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Potter & Potter Auctions
5001 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
United States
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Vintage Posters
Our spring poster auction will showcase a full range of poster collecting categories in more than 500 lots, from travel, advertising, and music to sports, magic, theater, and design, as well as a selection of pictorial maps. Prices Realized
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Punks, Monsters, Smut & Madmen: A Countercultural Cross-Section
From the hallowed halls of CBGBs to the mondo-trasho seats of American grindhouses, this countercultural offering will feature everything from the ridiculous to the sublime. Prices Realized
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The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Part III
Our final single-owner sale from the Dawes collection is rich with conjuring curiosa of all types, including early broadsides, memorabilia from the Theatre Robert-Houdin, early and important magic textbooks, unusual Victorian apparatus, and bright stone lithographs from the golden age of the art. Prices Realized
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Wunderkammer: The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection
Ghosts, ghouls, taxidermy, spirit photos, "talking boards," circus memorabilia, and oddities of all types will cross the block this February at Potter & Potter. Featuring selections from the personal collection of James Freeman and Kate Fugate, this sale promises to be equal parts bizarre, amazing, and remarkable. Prices Realized
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Micro Magic and More
Miniature miracles from the workshop of Eddy Taytelbaum and the factories of the Tenyo Co. will be paired with vintage magic books, posters, and ephemera in our first sale of 2025. Among the highlights in the latter categories are the fabled magic and mentalism notebooks of Doctor Stanley Jaks. Prices Realized
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Fine Books & Manuscripts, and the Dornish Collection of Children's Book Art
This auction featured rare books, fine bindings and sets, and autographs and manuscripts, one session will be devoted to the vast collection of original children's book artwork and signed books from the legendary collection of Dr. J. Robert and Alice Dornish. Prices Realized
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Celebrity Photos & Art from the Beverly Hills Hilton/Contemporary, Fine, Outsider Folk Art
Our December Art sale features a special group of Milton Greene photographs and stunning artwork from the collection and corridors of the Beverly Hilton. The second session is Art in all categories. Prices Realized
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
Potter & Potter is proud to offer fine books and rare manuscripts in our November 21 sale. We will have important books, including modern firsts, fine bindings, antiquarian, illustrated and children's books, original artwork, maps; as well as fine letters and manuscripts. Prices Realized
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Vintage Posters
Our fall poster sale features vintage paper advertising in many categories. From masterworks by Mucha to travel, war & propaganda, we will offer over 500 lots from a range of well-known designers, printers, and publishers. Prices Realized
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Cabinet of Morbid Curiosities: The Richard Harris Collection
The singular focus of Richard Harris's collection was the macabre. This October, Potter & Potter will bring to market a range of rarities from his art collection. Prices Realized
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Counterculture and the 1960s
Ephemera, books, posters, and memorabilia from the movements that changed history - and the individuals that made those movements happen - will be the hallmarks of this auction. Prices Realized
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Coin-Op & Advertising
From arcade games of yesteryear to vintage vending machines, slot machines, and trade stimulators, this sale will feature coin-operated machines of all types. Complementing these mechanical marvels will be a host of vintage signs, and rare advertising objects from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prices Realized
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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III
Our final offering from the collection of Ricky Jay will be a collection of curious characters; an anomalous auction of extraordinary objects advertising learned pigs, fireproof women, and so much more. Prices Realized
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
Join us on July 25 for a wide array of rare books and manuscripts at auction, including material signed by American Presidents, books by The Limited Editions Club, modern firsts, rare illustrated books, leather-bound sets, signed books, and more. Prices Realized
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Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
This year's auction annual of the odd, the unusual, and the amazing is set to feature spectacular sideshow banners (including an incredible 37' long example from Caldwell), vibrant stone lithographs (including RBB&B favorites, and several Friedlander rarities), curiosities galore, and relics from the greatest shows on earth. Prices Realized
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Outsider, Folk, Contemporary & Fine Art
Our summer art auction includes exceptional objects in all categories. Outsider Art: Howard Finster, Purvis Young, Mary T. Smith and Mr. Imagination, et al. Prices Realized
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Magicana: Featuring the Collection of Peter Hackhofer
This sale will highlight selected material from the collection of the late Peter Hackhofer. Built up over several decades as a dealer and seeker of the unusual, his holdings included an extensive library, unusual stone lithographs from the great illusion shows of yesteryear, and art of all types with a magic theme. Prices Realized
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19th Century Historical and Military Rarities
The first session in this auction features military artifacts of the late 18th and early 19th centuries – the period of the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon. Prices Realized
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Vintage Posters
Highlights from our spring vintage poster sale include rare and classic designs by Cappiello, Cassandre, Fix-Masseau, Flagg, Caldanzano, and Hohlwein. The auction will feature our largest offering of World War and war propaganda posters to date, featuring the collection of Plato Foufas. Prices Realized
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How History Unfolds on Paper: Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part IX
This ninth sale from Eric Caren's archives offers a bird's eye view of history from a printed, manuscript, and photographic perspective. Prices Realized
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Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia
Our April sale of magicana features rarities from the life and career of the greatest magician to ever tread the boards: Harry Houdini. Posters and playbills will be offered along with books and autographs of great rarity - including several unique items Prices Realized
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Entertainment, Toys & Collectibles
This eclectic sale will include Hollywood memorabilia featuring silent film posters and material related to comedian Harry Langdon; an extensive collection of science-fiction and horror lobby cards; vintage toys and pop culture memorabilia from the 20th century; and other collectibles. Prices Realized
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Ephemera, Americana, & Historical Memorabilia
We are pleased to announce our March 2024 Ephemera auction, featuring the collection of Mark Rucker. Photographs, trade cards, souvenir advertising fans, baseball memorabilia, and a kaleidoscopic range of printed paper ephemera of all kinds will cross the auction block. Prices Realized
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The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
Equal parts scholar, author, historian, professor, and magician, Edwin Dawes was a singular figure in the world of magic and magicians, and the most prolific chronicler of conjuring history in the twentieth century. Prices Realized
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