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Download PDFCoin-Op & Advertising
Our September sale will feature 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.
Catalogs ship approximately three weeks before the auction. Previews will be held in our gallery September 26—27, 10—5pm.
Auction Highlights
Lot 17 - Pace's Races Console Slot Machine $6,000-$9,000
Lot 19 - Goo Goo Gum Vendor $10,000-$15,000
Lot 362 - Cleveland Electric "Aztec" Neon Clock $1,000-$2,000
Lot 288 - Mi Lola Cigar Reverse Glass Sign $500-$1,000
Lot 231 - Woman's Christian Temperance Union Porcelain Sign $1,500-$2,500
Lot 195 - English Carved Rooster Carousel Figure $4,000-$6,000
Lot 204 - Circus Hose Supporters Tin Advertising Case $400-$600
Lot 232 - Hooker Lake Hotel Porcelain Advertising Sign $800-$1,200
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Download PDFBooks, Manuscripts & Fine Art
Our fine book auction this fall will feature more than 500 lots of printed books including many modern first editions by famous authors. In addition, the auction will feature historic autographs, manuscripts, maps, and prints.
Catalogs ship approximately three weeks before the auction. Previews will be held in our gallery October 16–17, 10–5pm. The auction will take place on Friday, October 18th.
Auction Highlights
Lot 32 - The Spanish Earth • Ernest Hemingway $1,500-$2,500
Lot 154 - James, William. The Principles of Psychology. $3,000-$5,000
Lot 211 - Briseux, Charles Etienne. L'Art de Batir des Maisons de Campagne. $6,000-$8,000
Lot 224 - Pingre, Alexandre Guy. Etat du Ciel, Pour L'An de Grace. Calcule sur les principes de M. Newton, rapporte a l'usage de la Marine. $1,500-$2,500
Lot 230 - Lana Terzi, Francesco. Magisterium naturae, et artis. Opus physico-mathematicum. $4,000-$6,000
Lot 236 - Clark, Roland. Roland Clark's Etchings. $3,500-$4,500
Lot 267 - Yamanaka, Sadajiro. To-so Seikwa: Select Relics of the T'ang and the Sung Dynasties from the Collections in Europe and America. $1,000-$1,500![[John Dunlap] Father Abraham's Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord](/img/highlights/154-018.jpg)
Lot 356 - [John Dunlap] Father Abraham's Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord $2,000-$3,000
Lot 347 - Trasher, Frederic M. Chicago's Gangland Prepared by Frederic M. Trasher 1923-26. $2,000-$3,000
Lot 483 - Franz Liszt ALS. $2,000-$3,000
Lot 349 - Whitfield, Edwin. View of Illinois and Michigan Central Depot &c. From the Corner of Madison St. and Michigan Avenue. $2,000-$3,000
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The Magic Collection of Rudiger Deutsch
This October, Potter & Potter is excited to present the first auction of magic from the collection of German historian, builder, and performer Rudiger Deutsch. Mr. Deutsch's collection was considered one of the great assemblages of magic apparatus of the modern era.
In addition to the masterful mechanical props he constructed (only when he could not obtain the originals - many of which will be sold), the auction includes Houdini artifacts, broadsides, rare props from the factories of Willmann, Conradi, and their German counterparts, and apparatus of every description, from the smallest gimmicks to automata, and stage illusions.
Following the wishes of Rudiger and Ute Deutsch, the proceeds of the auction will be donated to Shining Eyes, a medical charity and hospital that operates in Bengal.
Catalogs ship approximately three weeks prior to the auction. Previews will be held in our gallery October 24—25, 10—5pm.
Auction Highlights
Crystal Ball Casket. Ca. 1890 $800-$1,200
Robot Head Spirit Bell. German, ca. 1930 $1,000-$1,500
Portrait of a Young Houdini, Inscribed and Signed. Ca. 1900. $2,500-$3,500
Hyronimus Scotto Medal. Italian, ca. 1580. $3,000-$5,000
Double Card Wheel/Card Clock. European, ca. 1920. $400-$600
Automatic Billiard Ball Ladder. Rüdiger Deutsch, ca. 2000. $2,500-$3,500
McElroy Talking Skull. Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co., ca. 1939. $1,000-$1,500
Watch Mirror. German, ca. 1900. $800-$1,200
Edler Box. Divination Trick. Vienna: ca. 1935. $400-$600
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Circus • Sideshow • Oddities
Featuring the circus collection of Dave & Mary Jane Price, our November sale is slated to include nearly 1000 vintage circus posters, plus costumes, model circus trains, and other relics from bygone wonder-shows. The circus collectibles will the complemented by an array of unusual, uncommon, and unbelievable oddities, sideshow memorabilia, banners, photographs, taxidermy, and relics of the "believe it or not" variety. Highlights include Tom Thumb memorabilia, sideshow electric chairs and props, and big, bold banners from the masters of the form.
Catalogs ship approximately three weeks before the auction. Previews will be held in our gallery November 14—15, 10—5pm.