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Press Releases
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Just Collecting
Hugh Hefner’s high school letters to auction in Chicago
An unseen archive of letters revealing the early life of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is heading for auction in Chicago this month.
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Rare Book Hub
July 28: Fine Books & Manuscripts at Potter & Potter Auctions
This month, Chicago-based Potter & Potter Auctions is hosting a July 28th sale of Fine Books & Manuscripts comprising 619 lots of diverse material.
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The Hot Bid
RECORD! Potter & Potter Sold Cardini’s Stage-worn Tux for $72,000
What you see: A tuxedo outfit worn on stage by Cardini, including spats, bow tie, vest, white dress shirt, pocket handkerchief, fake flower, and top hat.
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Press Releases
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Auction Central News
Value of early magic collectibles is no illusion
NEW YORK — From Cardini and the Great Blackstone to David Blaine and Criss Angel, skilled magicians and illusionists have dazzled audiences for more than a century,
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Fine Books and Collections
Potter & Potter Auctions' July 28 Sale to Feature a Collection of Hugh Hefner Letters, Artwork & Ephemera
Potter & Potter Auctions is excited to present this extraordinary archive as part of the company's 619 lot Fine Books and Manuscripts
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Journal of Antiques and Collectibles
Gavels ‘n’ Paddles: Harry Houdini scrapbook, $66,000, Potter & Potter
A mostly 1922-1925-era, two-volume spiritualism scrapbook signed, kept and annotated by Harry Houdini sold for $66,000
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GeniiOnline
Mystery Clocks outdone by Robots & Eggs
Last month I reported on a then upcoming auction of a sizeable chunk of the late David M. Baldwin's magic curio collection. Baldwin's collection of unique mystery clocks
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Fine Books & Collections
Results of Potter & Potter's Auction Featuring the David Baldwin Magic Collection
Potter & Potter's recent magic sale offered collectors a phenomenal selection of automatons, apparatus, ephemera, Houdiniana, broadsides, and mystery clocks, many from the David Baldwin Magic Collection
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Wild About Harry
Early Houdini playbill produces $2880 at auction
An 1896 playbill clipping for the Marco Magic Company in Halifax, Nova Scotia, sold today at Potter & Potter's The Magic Collection of David Baldwin II auction for $2880
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iTricks Magic News
Magic Bulletin
Finally, if you need to add to your own magic history collection, do not forget the second part of the David Baldwin magic collection
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The Magic Café
David Baldwin's Collection
Looking to find a rare book, poster, prop or autograph? Now is your chance! My pal Gabe Fajuri over at Potter & Potter Auctions has got an auction which begins tomorrow
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DanyTrick
PROCHAINE VENTE POTTER & POTTER
C’est encore une fois une vente prestigieuse qui se déroulera à Chicago le 16 juin prochain chez Potter & Potter, mise sur pied par toute son équipe et l’éminent historien de la magie qu’est Sami Fajuri, ce sont surtout les appareils anciens accumulés au fil des années dans l’extraordinaire collection de David Baldwin qui dominent.
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