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
78 FISHER, John.

Cardini: The Suave Deceiver.

2007 USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 150.00
79 FORTE, Steve (b. 1956)

Two Books on Cheating and Advantage Play. Including: Casino Game Protection.

Las Vegas 2004 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 600.00
80

[FORTUNE TELLING]. Nine crystal gazing, mind reading, and astrology pitch books.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
81 FULVES, Karl (1939 -- 2023)

The Pallbearers Review.

Tahoma 1993 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
82 FULVES, Karl (1939 -- 2023)

Epilogue and The Chronicles.

Tahoma 1993 & 97. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
83 FULVES, Karl (1938 -- 2023)

Group of 16 booklets. Including: Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets (1980); The Magic Thrust (2001); Prototype (1989);

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 720.00
84

[GAMBLING]. Group of approximately 50 books on gambling, cheating, Las Vegas, and fraud.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 360.00
85 GAIMAN, Neil (b. 1960)

M is for Magic.

(Burton, MI 2007. One of 1000 copies in the autographed edition. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 330.00
86 GARDNER, Martin (1914 -- 2010)

Martin Gardner Presents.

[Silver Spring 1993 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 900.00
87 GOLDSTEIN, Phil (1950 -- 2020)

Collection of First Editions. Eleven works, including: Verbal Control (n.d.), Goldstein's Gallery (1979), A Phil Goldstein 'Twofer' Quasimodo / A Fine Mesh (1981),

Majorminor (1983, Classic Tackler (1976, Masque (1980, ESP Dice Mysteries (n.d., Thunday (1982, Thabbatical (1994, Redivider (2002, and The Very Best of Phil Goldstein (1987; French USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,560.00
88 GOLDSTEIN, Phil (1950 -- 2020)

Focus.

Seattle 1990 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 420.00
89 GOLDSTEIN, Phil and Richard Kaufman.

The New Magic of Japan 1988.

[New York 1988 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
90 GOLDSTEIN, Phil (1950 -- 2020)

A Phil Goldstein Collection.

Tokyo 1989 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 780.00
91 GRANT, U.F.

Group of U.F. Grant publications.

Circa 1930s-50s. USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 720.00
92 GRAVATT, Glenn (compiler)

Thayer Quality Magic.

Oakland ca.1978-81. USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 210.00
93 GRAVATT, Glenn and Dr. Wilhelm Von Deusen.

The Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks / The Second Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks.

1936 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
94

[MAGIC]. Group of 16 antiquarian volumes. Including: SACHS, Edwin. Sleight of Hand.

London 1899 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,560.00
95

[MAGIC]. Group of over 35 vintage titles.

London [1917] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
96

[MATHEMATICAL RECREATIONS & PUZZLES]. Group of approximately 75 books on puzzles, games, and mathematics.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,140.00
97 MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)

Max Maven's Book of Fortunetelling.

New York 1992 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
98 MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)

The Color Series of Mentalism.

[Boston 1977 -- 1980. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 330.00
99 MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)

Prism. The Color Series of Mentalism.

Seattle 2005 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
100 MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)

The Black Book of Mentalism.

[Los Angeles? 2015 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 720.00
101 MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)

The Protocols of the Elders of Magic.

Seattle 2005 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 5,280.00
102 MAVEN, Max (1950 -- 2022)

The Protocols of the Elders of Magic.

Seattle 2005 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,320.00
  • 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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