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Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
June 18 & 19
Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First EditionsDominic Winter, June 18-19: World. Van Geelkercken (N.), Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis..., circa 1618. £4,000-6,000.Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Moll (Herman). A New Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain..., circa 1715. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 5 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1923-31. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter Auctioneers
June 18 & 19
Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First EditionsDominic Winter, June 18-19: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860. £1,500-2,000.Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, 6 volumes in 3, 1st quarto ed, 1855-56. £1,500-2,000.Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de, 1900-1944). Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1942. £10,000-15,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
June 18 & 19
Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First EditionsDominic Winter, June 18-19: Austen (Jane, 1775-1817). Signature, cut from a letter, no date. £7,000-10,000Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, with wraparound band, 1932. £4,000-6,000Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937. £3,000-5,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
June 18 & 19
Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First EditionsDominic Winter, June 18-19: Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Princess by the Sea (from Irish Fairy Tales), circa 1920. £4,000-6,000Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Kelmscott Press. The Story of the Glittering Plain, Walter Crane's copy, 1894. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, June 18-19: King (Jessie Marion, 1875-1949). The Summer House, watercolour. £4,000-6,000 -
Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde. -
Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
Potter and Potter Auctions: Houdiniana and Magic Memorabilia, 1205, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 24, 2025 - April 24, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859--1930) | Pheneas Speaks: Direct Spirit Communications in the Family Circle. |
London | 1927 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 42 | [MARGERY THE MEDIUM] Four ASPR Journals Related to the Margery Mediumship. Including the March and June -- August 1925 issues of this periodical, each containing lengthy discussions of the "witch of Lime Street" and the seances she conducted, which were e |
1925 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 | ||
| 43 | [MARGERY THE MEDIUM] The Margery Mediumship. |
Boston?, | 1932 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 44 | CULLITON, Patrick (b. 1944) | Houdini---The Key. |
Los Angeles | 2010 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 45 | KALUSH, William and SLOMAN, Larry. | The Secret Life of Houdini Laid Bare. |
New York and Pasadena, | 2007 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 46 | DUNNINGER, Joseph (1892 -- 1975) | Houdini's Spirit Exposes and Dunninger's Psychical Investigations. |
New York | 1928 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 47 | GOLDSTON, Will (1878 -- 1948) | Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. |
London | 1929 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 48 | SHERIDAN, C. Mac. | The Stag Cook Book. Written for Men by Men. |
New York | 1922 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 49 | WRESCH, Dick. | The Great Houdini Handcuffs and Leg Irons. |
N.P. | 1961 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 50 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Life, History and Handcuff Secrets of Houdini [cover title]. Leicester: Wilsons' Printers, . |
ca.1907. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 51 | [HOUDINI] DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859 -- 1930) | Important Four-Page ALS Regarding Houdini and His Escapes. |
Circa1926. | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 18,000.00 | |
| 52 | [HOUDINI] DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859 -- 1930) | Important Archive of Houdini and Doyle Letters Regarding Spiritualism. Six ALS/ANSs from Doyle to retired Captain John Allen Bartlett, |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 | ||
| 53 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Portrait of a Youthful Houdini in Shackles and Chains. |
Dresden, . | ca.1906 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 54 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Indianapolis Opera House Challenge. |
Indiana | 1907 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 55 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Firsthand Account of a Houdini Performance. Hand dated on First Congregational Church of Oak Park, IL stationery on Nov. 25, 1906 |
1906 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 56 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Keith Theatre Program. |
Boston | 1907 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 57 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Inscribed Houdini Bridge Jump Photograph. |
Rochester, NY | 1907 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 58 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Orpheum Theatre Program. |
Los Angeles | 1907 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 59 | [AUTOGRAPHS] HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Autographs of Houdini and the Kellars. Three signatures on a single sheet (4 3/4 x 4 3/4"), including an inscription by Houdini reading, "Love laughs at Locksmiths / so does / Harry Handcuff Houdini / June 18 -- 1908," |
1908 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,160.00 | |
| 60 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Challenges the Reading Public. |
New York | 1908 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 61 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Inscription and Autograph. Written entirely in Houdini's hand, the clipped salutation reads, "Love Laughs at Locksmiths / So does / Harry Handcuff Houdini / Dec. 3-08." |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 | ||
| 62 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Mr. & Mrs. Harry Houdini RPPC Christmas Card. |
London | 1909 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 63 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Real Photo Portrait Postcard of Houdini, Signed. |
Circa1911. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,680.00 | |
| 64 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | The World Famous Harry Houdini. |
New York | 1912 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
| 65 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | Houdini Stanhope Lens Viewer. France, . |
ca.1911. | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 660.00 |
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
