith (b. 1947) | Abacus. V1 N1 - V10 N12 |
2002 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 248 | Group of Abbott's Magic Novelty Co. Catalogues and Ephemera. Colon, Michigan. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |||
| 249 | ALEXANDER, Professor Max. | The Parlour Magician. A Handy book for the Amateur Conjurer. |
London | 1876 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 250 | Aphelion. Thomas A. Sawyer. Bimonthly. V1 N1 (Mar. 1992) -- N14 (Mar. 1995) |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |||
| 251 | ARNOLD, Dean C. | The Fairground Soo: A Brief Biography of Alfred John Peters |
[Pasadena] | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 252 | BAKER, Ernest Edward. | A True and Most Dreadfull Discourse of a Woman Possessed With the Devil, at Dichet, in Sommersetshire. |
Weston-Super-Mare | 1886 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 253 | BARNELLO, E. (Edward Barnwell, 1857 -- 1910) | Tricks or Book of Wonders. |
[Illinois, | ca1900 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 254 | BARNUM, Phineas Taylor (1810 -- 1891) | Struggles and Triumphs, or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum. |
London | 1869 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 255 | BECKMANN, John (trans. William Johnston) | A History of Inventions and Discoveries. |
London | 1797 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 256 | BODIE, Walford (1869 -- 1939) | Harley the Hypnotist. |
London | ca.1910 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
