Auction details
MAGIC: Marketplace Auction
8:00 AM PT - Jan 18th, 2009
offered by
Potter & Potter Auctions
Chicago, IL 60640

Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
20%
Bid Increments
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January 17th, 2009 11 am - 6 pm
290 Items
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| 1 |
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[Apparatus] Aladdin's Candles. Petrie & Lewis Mfg. Co., ca. 1929. Four faux candles made of wo... |
50 - 100 |
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| 2 |
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Albo, Robert. Further Classic Magic with Apparatus, Volume IV. N.p., 1982. One of a limited edition of 700 copies. I... |
75 - 150 |
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| 3 |
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[Poster] Ask Alexander |
200 - 300 |
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| 4 |
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[Poster] Alexander. Alexander the Man Who Knows. [Bombay, Av Yaga, c. 1915]. One-sheet (28 x 40") color lithogra... |
100 - 200 |
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| 5 |
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Andrus Deals You In |
75 - 150 |
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| 6 |
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Annemann, Theodore. Group of four pieces of ephemera. Including one early ALS to John Braun; a typed letter to Stuart... |
100 - 200 |
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| 7 |
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Outstanding collection of autographs from magic's go |
400 - 600 |
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| 8 |
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The Secrets of Mahatma Land Explained |
50 - 100 |
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| 9 |
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[Catalog] Theo Bamberg Co. |
40 - 80 |
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| 10 |
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Beaufort, Douglas. Nothing Up My Sleeve! |
40 - 80 |
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| 11 |
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Billiard Ball Stand |
250 - 350 |
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| 12 |
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Birch the Famous Magician and his Company of Entert |
40 - 80 |
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| 13 |
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Spiritualism & Its Professors On Trial |
100 - 200 |
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| 14 |
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Blackstone Sr., Harry. Group of 27 pieces of epheme |
200 - 400 |
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| 15 |
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Group of seven theatre and souvenir programs, two s |
150 - 250 |
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| 16 |
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Lot of 12 photographs, two signed and inscribed |
200 - 400 |
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| 17 |
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The World's Greatest Magician. Blackstone. Crowned |
400 - 600 |
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| 18 |
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Harry Blackstone, Sr.'s Afghan Bands |
200 - 300 |
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| 19 |
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Harry Blackstone, Sr.'s Sand Canisters |
2,500 - 3,500 |
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| 20 |
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[Window Card] Blackstone, Harry. Blackstone. Three-color large format (22" x 28") window ... |
150 - 250 |
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| 21 |
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Over 60 Thayer Master Blueprints |
100 - 200 |
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| 22 |
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Accumulation of 11 magic titles |
40 - 80 |
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| 23 |
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[Magic Set] Box of Tricks. Maker unknown (German), ca. 1925. 13 ½ x 10 ½" boxed magic set ... |
150 - 250 |
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| 24 |
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Letters on Natural Magic |
50 - 100 |
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| 25 |
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The Mind & Magic of David Berglas |
300 - 400 |
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| 26 |
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Brush, Edwin. Group of 11 pieces of ephemera |
40 - 80 |
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| 27 |
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Herrmann the Great, two different editions |
75 - 150 |
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| 28 |
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Tricks in Magic, Vols. 1-3 |
40 - 80 |
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| 29 |
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Karlyn, Magician, Artiste and Author |
40 - 80 |
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| 30 |
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Jumbo Card Box |
150 - 250 |
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| 31 |
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Ultra Card Box |
50 - 150 |
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| 32 |
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Card Duckling |
50 - 100 |
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| 33 |
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Card in Balloon |
40 - 80 |
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| 34 |
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Card in Candle |
150 - 300 |
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| 35 |
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A collection of 40 vintage packet card tricks |
50 - 100 |
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| 36 |
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Carrington Le Formidable Magicien Presente Le Spect |
300 - 500 |
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| 37 |
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Carter, Charles J. Handsome ½ length portrait photo |
150 - 300 |
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| 38 |
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Carter the Great "Cheating the Gallows." |
200 - 300 |
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| 39 |
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Carter the Great "Vanishing Elephant." |
200 - 300 |
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| 40 |
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Carter the Great "Shooting a Marked Bullet." |
200 - 300 |
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| 41 |
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Carter the Great "The Spirit Cabinet, Do the Dead M |
200 - 300 |
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| 42 |
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Carter The Great. |
500 - 750 |
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| 43 |
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Over 1,000 original pen and ink illustrations commi |
1,500 - 3,000 |
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| 44 |
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Change Bag |
100 - 200 |
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| 45 |
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Chinese Sticks manufactured by "Silent" Mora |
300 - 400 |
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| 46 |
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Real photo postcard of Ching Ling Foo and Nicola |
50 - 150 |
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| 47 |
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Slicker Coin Tray |
50 - 100 |
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| 48 |
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A collection of 25 vintage coin tricks, including U |
200 - 300 |
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| 49 |
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Coin Wand |
75 - 150 |
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| 50 |
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Two sought-after titles regarding Cold Reading |
40 - 80 |



















































