Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part III, 1200, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 15, 2025 - February 15, 2025
Page Size: 372 items in 15 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3

[ADVERTISING -- MAGICIANS]. Collection of Magicians' Promotional Materials

1880s -- 2000s. USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
4 ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74).

A Christmas Entertainment of an Unprecedented Scale

London 1855 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
5 ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74).

Magic & Mystery, by Professor Anderson The Great Wizard of the North

[London] 1855 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,560.00
6 ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74).

Far-Famed Professor!! ... Wizard of the North

Lynn ca. 1846. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 600.00
7 ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74).

Grand Final Farewell Week of The Great Wizard

Leeds 1854 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,640.00
8 ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74).

Professor Anderson Complimentary Pass and Handbill

[London] 1865 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
9 (Edwin Hargreaves, d. 1952).

SIGNOR ARVI The Great Arvi Mystery

Grimsby 1928 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
10

[AUTOGRAPHS]. Eddie Dawes' Autograph Album

1960s -- 90s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 960.00
11

[AUTOMATA]. Wonderful Talking Machine

[London] [ca. 1844]. USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,560.00
12

[AUTOMATON CHESS PLAYER]. Maelzel's Exhibition of the Ne Plus Ultra in Mechanism

[London] ca. 1819. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,280.00
13

[BAR MAGIC]. Johnny Paul's Magic Lounge Souvenir Matchbook

Wadsworth, OH 1940s. USD 50.00 - 150.00 USD 330.00
14

Blackstone Master Magician Comics V1 N1 -- V1 N3

1946 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
15 BLITZ, Antonio (1810 -- 77).

Sig. Blitz Jun. ... Five Italian Dinner Plates

Hull 1827 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 480.00
16 BODIE, Walford (1869 -- 1939).

Three Photographs of the "Bloodless Surgeon."

Circa 1910s USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 540.00
17

BODIE, Walford (1869 -- 1939)

Glasgow ca. 1915. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 480.00
18 BODIE, Walford (1869 -- 1939).

Archive of Bodie Research, Correspondence and Manuscripts

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,640.00
19

[BOOKPLATES]. Album of Over 100 Magicians' Bookplates

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,200.00
20 CANNON, Alexander (1896 -- 1963).

Archive of Alexander Cannon Ephemera, Research, and Correspondence

1930s -- 60s USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 2,880.00
22

CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1885 -- 1973)

1968 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
23 CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1885 -- 1973).

Photograph of Cardini, Inscribed and Signed

1930s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,560.00
24 (Richard Pitchford, 1885 -- 1973).

CARDINI Six Comical Photographs of Cardini and Horace Goldin

1930s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
25 CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1885 -- 1973).

Four Cardini London Theatre Programmes

1930s USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 510.00
26 (Maurius Cazeneuve, 1839 -- 1913).

CAZENEUVE Representation Extraodinare

Toulouse ca. 1896. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 450.00
27

[CHRISTMAS CARDS - MAGIC]. Huge Group of Several Hundred Signed Christmas Cards Sent to Edwin Dawes and His Wife, Amy

[V.p.] [ca. 1970s-2000s] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 570.00
28 (William E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918).

CHUNG Ling Soo A Few of Robinson's New Ideas

New York ca. 1890. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 510.00