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Potter & Potter's Retail Store. Shop now for vintage magic, gambling, circus, and oddities. Our inventory includes used, rare, and out-of-print books, along with vintage magic posters, photographs, magic tricks, playing cards, and more.
Outsider, Folk and Fine Art
JUNE 28, 2023 • Our June auction of Outsider, Folk and Fine Art will feature a rare canvas work by Chicago street artist Lee Godie along with works by Finster, Sudduth, Tolliver, Willis, and many other outsider stars.
Fine Books & Manuscripts
JUNE 1, 2023 • Our summer book sale will feature the important collection of drug literature from the esteemed psychopharmacologist, Ronald K. Siegel.
Summer Magic Auction
JUNE 17, 2023 • Our summer sale will be an extravaganza of vintage and modern magic apparatus, featuring further selections from the collections of Jim Deloach and William Trotter.
Upcoming Auction
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Download PDFSummer Magic Auction
Our summer sale will be an extravaganza of vintage and modern magic apparatus, featuring further selections from the collections of Jim Deloach and William Trotter. Rarities from the shops of P&L, Abbott's, Collector's Workshop, Thayer, Okito, and others will cross the block. A strong offering of books, posters, and ephemera from magicians of yesteryear - including selections from the library of Ken Klosterman's Salon de Magie - will round out the sale.
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Outsider, Folk and Fine Art
Our June auction of Outsider, Folk and Fine Art will feature a rare canvas work by Chicago street artist Lee Godie, integrating a color photobooth photograph and glove, both attached with safety pins. Works by Finster, Sudduth, Tolliver, Willis, and many other outsider stars will cross the block, along with sideshow banners, carousel animals, American folk art, quilts and eccentric anonymous paintings and sculptures. The Fine Art session will feature an important work by William Sylvester Carter. This stunning surreal portrait of artist and collector William McBride Jr. from 1947 is pictured here. Other artists featured include Agam, Appel, Calder, Fitzpatrick, Hunt, Max, Nilsson, Shapiro, and Wirsum.
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Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
Our annual sale of the unusual, the amazing, and the bizarre is set to feature a wide range of amazing antique objects, from classic vintage lithographs (and the maquettes used to design them), to remarkable cabinet cards and photographs, sideshow banners, and fairground art, including carousel animals and horses. Unusual taxidermied items will also cross the block. But wait! There is still time to consign to what has proven to be a market-leading event in this always incredible category. Contact us today to discuss your quality consignments. The deadline to submit is May 1, 2023.