Media Mentions
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Press Releases October 2025
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Chicago Sun Times
Spanking machines and electric shock shoes — welcome to the world of America’s fraternal societie
Hundreds of items from the nation’s fraternal organizations’ past go on the auction block Oct. 9 at Potter & Potter Auctions on the Northwest Side. (read more)
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Genii Forums
Potter & Potter Edwin Dawes Auction Part IV
The online catalog of P&P's fourth auction of the collection of Eddie Dawes has been posted. (read more)
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Press Releases September 2025
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Fox 32
Chicago crime files: Cook County coroner’s secret archive heads to auction
Potter & Potter Auctions is selling the private files of Harry Glos, Cook County’s chief coroner’s investigator in the 1950s, who secretly kept detailed records on more than 500 cases. (read more)
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Yahoo
Chicago crime files: Cook County coroner’s secret archive heads to auction
Potter & Potter Auctions is selling the private files of Harry Glos, Cook County’s chief coroner’s investigator in the 1950s, who secretly kept detailed records on more than 500 cases. (read more)
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Fox32 Chicago
Life-size Mark Twain wax figures on the auction block in Chicago
Potter and Potter Auctions offers a first look at masterfully crafted Mark Twain and literary character wax figures ahead of its Cabinet of Curiosities sale. (read more)
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Yahoo
Life-size Mark Twain wax figures on the auction block in Chicago
Potter and Potter Auctions offers a first look at masterfully crafted Mark Twain and literary character wax figures ahead of its Cabinet of Curiosities sale. (read more)
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Fine Books & Collections
Book Illustrators, Americana, and Modern Literature
Potter & Potter’s November 2025 auction will be a two-consignor sale, offering simultaneously two major book and art collections from Louis A. Irmo and Dr. George D. Lacy. (read more)
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Reddit
The sale of Langston Hughes' The Negro Mother signed by both Hughes and illustrator Prentiss Taylor with bookplate of Carl Van Vechten brought $28,800 at the Potter and Potter auction on Sept. 4.
The selling price was more than three times the pre-sale high estimate of $8,000. (read more)
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Auction Daily
Made You Look
The concept of a cabinet of curiosities or Wunderkammer has its origins in Europe as early as the 14th century and refers to a private but broad collection of unusual, odd, and/or bizarre items from every corner of the globe. (read more)
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Auction Daily
Made You Look
The concept of a cabinet of curiosities or Wunderkammer has its origins in Europe as early as the 14th century and refers to a private but broad collection of unusual, odd, and/or bizarre items from every corner of the globe. (read more)
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Journal of Antiques and Collectibles
Dress worn in Pirates, $18,750, Potter & Potter
The “Elizabeth” gold dress worn by Keira Knightley in Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl sold for $18,750 in an Entertainment, Toys & Collectibles sale held July 10th by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago. (read more)
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Deseret News
First-edition Book of Mormon sells for $240,000 at auction
A first-edition copy of the Book of Mormon sold for $240,000 Thursday at an auction hosted by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago. (read more)
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Hatch Academy
Auction of J. Eastman Hatch 1830 Book of Mormon in Chicago on September 4, 2025
Potter & Potter Auction House in Chicago, Illinois will be featuring 5 items from the library of the late J. Eastman Hatch (1894-1984), grandfather of Richard Hatch, in their September 4, 2025 auction of “Select Rarities”, 110 items ranging from signatures of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain and Albert Einstein, to early LDS publications. (read more)
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Meridian Magazine
Book of Mormon
A first-edition copy of the Book of Mormon sold for $240,000 Thursday at an auction hosted by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago. (read more)
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Auction Daily
Potter & Potter Auctions’ August, 2025 Coin-Op & Advertising Sale Realizes $335,446
Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce the results of this 716 lot sale held on Thursday, August 28, 2025. (read more)
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Fine Books & Collections
The Book of Mormon: Rare Book of the Week
This week's rare book of the week is a first edition Joseph Smith's The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi which is coming up in Potter & Potter's September 4 Select Rarities: Exceptional Books & Manuscripts auction with an estimate of $120,000.00 - $150,000.00 (as I type it's up at $130,000 already). (read more)
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Press Releases August 2025
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Salt Lake Tribune
A first edition Book of Mormon fetched a high price at auction. Here’s how much
A first edition copy of the Book of Mormon was sold Thursday night, with a winning bid of $240,000, the auction house Potter & Potter Auctions reported on its website. (read more)
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Fine Books & Collections
Select Rarities: Exceptional Books & Manuscripts
This premier auction features a select group of unusual, uncommon, and choice rarities. (read more)
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Cache Valley Daily
Valley man has sent his first edition of the Book of Mormon to be auctioned
PROVIDENCE - A Cache Valley man is auctioning his family’s copy of first edition of the Book of Mormon. (read more)
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Antiques and Auctions News
Results From Entertainment And Collectibles Sale Walt Disney World Opening Day Tickets Sell For $6,250
Potter & Potter Auctions held a 692-lot Entertainment, Toys and Collectibles sale July 10, grossing nearly $340,000. (read more)
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Pinside
Vintage Pins at Auction August 28 at Potter and Potter Auctions
I just came across 2 vintage pins coming up for auction at Potter And Potter auctions in Chicago. (read more)
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Press Releases July 2025
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Antiques and Auctions News
The Klosterman Collection Part IV Sale Delivers Over $600,000 Comprehensive Magicana Research Archives And Material Was Well Received
Magic memorabilia and artifacts is a hot collecting category in the marketplace. (read more)
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Genii
July 23: The Arch-Exposer
Angelo Lewis, a British lawyer, was born on this day in 1839. (read more)
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Fine Books & Collections
Mystery and Detective Literature: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights of Potter & Potter's Fine Books & Manuscripts featuring Mystery & Detective Literature sale on July 24 include: (read more)
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