This scrapbook relating to spiritualism, signed and annotated by Harry Houdini , is estimated at $30,000-40,000 at Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago on April 28.
It will include magicians’ apparatus, books on magic, and advertising ephemera, including items associated with some of the world’s best-known magicians.
The potential highlight comprises two scrapbooks relating to spiritualism sined and annotated by Harry Houdini – one devoted to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s belief in spiritualism. It is estimated at $30,000-40,000.
Among the 200 books associated with magic is this rare first edition of Edward Sachs’ Sleight of Hand from 1877. The 204-page book, in a cover that is ornamentally stamped in silver, gilt and black, is estimated at $1000-1500.
