Pure escapism: gambling and Houdini in Chicago auction
A ‘gambling’ sale held on May 5-6 by Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) produced what may be a record bid of $8500 (£6590) on a 1902 first of SW Erdnase’s The Expert at the Card Table.
From the library of Graham Adams, a magician and himself a writer on card manipulation, it was lot…