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    Winter Magic Sale by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Winter Magic Sale

    Start: Dec 03, 2016 11:00AM EST

    In our final sale of the year we offer the remarkable library of the late Rex Conklin, whose collection is highlighted by rare blow books, a copy of Dean’s Hocus Pocus among other antiquarian titles, and unique signed copies of books by Houdini bearing related photographs and ephemera. Prices Realized

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    Chung Ling Soo: A Gift from the Gods Clown Magician Musical Automaton The Discovery of Witchcraft Antique Pair of Palmer Handcuffs from The Houdini Collection Chung Ling Soo. Marvellous Chinese Conjurer Chung Ling Soo: The Two Mysteries. Ancient and Modern
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    The Magic Collection of David Baldwin by Potter & Potter Auctions

    The Magic Collection of David Baldwin

    Start: Oct 29, 2016 12:00PM EDT

    Our October sale features choice automata, magic memorabilia, apparatus, posters, and books from the collection of David M. Baldwin. Sale highlights include Robert-Houdin mystery clocks, Lambert-made automatons, and a large portion of the Raymond/Gibson collection of magic memorabilia and apparatus. Prices Realized

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    Robert-Houdin Triple Mystery Clock Mandarin Magician Automaton Clock Robert-Houdin Electric Pendulum Clock Robert-Houdin Mystery Clock Jack in the Box, or The Learned Judge (Okito) Clown Magician Automaton
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    Illustration Art & Vintage Posters by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Illustration Art & Vintage Posters

    Start: Sep 25, 2016 12:00PM EDT

    The second day of our summer antiques sale features posters with unusual artwork and designs advertising products, automobiles, entertainers and shows, as well as wartime propaganda posters, and original Mather Work Incentive poster artwork. Prices Realized

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    Lucifer, Treurspel Van Vondel A La Place Clichy, Jouets Etrennes Futuristic Cityscape with Rocket Ship Port Loterie National Theatre Comique! Trianon Spectable Bal Concert
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    Toys, Advertising & Coin-Op by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Toys, Advertising & Coin-Op

    Start: Sep 24, 2016 12:00PM EDT

    Our annual summer antiques sale includes a wide assortment of motorcycle and automobile toys, mechanical and still banks, vintage ray guns, board games, pinball machines, fortune telling machines and vending machines, mechanical musical instruments, advertising signs, Coca Cola-related items, and slot machines. Prices Realized

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    Five Cent Mack Cigar Vending Machine Cast Iron Carnival Shooting Gallery Automatic Hostess Juke Box 1080 Wurlitzer Juke Box Five Cent O.D. Jenning's ñBronze Chiefî Console Slot Machine Ten Cent O.D. Jenning's ñBronze Chiefî Console Slot Machine
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    Magic - Old and New - Conjuring from the 16-20th Century by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Magic - Old and New - Conjuring from the 16-20th Century

    Start: Aug 27, 2016 11:00AM EDT

    From early books on conjuring, to magnificent prints, engravings, posters, apparatus and automatons, including modern collectibles (hence the "Old & New" title), our August 27th sale includes items for every collector, beginner and advanced alike. Prices Realized

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    Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey). The Great Virgil's Okito Checker Cabinet. Louisville: Okito/Redmon, ca. 1952. ÒClub sizeÓ Checker Cabinet for the mag Clarke, Sidney W. The Annals of Conjuring. London: George Johnson, 1929. Author's Copy of the First Edition. Limited to four copies printed by the aut Vernon, Dai. Dai Vernon's Linking Rings. North Hollywood: Merv Taylor, ca. 1955. Set of ten heavy 10Ó Òorb eternalÓ chrome plated rings owned and u [Houdini, Harry] Silhouette of Harry Houdini Cut by Dai Vernon. N.p., ca. 1920. Scissor-cut profile portrait of Houdini in jacket and bowtie. Signed b Wiegleb, Johann Christian. Die Naturliche Magie. Berlin, 1789 Ð 1801. Contemporary half calf with marbled sides, spines ruled and lettered in gilt. C Houdini, Harry (Erich Weisz). Houdini Packing Case Escape Challenge. Glasgow: Crawford, 1910. Letterpress broadside on which the engineers of a Scotti
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    Three Ring Auction by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Three Ring Auction

