Potter and Potter Auctions: Winter Magic Auction Featuring the Collection of Max Maven, 1196, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 14, 2024 - December 14, 2024
Page Size: 361 items in 15 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52 BURGER, Eugene (1939 -- 2017)

Collection of Signed First Editions and Notes.

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,440.00
53 BURGER, Eugene and Jeff McBride.

Mystery School.

Seattle 2003 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,560.00
54 BURGER, Eugene (1939 -- 2017)

Teaching Magic A Book for Students and Teachers of the Art.

Memphis 2017 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,140.00
55 BURGER, Eugene (1939 -- 2017)

Four volumes by Burger, one inscribed to Max Maven. Including Strange Ceremonies.

1991 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 300.00
56 BURGER, Eugene (1939 -- 2017)

Group of books, ephemera, and memorabilia owned by Max Maven.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 960.00
57 HASS, Lawrence and Eugene Burger (1939 -- 2017)

Five volumes, all signed or presented to Max Maven. Including: Gift Magic.

2010 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
58

[CARD MAGIC]. A magician's library of approximately 90 books on card magic.

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,320.00
59 CARNEY, John (b. 1958)

The Book of Secrets.

[Los Angeles 2002 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 390.00
60 CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950)

Carter the Great.

[Pasadena 1995 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
61 CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950) and Bill Miesel (1935 - 2012)

Kellar's Wonders.

[Pasadena 2003 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
62 CAVENEY, Mike (b. 1950) and William Rauscher (b. 1932)

Servais Le Roy.

[Pasadena 1999 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
63 CERVON, Bruce (1941 -- 2007)

Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks. Vols. 1--5.

Tahoma 2007/09. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,320.00
64 CHARVET, David and John Pomeroy.

Alexander: The Man Who Knows.

[Pasadena 2004 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
65 CHRISTIAN, Magic (trans. Lori Pieper)

Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Non Plus Ultra.

Seattle 2013 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 780.00
66

[CIRCUS & SIDESHOW]. Group of 27 books.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 300.00
67 CLARKE, Sidney W. (1864 -- 1940)

The Annals of Conjuring.

Seattle 2001 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
68 COPPERFIELD, David, Richard Wiseman, and David Britland.

David Copperfield's History of Magic.

New York 2021 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 450.00
69 The Crimp. Jerry Sadowitz. N1 (1992) -- N41 (n.d.)

Thirty-five issues,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,160.00
70 CULLITON, Patrick (b. 1944)

Houdini---The Key.

Los Angeles 2010 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 660.00
71 DANIEL, Noel (ed.), with Mike Caveney, Ricky Jay, and Jim Steinmeyer.

Magic: 1400s -- 1950s.

Los Angeles 2009 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
72 The Dragon. Vernon Lux. V1 N1 (Sept. 1932) -- V15 N2 (Sept. 1946)

Complete file of the journal of the ISJM (Internationl Society of Junior Magicians)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 570.00
74

[ESCORIAL] Jornadas Cartomagicas De El Escorial.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 840.00
75 EVANS, Henry Ridgley (1861 -- 1949)

Group of 3 magic books. Including: History of Conjuring and Magic.

Kenton 1928 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
76 EVANS, Henry Ridgley (1861 -- 1949)

History of Conjuring and Magic.

Kenton, OH 1930 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
77 FECHNER, Christian.

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

Boulogne 2002 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 300.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD
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