5001 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
United States
Our annual gambling and playing card auction will include items in many categories: uncommon and beautifully bound books on cards, crime, cons, and poker, as well as books on cheating and crooked gambling, chief among them the works of Jonathan H. Green and S.W. Erdnase. Prices Realized
Our first magic auction of 2020 is the third sale from the collection of Jim Rawlins. Prices Realized
Our February sale is an auction featuring Disney collectibles gathered from the famed theme parks around the globe. Lots include posters, costumes & uniforms, signage, original drawings, blueprints, animation art, park maps & memorabilia, and much more. Prices Realized
Potter & Potter's first auction of 2020 will feature hundreds of vintage posters. Prices Realized
Featuring selections from the collection of Giovanni Pasqua - aka Roxy - our winter magic sale features rare conjuring books from the sixteenth century to the present day. Prices Realized
Featuring the circus collection of Dave & Mary Jane Price, our November sale is slated to include hundreds of vintage circus posters, plus costumes, model circus trains, and other relics from bygone wonder-shows. Prices Realized
Potter & Potter is excited to present the first auction of magic from the collection of German historian, builder, and performer Rudiger Deutsch. Prices Realized
Our fine book auction features more than 600 lots of printed books including many modern first editions by famous authors. In addition, the auction will feature historic autographs, manuscripts, maps, and prints. Prices Realized
This sale features coin operated machines in all categories: arcade, vending, and slots. The auction will also feature vintage advertising, toys, and a strong selection of Black Americana from the lifetime collection of Allen Liffman. Prices Realized
Our Summer Magic auction includes over 200 lots of choice vintage and contemporary magic collectibles. Prices Realized
This sale features the automaton collection of Michael Kam. Over 150 vintage and modern mechanical marvels will go on the block, including rare and unusual examples by Vichy, Lambert, Phalibois, and their contemporaries. Prices Realized
From vintage toys to comics, movie posters to trains, radio premiums to music memorabilia, sports cards to pedal cars, this sale features hundreds of lots - and thousands of items - in virtually every genre of twentieth century pop culture. Prices Realized
This is the second of four sales from the important and historically significant magic collection of Jim Rawlins. Highlights of the sale include memorabilia from the careers of Alexander Herrmann, Harry Houdini, Edgar Bergen, and their contemporaries. Prices Realized
On May 18th Potter & Potter will offer some 200 choice lots of magic collectibles in an online-only auction. A mix of ephemera, magic sets, large lots of vintage apparatus, and books and posters will be offered for sale. Prices Realized
Our May 22 vintage poster auction features hundreds of important vintage posters. The majority of the sale is composed of mid-century travel posters, including many fine airline posters advertising TWA, American, and United Airlines, and features many noted designers of the era. Prices Realized
A well-loved collector, publisher, producer, performer, and friend to all magicians, Ray Goulet amassed one of the great American collections of conjuring memorabilia. Prices Realized
Over the course of several decades, Tom Blue has assembled one of the most impressive gambling collections in the United States.
Our inaugural magic auction of 2019 was the first of four sales from the collection of Jim Rawlins, a devoted student of magic and its history, who spent nearly three decades building an impressive, important, and diverse collection. Prices Realized
We start the new year with an auction of books and manuscripts focused on Chicago, celebrating the city’s art and architecture, literature, sports, notable inhabitants, and historic events from the Great Fire to the present. Prices Realized
On December 15th Potter & Potter will offer some 200 choice magic collectibles in an online-only auction. Posters, books, ephemera, and magic sets - perennial holiday favorites of yesteryear - will be included. Prices Realized
Our December auction features hundreds of important vintage travel posters. Prices Realized
Alive! On the Inside! Potter & Potter is pleased to present the over-the-top, one-of-a-kind Barnumesque collection of renowned sword swallower, comedian, magician, and curiosity seeker Johnny Fox. Prices Realized
Our October sale features the Houdini collection of John Bushey. Known as a true scholar and student of all things Houdini and escape related, John assembled one of the best collections of Houdini pitch books and related items in America. Prices Realized
Our annual coin-op and advertising auction features jukeboxes, vending machines, arcade games, signs & figural advertising, slots and gambling machines, vintage toys, and much more. Prices Realized