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Potter & Potter Auctions
5001 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
United States
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Art & Design
This is an auction replete with standouts. Works by Magritte, Tamayo, Paschke, Wirsum and multiple mixed media collages and prints from the celebrated Tony Fitzpatrick will cross the block. A significant work by Bill Traylor leads the Outsider Art session, alongside major works by Finster, Dial, Sparrow, and Dawson. Folk art includes a carved grotto Jesus and Devil train set sculpture from Wisconsin, and three oversize leaves by Ivan Albright lead the fine art session. Design collectors can settle in to a Bouloum Chair by Oliver Mourge for Airbourne International.
Start: Thu, May 28, 11:00AM EDT
Start: Thu, May 28, 11:00AM EDTMay 2811:00AM EDTStart: Thu, May 28, 11:00AM EDT -
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Vintage Posters: featuring the Collection of Michael Corsi
In addition to classic designs by Cappiello and Cassandre, our summer auction of vintage posters will feature an array of posters in travel, music, movies, politics, war and propaganda, magic and theater, sports, advertising, and counterculture. Highlights in various genres have been drawn from Michael Corsi's Poster Art collection.
Start: Thu, Jun 11, 11:00AM EDT
Start: Thu, Jun 11, 11:00AM EDTJun 1111:00AM EDTStart: Thu, Jun 11, 11:00AM EDT -
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Magicana of the Golden Age
Highlights of this closely-curated sale include remarkable rarities from the golden age of conjuring: a diverse array of Houdiniana, Victorian magic apparatus, relics from the stages of St. George's Hall, rare posters, select modern props, and choice ephemera. Purchase Catalog
Start: Sat, Jun 20, 11:00AM EDT
Start: Sat, Jun 20, 11:00AM EDTJun 2011:00AM EDTStart: Sat, Jun 20, 11:00AM EDT -
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Hollywood, Pop Culture, & Collectibles
This sale encompasses Hollywood, sports, and music memorabilia; as well as toys, games, comics, and pop culture collectibles. Highlights include a Walt Disney letter from a newly discovered trove of material belonging to actor Chester Morris; a pair of cast and crew mugs gifted by John Wayne; and a complete Harlem Globetrotters player-issued uniform.
Start: Thu, Jun 25, 11:00AM EDT
Start: Thu, Jun 25, 11:00AM EDTJun 2511:00AM EDTStart: Thu, Jun 25, 11:00AM EDT -
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Summer Fine Books & Manuscripts
This sale features some of the rarest Ernest Hemingway items to come to market in recent years, along with rare and important newspapers, a closely-curated selection of works by African-American authors, and some of the finest early printed books to come to market in recent memory. A second session of material includes lots on diverse subjects, fine bindings, and more.
Start: Thu, Jul 9, 11:00AM EDT
Start: Thu, Jul 9, 11:00AM EDTJul 0911:00AM EDTStart: Thu, Jul 9, 11:00AM EDT -
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Glimpses: Vintage, Fine, and Vernacular Photography
This diverse sale - made up of fine, vintage, and vernacular photographs - will focus closely on the snapshot. Once considered mere "fabrics of yesteryear," these fleeting images have been recently reclaimed by the collecting community, and appreciated for their candid, historical, and visual depth. But all genres of photographs will be represented, with featured lots to include space and NASA material, sideshow cabinet cards, fine art photos, and vernacular works of all types.
Start: Thu, Jul 23, 11:00AM EDT
Start: Thu, Jul 23, 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
![[ATTRIBUTION]. MAGRITTE, Rene (Belgian, 1898-1967). Untitled. (Bien Amicalement ex votre. (Yours very sincerely, Rene Magritte).](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3597/35979281.jpeg?t=1WdLBP)
![KUBRICK, Stanley (1928-1999). Autograph Note Signed. [N.p., n.d.]](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3697/36976071.jpeg?t=1Wp1g1)
![HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Autograph Letter Signed to Jane Armstrong, His Typist and Friend, About For Whom the Bell Tolls. [N.p., ca. 1939-1940].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3657/36571896.jpeg?t=1WhqYX)
![[INCUNABLES]. GREGORY I, POPE (540-604). Moralia sive exposito in Job. [Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, 1496 ].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3657/36571898.jpeg?t=1WhqYX)
![[NEWSPAPERS]. [GREAT DEPRESSION]. The Wall Street Journal: Pacific Coast Edition. San Francisco, Los Angeles: Oct. 25, 1929.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3657/36571904.jpeg?t=1WhqYY)
![[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). The Weary Blues. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3657/36571908.jpeg?t=1WhqYY)
![[NEWSPAPERS]. [HAMILTON, Alexander (1755-1804), subject]. The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: Aug. 6 - Aug. 8, 1788.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/s/3657/36571905.jpeg?t=1WhqYY)
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