Our first auction of 2023 will feature a host of coin operated machines in a range of collecting categories, from slots and trade stimulators to rare vending machines, and arcade games alike. The auction will also feature the extensive Anheuser-Busch collection of William F. Goza, including vintage advertising, ephemera, rare bottles, and associated breweriana. 

Our first book sale of the year features high spots in all categories. The sci–fi and horror session includes a near complete collection of Arkham House titles, many from the famous Richard Manney collection. Other featured lots in the sale include the Kelmscott Chaucer, Mark Twain manuscripts and signed works, an Edward Gorey library, leaves from Shakespeare's First Folio, and a near fine set of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. We will round out the sale with important Americana including rare maps of the Midwest, and Theodore Roosevelt's first book.

Potter & Potter is thrilled to bring to auction the remarkable, singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera - a one-of-a-kind wunderkammer. From the literature of cheating, gambling, and conmen, to vibrant vintage circus and sideshow posters, flamboyant text-filled broadsides spanning the last four centuries, and memorabilia of magic shows of yesteryear, this, the first of three auctions promises to be a true celebration of curious characters and the rare relics that tell their stories.

Potter & Potter opens the spring season with an eclectic offering of over 500 vintage posters, spanning the Golden Age of travel, nineteenth and twentieth century advertising, propaganda, and more. The sale will feature our largest selection of posters from the First and Second World Wars to date, including Flagg's famous "I Want You." Other highlights include David Klein's TWA poster for Disneyland, numerous designs by Bernard Villemot, and scarce pictorial maps covering the United States, Europe, and elsewhere.

From comic books and rock memorabilia, to movie posters, vintage toys, trading cards, and Disneyana, our auction will feature highlights from nearly every corner of American twentieth century pop culture. A significant collection of graded and ungraded comics, including Amazing Spider-Man and other Marvel titles, psychedelic rock posters, a Beatles autograph, monster magazines, and dozens of sealed wax boxes of sports cards from the 1970s-90s will cross the block in this more-than 500 lot sale.

Potter & Potter is pleased to announce the first sale from Robert Hess's collection of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle. High spots in every category related to these two subjects include original illustration art, first editions, signed photos, archives of letters from the author and actors that portrayed Holmes, choice movie posters, a Richard Lancelyn Green collection, numerous rare ephemeral items from The Lost World, a selection of items from the Jeremy Brett Estate, and numerous collectibles including an original street sign from Baker Street.