Potter and Potter Auctions: Literature and Legerdemain, 22201, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 28, 2026 - February 28, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | WILKINS, John (1614-1672) | Mathematicall Magick |
London | 1648 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 77 | WITGEEST, Simon (pseudonym) | Het verbetert en vermeerdert Natuurlyk Toverboek, of't Nieuw Speel-Tooneel der Konsten... ("Improved and Expanded Magic Book... or New Theatre of Arts ") |
Amsterdam | 1725 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 78 | ALEXANDER (Claude A. Conlin, 1880 -- 1954) | Alexander. The Man Who Knows |
Circa 1920 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown | |
| 79 | BENYON, Edgar | The Great Benyon. Bam-Boo-Zalem |
[New Zealand] | ca. 1950 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 80 | BRUSH, Edwin (1873 -- 1967) | Brush the Mystic. The Hindu Basket |
Chicago | 1920s | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 81 | CARMO (Harry Cameron, 1881 - 1941) | The Great Carmo. The World's Colossus of Mystery |
Leeds and London | 1924 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 82 | CARTER, Charles (1874 -- 1936) | Carter the Great |
Chicago | ca. 1922 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 83 | CARMELLI (Auguste Coene, 1850--1919) | CHERET, Jules (1836--1932). Musee Grevin / Magie Noire |
Paris | 1887 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 84 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918) | Chung Ling Soo. The Marvelous Chinese Conjurer |
Ashton-Under-Lyne | ca. 1915 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown |
| 85 | Collinet | Le Maitre de la Sorcellerie Moderne |
Paris | ca. 1920 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 86 | DANTE (Harry Jansen, 1883 - 1955) | The Mysterious Dante. Mystery-Spectacle |
Hamburg | 1930 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Unknown |
| 87 | DOWNS, T. Nelson (1867 -- 1938) | T. Nelson Downs. The King of Koins |
[Kenton, OH] | [ca. 1928.] | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 88 | Enigm / de Max Mireldo |
France | ca. 1925 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 89 | GEORGE, Grover | George the Supreme Master of Magic |
Cleveland | ca. 1926 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 90 | GERMAIN, Karl (Charles Mattmueller 1878 -- 1959) | The Master of Magic. Germain |
Cleveland | [ca. 1908] | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 91 | CHWAST, Seymour (b. 1931) | Doug Henning / The Sensational Houdini Water Torture Cell Escape |
1974 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 92 | HENNING, Doug (1947 -- 2000) | Doug Henning's World of Magic |
ca. 1980 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 93 | HENNING, Doug (1947 -- 2000) | Mobil Showcase Presents Doug Henning's World of Magic |
1975 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 94 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926) | The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin |
[New York] | [ca. 1908] | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 95 | IONIA (Clementine De Vere, 1883 - 1973) | Ionia / L'Enchantresse |
Birmingham | ca. 1910 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 96 | IONIA (Clementine DeVere, 1888 -- 1973) | Ionia |
Birmingham | ca. 1910 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 97 | ISOLA, Emile (1860--1945) and Vincent (1862--1947) | Pierrot Aux Enfers. Par Les Freres Isola |
Paris | ca. 1893 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown |
| 98 | JAY, Ricky (1946 -- 2018) | 'Twixt Two Worlds |
[New York] | [2005] | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 99 | KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 - 1922) | Kellar in His Latest Mystery. Self Decapitation |
Cincinnati | 1898 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 100 | LEROY, Servais (Jean Henri Servais LeRoy) | Leroy's Incredibly Marvellous Effect. The Greatest Levitation Mystery Ever Shown |
Hamburg | 1912 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
