Potter and Potter Auctions: Micro Magic and More, 1009, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 25, 2025 - January 25, 2025
Page Size: 147 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
218 FELTON, King (ca. 1886 -- 1959).

Portrait of Felton with magic props.

N.p. ca. 1910s-20s. USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 72.00
220 [HOUDINI, Harry].

The New Penny Magazine. No. 120, Vol. X.

[1901]. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 180.00
221 [HOUDINI, Harry].

Conjurers Monthly Magazine Subscription Mailer.

Ca. 1906. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 108.00
222 [HOUDINI, Harry].

[SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MAGICIANS]. Group of Harry Houdini Ephemera.

1910s-70s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 180.00
223 HOUDINI, Beatrice (1876 - 1943).

Signed Beatrice Houdini Photograph.

1936 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
224 HARDEEN, Theo (Theodore Weisz).

Postcard of Hardeen.

[England] 1927 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
225

Herb Zarrow's Business Card Collection.

Ca. mid 20th century. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
226

Genii Magazine 75th Anniversary Binder.

2012 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
227 GOLDIN, Horace (Hyman Elias Goldstein, 1873 - 1939).

Horace Goldin Signed Typed Letter Display.

1938 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
228 GOLDIN, Horace (Human Elias Goldstein, 1873 - 1939).

Mysterious Tricks and The New Penny Magazine. Signed

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
229 GWYNNE, Jack (1895 - 1969).

Jack Gwynne Signed Photograph Display.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 180.00
230

Lot of magician photos, programs, and ephemera, many signed.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
231 LEPAUL, Paul (Paul Braden, 1900 - 1958).

Portrait of Paul LePaul.

Detroit ca. 1927. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
232 [MAGIC HISTORY].

Group of Los Angeles Conference on Magic History programs, poster, and other ephemera.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 150.00
233 [MASKELYNE AND DEVANT].

Autographs of The Maskelynes and David Devant.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 510.00
234 MORA, Silent (Louis McCord, 1884 - 1972).

Signed Ephemera Display.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
235 DOWNS, T. Nelson (1867 - 1938).

Signed Handwritten Letter.

1934 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
236 DOWNS, T. Nelson (1867 - 1938).

Three Signed Photographs.

Oswego ca. 1920s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
237 [MAGIC EPHEMERA - PROGRAMS].

More Than 40 Magic Society Programs.

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
238 BREZIN, Fred.

Autograph letter signed.

London 1938 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
239

Maskelyne & Cooke's Mysteries. The Artist's Dream.

[England ca. 1890s]. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
240 [SIEGFRIED & ROY].

[SIEGFRIED & ROY]. Signed and Inscribed Photograph.

Ca. 1981. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 180.00
241

Suee Seen and Chung Ling Soo Postcard.

1900s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 960.00
242 THURSTON, Howard (1869 - 1936).

Typed Letter Signed by Howard Thurston Display. Dated February 7, 1932 and addressed to Morton W. Elliott.

1932 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
243 THURSTON, Howard (1869 - 1936).

Howard Thurston Signed Display.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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