Potter and Potter Auctions: Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia, 22204, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 18, 2026 - April 18, 2026
Page Size: 262 items in 11 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
295 Harry Blackstone (Henry Boughton, 1885 -1965); Inez Blackstone

Collection of Blackstone Autographs and Ephemera

1920s - 60s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 399.75
296 Lusha Nelson (1900 - 38)

Portrait of Cardini by Lusha Nelson

1930s USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,182.00
297 Cardini (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973)

Four Pieces of Cardini Ephemera

1940s - 90s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 246.00
298 Cardini (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973)

Two Signed Cardini Christmas Cards

1930s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 522.75
299 Cardini (Richard Pitchford, 1895 - 1973)

Cardini Portrait Inscribed to Silent Mora

Louisville c. 1927 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,230.00
300

Oversize Portrait of Dai Vernon Fanning Cards

c. 1948 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 430.50
301 Robert K. Weill

Scrapbook commemorating Dai Vernon's 1976 Grand Island lecture

1976 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,845.00
302

Oversize Portrait of Dai Vernon and Chester Morris

c. 1948 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 338.25
303 Richiardi; Faucet Ross; Glen Pope; George Jason; Les Levante

Photographs from the Collection of Dai Vernon

1920s – 80s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 399.75
304 Dai Vernon (1894 - 1992)

Dai Vernon Signed Portrait

1976 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 615.00
305 Joseffy (Joseph Freud, 1873 - 1946); Hal Phyfe

Large Signed Portrait of Joseffy and Balsamo

New York c. 1935 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 7,995.00
306 Hamid Bey (1897 - 1976)

Signed Photograph of Hamid Bey

1920s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 338.25
307 Jay Ose

Jay Ose Business Card and Photograph

1960s - 70s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 153.75
308

Some of the Conjuring Lights. Living & Deceased.

New York 1898 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 492.00
309 Maurice Raymond (1877 - 1948)

Two Maurice Raymond Oversize Portraits

Fall River, MA 1910s USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 461.25
310 Maurice Raymond (1877 - 1948)

Two Photographs of Raymond and his Illusion Show

Chicago c. 1915 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,168.50
311 Harlan Tarbell (1890 - 1960)

Harlan Tarbell Portrait, Signed

New York 1950s USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 276.75
312 Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936)

Congratulatory Letter Signed by Howard Thurston

Detroit April 9, 1924 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 338.25
313 Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936)

Thurston TLS to Magician Will Lindhorst

March 6, 1923 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 338.25
314 J.F. Burke; Howard Thurston (1869 - 1936)

Howard Thurston Company Correspondence

Lexington Kentucky Jan. 17, 1924; Nov. 27, 1924 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 2,706.00
315 Fred Fredericks

Mandrake the Magician Sketches and Comics

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 399.75
316 Vonetta (Etta Paul, 1878 - 1964); De Vega; Woodhouse Pitman

Collection of Vonetta Ephemera

1900s - 30s USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 799.50
317 Channing Pollock (1926 - 2006)

Group of Channing Pollock Photos and Ephemera

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 123.00
318 Danny Dew (1906 – 96)

Group of Danny Dew Ephemera

1930s – 60s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 123.00
319 Kalanag (Helmut Schreiber, 1903 - 63)

Large Collection of Kalanag Ephemera and Programs

1930s - 50s USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,476.00