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Auction Name: Magic, Books, Movie and Historical Ephemera
Auction Date: 05/03/2025 - 05/03/2025
Sale Number: #370161
Total Lots: 170
Sold Lots: 80
Lots Sold: 47.06%
Unsold Lots: 90

Total Sales (USD): 17,326.40
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 13,655.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 18,570.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 23,880.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 31,750.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 54.57%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
220	Walt Disney	The Story of Walt Disney	1957	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 5,355.00
168	Jules Verne:	Journey to the Centre of the Earth	n.d. (1874).	USD 200.00 - 250.00	USD 1,011.50
207		Rare Antique Photo Album -- Fort Drum, Fort Mills, Corregidor, and the Philippines -- Military Life, Filipino Daily Life, and 1928 Chinese Execution Photographs		USD 150.00 - 200.00	USD 714.00
144		1605 Geneva Bible,	1605	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 714.00
270		For darling Bob is my heart-throb, --And I don't care who knows!		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 595.00
221	Ernest Hemingway	In Our Time	1925	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 476.00
152	John Louis Spivak:	Georgia N*gger	1932	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 476.00
167	Mark Twain:	Life on the Mississippi,	1883	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 476.00
147		Don Quixote de la Mancha, translated from the Spanish by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra,		USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 446.25
186		Large Collection of Approximately 650 World War I Postcards, covering a wide range of historical themes.		USD 150.00 - 200.00	USD 267.75
180		A collection of 167 World War I era postcards,...		USD 150.00 - 200.00	USD 267.75
215		This historically significant lot features an original signed CDV (Carte de Visite) of Admiral John A. Dahlgren,		USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 238.00
183		Large collection of approximately 250 World War I postcards, .		USD 150.00 - 200.00	USD 238.00
163	Edward William Lane:	The Thousand and One Nights, 3-Volume Set, 1839-1841.	1839-1841	USD 250.00 - 300.00	USD 238.00
204		An extensive and diverse collection of 275 early 20th-century postcards, primarily from the World War I era.		USD 150.00 - 200.00	USD 208.25
116	Professor Hoffmann,	A set of three copies of More Magic by Professor Hoffmann,	1890 and 1893	USD 200.00 - 250.00	USD 208.25
172		Eden Versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, A Valentine with a Verdict	1899	USD 150.00 - 200.00	USD 208.25
105	Augustus Roterberg:	New Era Card Tricks, 1897 First Edition.	1897	USD 75.00 - 100.00	USD 208.25
113	Professor Hoffmann	Tricks with Cards: A Complete Manual of Card Conjuring by Professor Hoffmann	1889	USD 75.00 - 100.00	USD 178.50
276	Jacques Kapralik,	Stunning collection of 30 original 9"x12" MGM trade advertisements, each featuring vibrant artwork by Jacques Kapralik,		USD 200.00 - 250.00	USD 178.50

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