    Start: Jul 23, 2016 11:00AM EDT

    Included in this auction will be carousel horses, sideshow banners, circus posters and lithographs, Buffalo Bill and wild west memorabilia and ephemera, Coney Island Amusement Park relics, and much more! Photographs, autographs, wagons, banners, wood carvings, signs, and other fantastic objects all go on the auction block! Prices Realized

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    C.W. Parker Patriotic Grand Jubilee Carousel Horse. Penny Arcade Fortune Teller Machine. Cleopatra. Temple of Fate! Consult the Oracle! Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. The Duel of the Cannoneers Light Battery Artillery Exercises. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Buffalo Bill's Wild West Al. G. Barnes Wild Animal Circus Wagon Gilt Carving.
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    The Golden Age of Magic Posters: Nielsen Collection Pt. 1 by Potter & Potter Auctions

    The Golden Age of Magic Posters: Nielsen Collection Pt. 1

    Start: Jun 25, 2016 11:00AM EDT

    Celebrating the "golden age" of the magic posters from 1880 - 1930 and beyond, this sale features over 400 pieces from the extensive collection of Norm Nielsen. Unique, rare, and unusual images will go on the block, along with classic and iconic designs. Prices Realized

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    Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Presents His Own Original Invention. The Greatest Sensational Mystery Ever Attempted In This or Any Other Age. Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini In The Grim Game. Thurston, Howard. Thurston. Kellar’s Successor. Invested with the Mantle of Magic. Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar’s New Wonder. Oh! Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar and his Perplexing Cabinet Mysteries. Downs, T. Nelson. T. Nelson Downs. King of Koins.
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    Two of a Kind: Gambling Memorabilia & Rare Playing Cards by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Two of a Kind: Gambling Memorabilia & Rare Playing Cards

    Start: May 21, 2016 11:00AM EDT

    This year's offering includes many special items: a wide array of vintage poker chips, truly rare books on cheating at cards, unusual holdout devices, many ivory objects, salesman's samples, slot machines, prints & graphics, folk art with a gambling theme, and much more. Prices Realized

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    Will & Finck Gambling Wheel. San Francisco, 818 Market St., ca. 1900. The only known example, original polychrome-painted, walnut wall-mounted saloon A. Dougherty Army & Navy Civil War Playing Cards. The Monitor and The Merrimac. New York Bonville, Frank. The Little Secrets. Chicago Ritter, F.R. Combined Treatise on Advantage Card Playing and Draw Poker. Author, 1905. Light green cloth, gilt stamped. Profusely illustrated with pho Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table. [Chicago] Coca-Cola Advertising Playing Cards. Chicago
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    Houdiniana & The Davenport Magic Collection by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Houdiniana & The Davenport Magic Collection

    Start: Apr 09, 2016 11:00AM EDT

    Our April 9th auction is a two-part magic extravaganza. The first section will feature choice memorabilia related to the most famous magician and escape artist the world has ever known. Prices Realized

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    Robert-Houdin Glass Column Mystery Clock. Paris, circa 1850. A transparent glass 5о dial in round br Harry Houdini Castle Lock Display Board. Being a collection of twenty-six twelfth century European c [Houdini, Harry] Archive of Correspondence To Houdini From His First Manager, Martin Beck, Drawn Fro Houdini, Harry. Massive Scrapbook Compiled by Houdini Of His Own Publicity and Press Clippings. 1900 Houdini, Harry and H.P. Lovecraft (ghostwriter). The Cancer of Superstition. Circa 1926. Collection Locked Double Slates Used by Remigius Weiss to Expose Spirit Medium Henry Slade, as Profiled by Harr

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