Potter & Potter Auctions held a 448-lot sale on Feb. 24 grossing $863,000. The sale had a 99-percent sell-through rate and beat its high estimate by over $300,000. Prices noted include the companys 20-percent buyers premium. The featured portion of the sale consisted of the collection of Edwin A. Dawes (British, 1925-2023), who was a singular figure in the world of magic and magicians, and the most prolific chronicler of conjuring history in the 20th century. A promotional poster, Adelaide Herrmann and Company. The Flight of the Favorite, realized an amazing $57,600. The bright, one-sheet stone lithographed poster published around 1905 in New York advertised a signature transposition effect of Adelaide Herrmann (British/American 1853-1932) as part of her Vaudeville magic show. According to Potter & Potters experts, this was the only known example of this poster extant. Another poster, Chung Ling Soo. Chinese Conjurer, sold for $40,800. It was printed in Ashton-Under-Lyne by Horrocks & Co. around 1910. This three-sheet, blue, white, and black lithographed poster featured a central full-length portrait of Soo (William E. Robinson, 18611918), flanked by Chinese characters and text at the top and bottom in English. This was one of only a handful of three-sheet Soo posters extant, of any design, and was the first of its kind seen or handled by Potter & Potter. Chung Ling Soos address book, a different lot in the sale, made $31,200. This personal rolodex was owned by the Marvelous Chinese Conjurer and was filled with entries in ink in his own hand, including many key contacts important to his career as an entertainer. A tome printed in London by G. Dawson in 1663, noted as the sixth edition, with many additions, featured 32 unnumbered leaves, a woodcut frontispiece, and woodcuts in the text, and sold for $36,000. The Hocus Pocus Junior. The Anatomy of Legerdemain. Or, The Art of Juggling set forth in proper Colours was one of two known examples of this exact edition and purchased by Dawes at Sothebys in 1979. Ionia. Goddess of Mystery conjurered up $26,400. This full-color half-sheet stone lithograph showed performer Ionia (Clementine DeVere, 1888-1973) beside a trunk decorated with Egyptian iconography, from which a woman appears. It was printed around 1910 in Birmingham, England. Its gratifying to bring unique pieces of history to the auction block. Some of the material in the Dawes collection has not been on the market in over 50 years, or longer, and the results for this kind of fresh-to-the-market, one-of-a-kind material speak for themselves, concluded Gabe Fajuri, president at Potter & Potter Auctions. For further information, visit www.potterauctions.com.