A few examples of appraisal values for
SECRETS

• THE BOOK OF FORGOTTEN
  THE BOOK OF FORGOTTEN SECRETS.Minch, Stephen. The Book of Forgotten Secrets. Seattle: Hermetic Press, 2009. Number 2 of 500 signed and numbered first edition copies. Quarter black leather over maroon boards, gilt stamped. Ribbon page marker. 8vo. Near fine.
• PROFESSIONAL SECRETS. A LIFE IN
  PROFESSIONAL SECRETS. A LIFE IN MAGIC.Durham, Geoffrey. Professional Secrets. A Life in Magic. [London: Author], 2008. Black cloth with pictorial jacket. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Very good.
• SECRETS OF STAGE
  SECRETS OF STAGE CONJURING.Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène (trans. Professor Hoffmann [Angelo J. Lewis]). Secrets of Stage Conjuring. London: George Routledge, n.d. Publisher’s pictorial cloth. Floral endleaves. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. Two leaves advts. at rear (offers sixth edition of Modern Magic). Clean, sturdy copy, with scratch to front cover and minor shelfwear.
• (CREMER, W.H.) THE SECRET OUT;
  (CREMER, W.H.) THE SECRET OUT; OR, 1,000 TRICKS WITH CA...(Cremer, W.H.) The Secret Out; or, 1,000 Tricks With Cards. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, (n.d). Original gilt-stamped cloth, spine toned. Illustrated. 12mo. 398 + 5 leaves advts. Edges shelfworn, spine toned, else a strong copy. Bookplate to front pastedown.
• Secret Penis by Ericka Rothenberg
  Secret Penis by Ericka Rothenberg Ericka Rothenberg?(American b. 1950) 20th Century. ?Two works. ?The first acrylic on canvas with six part series signed on verso; 51 x 67 in. ?The second titled?Secret Penis Panty Hose mixed media on paper; 9.75 x 8 in. Daniel Jacobs and Derek Mason CollectionEx Rosamund Felsen Gallery
• A MOTHER'S SECRET.A Mother's
  A MOTHER'S SECRET.A Mother's Secret. Transatlantic Productions, 1918. Poster (40 x 60"). World War I silent melodrama starring Ella Hall. Linen backed. Significant areas of restoration and overpainting, including margins. B.
• SECRETAIRE ABATTANT, HAVING SLATE
  SECRETAIRE ABATTANT, HAVING SLATE TOP, INLAID AND PARQU...Secretaire Abattant, having slate top, inlaid and parquetry inlaid with rosewood and burlwood, having leather writing surface, height 54 inches, width 27 inches, depth 13 inches. Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE, HAVING GREY
  MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE, HAVING GREY MARBLE TOP OVER ONE DR...Mahogany Secretaire, having grey marble top over one drawer over drop front desk over four drawers, set on claw feet with bronze female heads, height 56 inches, case width 36 1/2 inches, top 17" x 39". Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• BOOKS: SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES
  BOOKS: SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES Manly P. Hall. The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Philosophy. The Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, Daimond Jubilee Edition, 1988, hardcover, 245 pages, b&w and color illustrations, 19"h x 12.5"w
• SECRETS OF CONJURING &
  SECRETS OF CONJURING & MAGIC.Robert-Houdin, Jean (trans. Professor Hoffmann [Angelo J. Lewis]). Secrets of Conjuring & Magic. London: George Routledge, 1878. Pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Illustrated. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. 373 + 3 leaves advts. Minor shelfwear. Nice copy.
• (CREMER, W.H.) THE SECRET OUT, OR
  (CREMER, W.H.) THE SECRET OUT, OR 1000 TRICKS WITH CARD...(Cremer, W.H.) The Secret Out, or 1000 Tricks with Cards. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1859. First Edition. Pebbled green cloth stamped in gold. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth mildly worn, binding shaken but holding, ink annotations to preliminaries and at rear. Toole Stott 191.
• Blackstones Secrets of Magic, first
  Blackstones Secrets of Magic, first edition, 1929, AL Burt Company Publishers 114-120 East 23rd St., New York, hardcover with dust jacket, some tears and losses.
• FRENCH PROVINCIAL SECRETARY
  FRENCH PROVINCIAL SECRETARY BOOKCASEFrench Provincial two-part secretary writing desk, approx
• FULVES, KARL. SECRET SESSION. PARTS
  FULVES, KARL. SECRET SESSION. PARTS 1-3.Fulves, Karl. Secret Session. Parts 1-3. (Teaneck), 1987. Three parts, disbound and gathered in a single binder. Illustrated. 4to. Fine.
