Daley as his private notebook of magic techniques, sleights, and routines. This tome was owned, used, and kept by Dr. Jacob Daley’s sleight-of-hand notebook from 1936 onward, was estimated at $2,500-5,000 and sold for $10,800. This publication is universally regarded as one of the best records of conjuring in the twentieth century. The set, with provenance to magic columnist John Henry Grossman, was bound in 22 matching maroon buckram volumes. Discovered in 2014, it was signed on the inside cover and written in his own hand. Lot #1, a diary kept by Claude Alexander Conlin during his travels to the Alaskan goldfields in 1898, was estimated at $3,000-6,000 and traded hands at $22,800.in 1908 and was inscribed to friend and colleague Chung Ling Soo, To Chung Ling Soo / with best wishes / and compliments / of the author / Harry Houdini / Dec / 1908. It was published in New York by The Publishers Printing Co. Lot #52, a first edition copy of Harry Houdini's The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, was estimated at $4,000-8,000 and finally landed at $26,400 - a new world's record for a signed Houdini book.Important magic-related books and manuscripts took many of the top slots in this sale, with several lots generating astonishing results. Prices noted include the company's 20% buyer's premium. After the hammer fell for the last time, 39 lots realized between $1,000-2,499 46 lots made between $2,500-9,999 and 16 lots broke the five figure mark. Chicago - Potter and Potter's first magic sale of 2021 surpassed all metrics by leaps and bounds, with 100% sell through, a new world's record, and receipts totaling nearly $200,000 OVER the auction's high presale estimate.

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