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Potter & Potter Auctions
5001 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
United States
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Artifacts of Play
Rare and collectible playing cards, vintage and modern puzzles, antique games and gambling items, and curiosities alike will all cross the block in this collaboration between Potter & Potter and Art of Play. Prices Realized
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Belonging: The Art of American Fraternal Societies
This auction celebrates the art, ritual objects, and ephemera of American fraternal organizations from the collection of Bruce and Julie Webb. Prices Realized
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Cabinet of Curiosities
Join us this September for an auction replete with the rare, the odd, and the unusual. From medical curiosities and tattoo flash, to sideshow imagery and carnival wheels, horror classics by Stephen King and movie posters for sci-fi thrillers, this is a seasonal sale of the macabre and the magnificent. Prices Realized
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Select Rarities: Exceptional Books & Manuscripts
This premier auction features a select group of unusual, uncommon, and choice rarities. A carefully curated offering of printed matter, autographs, and other ephemeral objects, the sale will be led by a first edition of The Book of Mormon, the most important nineteenth century religious book printed in the United States. Prices Realized
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Coin-Op & Advertising
Our summer sale is set to feature a broad range of coin-operated machines and vintage advertising featuring a range of porcelain signs, vending machines, Coca-Cola and soda pop advertising, slot machines and trade stimulators, ice cream and soda fountain collectibles, gambling collectibles, liquor and beer advertising, and more. Prices Realized
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I Know What You're Thinking: The Collection of the Amazing Kreskin
The Amazing Kreskin was an internationally famous mentalist - a man who could read thoughts. Over the course of a career spanning eight decades, he amassed an incredible collection of arcane objects, and a vast library of books on conjuring, hypnotism, and the unusual. Prices Realized
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Fine Books & Manuscripts, featuring Mystery & Detective Literature
Our summer book auction features a wide array of modern first editions, signed books, artwork, collectibles, and literary rarities across all genres and at all collecting levels. Prices Realized
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Entertainment, Toys & Collectibles
Rare lithographs from iconic Hollywood hits will lead this sale. Also featured is a broad mix of collectibles including comic books, toys, Steiff, Star Wars toys, and Disneyana. Prices Realized
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The Salon de Magie Part IV
Our fourth sale from Ken Klosterman's fabled "museum down the mineshaft" will be a broad cross-section of conjuring collectibles. Prices Realized
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Contemporary, Fine, Folk and Outsider Art
Our Contemporary, Fine, Folk, and Outsider Art sale features works from all time periods and categories. Prices Realized
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Circus, Sideshow & Carnival
Our annual auction of circus, sideshow, and carnival collectibles takes place this May. Highlights include magnificent and rare lithographs for Buffalo Bill, Ringling Brothers, and many European circuses Prices Realized
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Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia
Relics from the shows and life of the world's most famous magician - Harry Houdini - are set to cross the block this April. Vintage stone lithographs, "challenges" made to Houdini, autographs, and a remarkable link between Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle will be highlights of the sale. Prices Realized
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Celestial & Terrestrial Exploration
This auction will feature fine books and documents regarding human exploration of the land, sea, and sky. Prices Realized
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Advertising & Coin-Op
Our first spring sale is set to feature a large and diverse advertising collection, including porcelain, litho tin, and hand-painted trade signs of all types from a noted Midwest collection. Prices Realized
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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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