Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes, 1191, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 26, 2024 - October 26, 2024
Page Size: 386 items in 16 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
257

Boy's Own Conjuring Book.

New York n.d. USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
258 BRESLAW, Philip.

Breslaw's Last Legacy; or, Magical Companion.

London 1806 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
259 BROWN, J.H.

Spectropia; or Surprising Spectral Illusions Showing Ghosts Everywhere and of Any Colour.

London 1864 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
260 BUFFUM, Richard D. (1921 - 2003), et al.

Keep the Wheels Turning.

Alhambra and Azusa 1977/1992 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
261 BURKE, Seamus.

From the Earth to a Star.

Greystones, Ireland 1959 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
262 BURLINGAME, Hardin Jasper (1852 - 1915)

Herrmann the Magician.

Chicago 1897 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
263 BURLINGAME, Hardin Jasper (1852 - 1915)

History of Magic and Magicians.

Chicago 1895 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
264 CANNELL, J. C. (1899 -- 1953)

The Secrets of Houdini.

London 1932 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
265

[CARDSHARPS] Three Early Twentieth Century Booklets on Cardsharping.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
266 [CAREW, Bampfylde Moore 1690 - 1758]

The Life and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly Called the King of Beggars.

London 1789 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
267

[CATALOGS -- MAGIC] Large Collection of Vintage Magic Dealers Catalogs. Approximately 180 items.

USD 500.00 - 800.00 Unknown
268

The Cauldron. Charles Wesley Cameron. V1 N1 - V1 N10

1968 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
269 CAULFIELD, James (1764 -- 1826)

Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the End of the Reign of George II.

London 1819 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Unknown
270 CAVENDISH (pseud. Henry Jones)

Second Sight for Amateurs.

[London] 1888 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
271 CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950)

Classic Correspondence from Egyptian Hall Museum.

Pasadena 2010; 2014; 2016 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
272 CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950) and Bill Miesel (1935 - 2012)

Kellar's Wonders.

[Pasadena] 2003 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
273 CHARVET, David (b. 1961), with Julie Capriotti Mulkey (1912 - 2000)

The Great Virgil.

[Vancouver] 1991 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
274 CHARVET, David (b. 1961)

Jack Gwynne The Man, His Mind, and His Royal Family of Magic.

Brush Prairie 1986 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
275

Christmas Magic Journal. Brian McCullagh. Annual. N1 (1996) -- N15 (2010)

(1996) -- (2010) USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
276 CHRISTOPHER, Milbourne (1914 -- 1984)

Collection of Signed Milbourne Christopher Books. 18 items.

V.p. USD 200.00 - 350.00 Unknown
277 [CHUNG LING SOO] ROBINSON, W.E. (1861 - 1918)

Extraordinary Mystical Novelties.

[New York?], ca1890 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
278 [CHUNG LING SOO (1861 -- 1918), his copy]. BARBAUD, Roger.

Nouveau Manuel de Prestidigitation. Traite Complet de Tours de Cartes.

Paris 1910 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
279 CLARKE, Sidney W. (1864 -- 1940)

The Annals of Conjuring.

Seattle 2001 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Unknown
280 CLARKE, Sidney W. and BLIND, Adolphe.

The Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Deceptions.

London 1920 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
281 COCKTON, Henry (1807- 53)

The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist. Three Variant Editions.

Glasgow, London USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
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