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Potter & Potter Auctions
5001 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
United States
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Skaters, Punks & Rebels: A Countercultural Cross-Section
This sale includes a cross-section of relics of rebels in music, art, and literature. Highlights include an archive of early skateboarding memorabilia and trophies, Raymond Pettibon fliers, guitars, and material from the collection of Howie Pyro. Also crossing the block will be assorted memorabilia from New York's punk rock headquarters, CBGB. Hey-ho, let's go!
Start: Thu, Aug 20, 11:00AM EDT
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Step Right Up: Circus and Sideshow Memorabilia
Featuring the collection of lifelong circus collector John Diesso, this auction includes heralds, couriers, and posters advertising the "greatest shows" of yesteryear. Photographs, route books, scrapbooks, and circus costumes will be also be offered, spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. PURCHASE CATALOG
Start: Thu, Sep 3, 11:00AM EDT
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Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Paper Treasures
Potter and Potter Auctions is honored to offer an incredible group of books, autographs, magazines, newspapers and other treasures in this exceptional premium sale. Many items represent unique, once-in-a-lifetime collecting opportunities for collectors. PURCHASE CATALOG
Start: Thu, Sep 10, 11:00AM EDT
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Weird Tales! UFOs, Curiosities and Tattoos
Join us for Weird Tales! Explore rarities of tattooing, enter a crypt of the odd and curious, and prepare to believe that life exists beyond our world. Featuring narrative art of UFO abductions by David Huggins, rarified tattoo flash and memorabilia, and curios across several categories, Weird Tales! is one of Potter & Potter’s most eclectic auctions to date. (And that's saying something.)
Start: Thu, Oct 1, 11:00AM EDT
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Houdini Returns: The Centennial Auction
Marking 100 years since the death of Harry Houdini, Potter & Potter will present a landmark sale of Houdini memorabilia on October 31, 2026 at the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. The sale brings to the public for the very first time 100 historic items from the collection of Kevin Connolly, many of which were personally owned by Houdini.
Start: Sat, Oct 31, 04:00PM EDT
Start: Sat, Oct 31, 04:00PM EDTOct 3104:00PM EDTStart: Sat, Oct 31, 04:00PM EDT
![[POSTERS]. [BLACK PANTHERS]. Carl Lives! Carl Hampton Was a Revolutionary... [N.p., ca. 1970].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3778/37783875.jpeg?t=1WFjZv)
![[ORIGINAL BOOK ARTWORK]. [MALVERN, Corinne (1901-1956), illustrator]. Frosty the Snow Man [New York: The Golden Press, ca. 1950].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3796/37966014.jpeg?t=1WJEkk)
![[ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS]. [WILSON, William Griffith "Bill" (1895-1971)]. Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3745/37456794.jpeg?t=1WxkES)
![[WOMEN'S RIGHTS]. WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (1759-1797). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. London: J.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3796/37966000.jpeg?t=1WJEkj)
![HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Three Stories & Ten Poems. [Paris: Contact Publishing Co., 1923].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3796/37966011.jpeg?t=1WJEkj)
![CARROLL, Lewis (pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898)). Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. London: Macmillan and Co., 188](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3796/37966032.jpeg?t=1WJEkk)
![[TATTOO]. Don Nolan Hand-Colored Original Art Flash Sheet. American, 1980 .](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3832/38329904.jpeg?t=1WSpU6)
Featured Lots
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![[ORIGINAL BOOK ARTWORK]. [MALVERN, Corinne (1901-1956), illustrator]. Frosty the Snow Man [New York: The Golden Press, ca. 1950].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/l/3796/37966014.jpeg?t=1WJEkk)
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$20,000 - $30,000 -
![[ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS]. [WILSON, William Griffith "Bill" (1895-1971)]. Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/l/3745/37456794.jpeg?t=1WxkES)
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$15,000 - $25,000 -
![[WOMEN'S RIGHTS]. WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (1759-1797). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. London: J.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/l/3796/37966000.jpeg?t=1WJEkj)
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$12,000 - $15,000 -
![HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Three Stories & Ten Poems. [Paris: Contact Publishing Co., 1923].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/l/3796/37966011.jpeg?t=1WJEkj)
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$10,000 - $20,000 -
![CARROLL, Lewis (pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898)). Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. London: Macmillan and Co., 188](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/l/3796/37966032.jpeg?t=1WJEkk)
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$6,000 - $8,000 -
![[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. BROOKS, Gwendolyn (1917-2000). A Street in Bronzeville. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1945.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/l/3796/37966007.jpeg?t=1WJEkj)
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$2,000 - $3,000 -
![[ORIGINAL ETCHINGS]. [MOSER, Barry (b. 1940), illustrator]. The Death of the Narcissus. Eleven Botanico-Erotic Etchings by Barry Moser. [Easthampton,](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/l/3796/37966025.jpeg?t=1WJEkk)
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$2,000 - $3,000 -
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$2,000 - $3,000 -
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$1,500 - $2,500 -
![[JESUIT MISSIONARIES]. [DU JARRIC, P. Pierre (1566-1617)]. Thesaurus Rerum Indicarum... Coloniae Agrippinae: Petri Henningius, 1615.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/l/3796/37966005.jpeg?t=1WJEkj)
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$1,200 - $1,500 -
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$1,000 - $1,500 -
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$800 - $1,200
Recently Sold Lots
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