• SECRETARY - New England Two-Part
  SECRETARY - New England Two-Part Bookcase Top Secretary in figured mahogany and birdseye maple veneer having boxwood and exotic inlay triple banded the upper cabinet having twenty-four diamond shaped lights containing three adjustable shelves blind
• THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE.The
  THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE.The Secret of Madame Blanche. MGM, 1933. Three sheet (39 x 76"). Romantic melodrama starring Irene Dunne as a showgirl. Linen backed. Restoration work particularly along old fold lines, some smudging around lettering. B+.
• Ian Norbury (born
  Ian Norbury (born 1948)/Secrets/walnut carving, 47cm x 73cm/Note: Secrets shows a view through a Venetian window looking out into the night. A huddle of masked figures are planning something, watched by another figure in the background/Provenance: purchased from Betty Norbury at the White Knight Gallery, Cheltenham, 1991
• GEORGIAN RED LACQUER JAPANNED
  GEORGIAN RED LACQUER JAPANNED SECRETAIRE 18TH CENTURY Georgian Red Lacquer Japanned Secretaire 18th century, the superstructure having a hidden drawer integrated into the crest, above the fall front revealing a compartmented interior and a leather writing surface and set above three drawers adorned with lacquer decoration including animals in landscapes, 62"h x 36"w x 22"d
• NY CLASSICAL SECRETAIRE ABBATANT,
  NY CLASSICAL SECRETAIRE ABBATANT, CA. 1830. Classical New York mahogany secretaire, top with drawer with mahogany secondary, above a drop down lid with bookmatch crotch mahogany veneer, two doors below, covering interior drawer, flanked by half columns, with quality bronze mounts, on carved animal paw feet. 60.5”H x 37”W x 18”D.
• 19TH C. GRAIN PAINTED DIMINUTIVE
  19TH C. GRAIN PAINTED DIMINUTIVE SECRETARY. A fine quality New England red and yellow grain painted two part secretary. The upper section with a hidden compartment accessible through top, over a fitted deck interior concealed by a drop down lid. The base section with a two over two drawer arrangement flanked by empire elephant trunk columns. 61”H x 36.5”W x 21”D. Provenance: Backofen Estate.
• BOOK. ROYAL SECRETSBy. Stephen
  BOOK. ROYAL SECRETSBy. Stephen Barry. Hard Cover. ISBN. 0-394-54403-X Issued: c. 1985 Condition: Age related wear.
• EXCLUSIVE MAGICAL SECRETS.Goldston,
  EXCLUSIVE MAGICAL SECRETS.Goldston, Will. Exclusive Magical Secrets. London: Will Goldston Ltd., [1912]. Number 78 from the limited first edition. Publisher’s leather, subscriber “H. Woodhouse” stamped to front cover in gilt. A locked book, original brass clasp and key. Illustrated. 4to. Corners slightly bumped, minor foxing on first several pages, otherwise fine. With the publisher’s prospectus containing Professor Hoffman’s introduction.
• ENGLISH SHERATON MAHOGANY
  ENGLISH SHERATON MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE, C.1820 ENGLISH SHERATON MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE HAVING INLAID DOMED ARCH PEDIMENT, OVER 13 INDIVIDUAL GLASS PANED DOORS WITH SATINWOOD FITTED SECRETAIRE UPPER DRAWER RESTING ON SPLAY BRACKET FEET, C.1820; 94"H X 42"W X 22"D; CONDITION: LOSSES TO COCKBEADING ON DRAWER, SCRATCHES, DINGS, COMMENSURATE WITH AGE
• ENGLISH MAHOGANY SECRETARY
  ENGLISH MAHOGANY SECRETARY BOOKCASEconstructed in two sections; the upper section having a pair of hinged doors concealing two adjustable shelves; the outset lower section having a drawer with hinged front reversing to a gilt-tooled green leather writing surface and concealing an arrangement of pigeon holes and small drawers, above two drawers; 43 inches wide; 22 inches deep; 84 inches high Condition:
• Italian neoclassical secretaire ,
  Italian neoclassical secretaire , burlwood and satinwood veneers with oak secondary, elaborate inlays and japanned inset panels, hinged fallboard opening to fitted interior over single lower cabinet door opening to shelved interior, tapered square feet, Northern Italian or possibly French, late 18th/early 19th century, 62-1/2 x 36-1/2 x 17 in. Scattered veneer losses, repairs and restorations overall, breaks and repairs to legs with later braces, some distress and losses to japanning, other veneer cracks and warping, brasses probably replaced. From the Estate of the Late Harold K. Bennett, Asheville, North Carolina, purchased from the Estate of the Late William Hudson, Asheville, North Carolina. According to consignors, secretaire descended from the Roman family of New Orleans. Andre Bienvenu Roman was twice antebellum governor of Louisiana.
