Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce the results of its 184-lot sale held on Dec. 13. The sale had a 100 percent sell-through rate. Prices noted include the auction houses 20 percent buyers premium. The top lot was a Robert-Houdin Double Mystery Clock. Estimated at $30,000 to $50,000, it traded hands at $55,200. This double or Series 3 mystery clock was marked Robert-Houdin Paris on the dial. It featured a glass dial in a gilt bezel with a single hand at its center, all supported by a clear glass tube. The clock kept time and the hand moved despite no visible or apparent connection to the mechanism concealed in the base. Its decorative detailing included a gilt base, Roman hour markers, and floral and griffin head supports. Harry Houdinis (b. Erik Weisz, 1874-1926) A Magician Among the Spirits was estimated at $20,000 to $30,000 and delivered $38,400. This first edition, first copy of the work distributed was owned by Houdinis wife Beatrice and published in 1924 in New York by Harper & Brothers. The book was inscribed both by Harry and Beatrice with the words reflecting the deep personal bond between the pair both during their lifetimes and after his death. This book was sold with two carbon copy letters dated April 10, 1924, both written and signed by Houdinis secretary, Oscar Teale. They related to an illustration published in the book, showing the arrangement of a room in which D.D. Home purportedly floated about. It was Teale who made the original sketch for the book. Floyd Thayers (1877-1959) scrapbooks of magic and magicians sold for a strong $43,200. They were estimated at $10,000 to $20,000. This lot consisted of three scrapbooks owned and kept by Thayer, proprietor of the magic shop of the west, the famous and influential firm that supplied magic supplies of all types beginning in 1902. These books chronicled the personal relationships, professional interactions, and worldwide magic scene of Thayers time, featuring ephemera and photographs of all types gathered by Thayer and his staff. According to the auction house, this was a remarkable personal archive assembled by one of the great magic craftsmen of the 20th century, who owned and operated what was, arguably, the most influential business of its type, perhaps worldwide, for nearly half a century. One of the best archives of American magic ephemera we have offered. A Metamorphosis traveling trunk purchased from Beatrice Houdini was estimated at $1,500 to $2,500 and realized $43,200. This fully provenanced apparatus was gimmicked to withstand inspection but allowed the magician and his assistant to change places while one was outside the trunk and the other was locked inside. This transformation effect took place with great rapidity, in a manner of three or four seconds. It was a back loading model. Harry Kellars (b. Heinrich Keller, 1849-1922) Kellar. Levitation was estimated at $10,000 to $15,000 and traded hands at $33,600. This half-sheet, lined backed stone lithograph was published by the Strobridge Lith. Co. in 1894. It measured 30 by 20 inches and was illustrated with Kellars signature levitation illusion, an effect that still bears his name in the trade over a century after he presented it. What a way to end the year! Our Select Secrets sale brought the house down with astonishingly high prices, fierce competition throughout the auction, and many happy bidders at the end of the auction. All of this adds up to the truism that quality and rarity are still sought-after by informed and voracious collectors, remarked Gabe Fajuri, President of Potter & Potter Auctions. For more information, email info@potterauctions.com.