The rare Houdini poster for a Saturday matinee show at the Southampton Hippodrome, sold by Potter & Potter at $15,000 (£11,540).
One of the more successful acts in a recent American magic and conjuring sale involved the appearance among the literary contributions of a doubly inscribed copy of Harry Kellar’s A Magician’s Tour of 1886.
Sold at a record $14,000 (£10,770), it was part of an April 27 Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) sale in Chicago that primarily focused on the great conjuring memorabilia collection of the late Ray Goulet, a well-known magician and collector, but also included posters from the collection of Charles and Regina Reynolds, authors of 100 Years of Magic Posters.