• THE SECRETAN COLLECTION CATALOGUE
  THE SECRETAN COLLECTION CATALOGUE VOLS 1 & 2, 1889 Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Paintings by Modern and Old Masters and of Water-Colors and Drawings Formed by Mr. E. Secretan, Charles Sedeleyer's Galleries, July 1889, First and Second Volumes, Second Edition, 1889, disbound signatures, 103 and 77 pages, engravings with tissue guards throughout, 16"h x 11.5"w
• GOLDSTON, WILL. EXCLUSIVE MAGICAL
  GOLDSTON, WILL. EXCLUSIVE MAGICAL SECRETS.Goldston, Will. Exclusive Magical Secrets. London: The Magician, (1912). Original ostrich leather, gilt-lettered, with brass lock bolted to board edges (lacking key, lock non-functional). Number 567 from the limited first edition. Pictorial endleaves. Photo-gravure frontispiece of the author under tissue. Illustrated. 4to. Upper outer spine hinge peeling, mild foxing to preliminaries.
• Secreta Monita Societatis Jesu. The
  Secreta Monita Societatis Jesu. The Secret Institutions of the Jesuits, Printed for John Walthoe, jun. 1723 - de la Rochefoucault, Duc . Maxims and Moral Reflections, New Edition, Printed for Lockyer Davis, 1781. 12mo., cont. calf. With 2 other volumes including vol 1 (ex 2) of George Sale's translation of the Koran, 1864, with signature and bookplate of (Sir) Walter Bagot, M.P. (4)
• Biedermeier Secretaire A'
  Biedermeier Secretaire A' Abattant ca. 1825-60 Fashioned from figured birch single drawer above hinged door enclosing a compartmented interior of eleven burl wood drawers and inlaid niches mirrored back (worn silvering) two door cabinet below raised on shaped bun feet.
• VOLUME "CRYPTOMENYSIS PATEFACTA: OR
  VOLUME "CRYPTOMENYSIS PATEFACTA: OR THE ART OF SECRET INFORMATION ..."VOLUME "CRYPTOMENYSIS PATEFACTA: OR THE ART OF SECRET INFORMATION ...", By John Falconer. London: Printed for Daniel Brown, at the black Swan and Bible, without Temple Bar, 1685. Octavo (approx. 6" x 9").
• BIEDERMEIER MAHOGANY 2-PART
  BIEDERMEIER MAHOGANY 2-PART SECRETAIRE A ABATTANTThe superstructure with a mirror backed rotunda with alabaster columns which rotate to reveal five small drawers and compartments resting on a base drawer and fall front opening to fitted drawers and pigeon hole compartments. Mother of Pearl Cabinet Escutcheons Dimensions: 86 H x 42 W x 20 D (BLYTH6019)() Condition: Excellent with only very minor scratches. Some patches and restoration. Interesting by illegible note pasted to the top of the superstructure.
• RENE HERBST (ATTRIB.), ART DECO
  RENE HERBST (ATTRIB.), ART DECO SECRETAIRE c. 1930, France, elm burl, birdseye maple, and gold leaf, the rectangular case with shaped panel sides, the front decorated with looping thread inlay, the hinged drop down door opening to leather lined writing surface and sectioned storage and drawers, raised on giltwood and elm plinth, ex-Sotheby's, 59"h x 32"w x 15"d
• BAKER GEORGIAN STYLE MAHOGANY
  BAKER GEORGIAN STYLE MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE in two parts the upper section having a dentil molded flat top over a pair of 13 pane glazed doors opening to shelves over a lower case with secretaire drawer with leather writing surface and fitted interior over three drawers on a molded base with bracket feet - h:85.25 w:37.50 d:18 in.
• FULVES, KARL. BOB HUMMER'S
  FULVES, KARL. BOB HUMMER'S COLLECTED SECRETS.Fulves, Karl. Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets. Teaneck, 1980. Second edition. Typed note from Fulves to Frank (Csuri) pasted on the inside cover. Spiral-bound wrappers. Illustrated. 4to. Very good.
• GOLDSTON, WILL. MORE EXCLUSIVE
  GOLDSTON, WILL. MORE EXCLUSIVE MAGICAL SECRETS.Goldston, Will. More Exclusive Magical Secrets. London: Will Goldston, (1921). Quarter leather with cloth sides lettered in black, brass hasps bolted to board edges (connecting rod and lock lacking). Floral endleaves. Illustrated. 4to. Scattered scuffing and ink splotches to covers, with clean off-white pages.
• FRENCH HENRI II STYLE OAK
  FRENCH HENRI II STYLE OAK SECRETAIRE-COMMODEFrench Henri II style oak writing desk, late 19th c., spiral column uprights, single drop-front drawer carved with oak branches, opening to inset writing surface, interior gallery with three small drawers, exterior double-door cabinet, doors carved with academic motifs including a column capital, scroll, triangular level, globe, and spyglass, molded base further raised on bun feet, small losses to carving on cabinet doors, approx 37.5"h, 46.25"w, 25"d