[Parlor Magic] Two Antiquarian German Books on Card and Parlor Magic. Germany, mid to late nineteenth century. Including Der Gewandte Zauber-Kunstler (ca. 1860), striking color lithographic pictorial wraps (small portion of bottom front corner restored); and Der Zauber-Kunstler (ca. 1890), color pictorial wraps with light spotting and some chipping. Illustrated. 8vos. Good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
[Miscellaneous – Antiquarian] Four antiquarian volumes on parlor magic and conjuring. Including The Parlor Magician (New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1863), orange pictorial boards over Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
Evans, Henry Ridgely. Lot of Two Antiquarian Magic Books. Including Spirit World Unmasked (Chicago, 1897) and Magic and Its Professors (London, 1902). The first volume Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
[Parlor Magic] Collection of Parlor Magic props. Various makers, and including a giant comedy funnel (ca. 1920), Flying Fish, No-Feke Card Frame (Viking, with original Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
[Miscellaneous – Parlor Magic] Three nineteenth century volumes on parlor magic and amusements. Including The Parlor Magician (New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1868); The Fireside Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-05-31
[Miscellaneous – Victorian] Group of five volumes on parlor magic, amusements, witchcraft. Including Evening Amusements (ca. 1890) by Planche (illustrated by Cruikshank and others); Parlor Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
[Stage Magic] Group of vintage stage and parlor magic tricks. Including a handsome Genii Tube, two side tables, Merv Taylor Candlite (vanishing candle), Nest of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-07-27
Exposure of Second Sight Mystery, Parlor Magic and Tricks with Cards. New York: New York Popular Publishing Co., 1883. Lovely hand-colored pictorial wrappers. Illustrated. 12mo. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
[Blow Books] Group of Five Magic Blow Books. German and English, ca. 1880s. Pictorial wrappers. Three containing identical contents but with different wrappers; of these, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-05-31
Vintage Magic Production Skull. German or American, Conradi or Thayer [?], ca. 1920s. Hand-crafted rigid papier-mch model with painted teeth. Two tiny holes drilled at Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05
[Miscellaneous – Booklets] Collection of two-dozen vintage conjuring booklets by Leat, Willane, Burlingame and others. Including Willane’s Methods for Miracles series, N1 – N14 (lacking Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
