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    Step Right Up: Circus and Sideshow Memorabilia by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Step Right Up: Circus and Sideshow Memorabilia

    Start: Sep 03, 2026 11:00AM EDT
    Add to Calendar 2026-09-03 11:00:00 2026-09-03 11:00:00 America/New_York Potter & Potter Auctions Potter & Potter Auctions : Step Right Up: Circus and Sideshow Memorabilia https://auction.potterauctions.com/auctions/potter-potter/step-right-up-circus-and-sideshow-memorabilia-23625
    Featuring the collection of lifelong circus collector John Diesso, this auction includes heralds, couriers, and posters advertising the "greatest shows" of yesteryear. Photographs, route books, scrapbooks, and circus costumes will be also be offered, spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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    Featuring the collection of lifelong circus collector John Diesso, this auction includes heralds, couriers, and posters advertising the "greatest shows" of yesteryear. Photographs, route books, scrapbooks, and circus costumes will be also be offered, spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. PURCHASE CATALOG

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    BRANDOLY, J. S. Shaffer and Co / The Sensation of Davos. Berlin: Beitgat, ca. early 20th century.  CHÉRET, Jules (1836-1932). Persivani & Vandevelde / Café-Concert des Ambassadeurs. Paris: J. Cheret, ca. 1870s. BARNUM, P.T. (1810 - 1891). Document signed. LEVY, Charles. Folies-Bergère / Tous Les Soirs / Les Lions de Bostock. Paris: Ch. Levy, ca. 1880s. MILLIE-CHRISTINE (Millie and Christine McKoy, 1851-1912). Cabinet Card Portrait. Circa 1880s. [WILD WEST]. HILL, Richmond C. A Great White Indian Chief. 1912.
  • Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Paper Treasures by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Paper Treasures

    Start: Sep 10, 2026 11:00AM EDT
    Add to Calendar 2026-09-10 11:00:00 2026-09-10 11:00:00 America/New_York Potter & Potter Auctions Potter & Potter Auctions : Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Paper Treasures https://auction.potterauctions.com/auctions/potter-potter/select-rarities-exceptional-books-and-paper-treasures-23621
    Potter and Potter Auctions is honored to offer an incredible group of books, autographs, magazines, newspapers and other treasures in this exceptional premium sale. Many items represent unique, once-in-a-lifetime collecting opportunities for collectors.

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    Potter and Potter Auctions is honored to offer an incredible group of books, autographs, magazines, newspapers and other treasures in this exceptional premium sale. Many items represent unique, once-in-a-lifetime collecting opportunities for collectors. PURCHASE CATALOG

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    [ORIGINAL BOOK ARTWORK]. [MALVERN, Corinne (1901-1956), illustrator]. Frosty the Snow Man [New York: The Golden Press, ca. 1950]. [ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS]. [WILSON, William Griffith "Bill" (1895-1971)]. Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered [WOMEN'S RIGHTS]. WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (1759-1797). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. London: J. HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Three Stories & Ten Poems. [Paris: Contact Publishing Co., 1923]. CARROLL, Lewis (pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898)). Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. London: Macmillan and Co., 188 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. BROOKS, Gwendolyn (1917-2000). A Street in Bronzeville. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1945.
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    Weird Tales! UFOs, Curiosities and Tattoos by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Weird Tales! UFOs, Curiosities and Tattoos

    Start: Oct 01, 2026 11:00AM EDT
    Add to Calendar 2026-10-01 11:00:00 2026-10-01 11:00:00 America/New_York Potter & Potter Auctions Potter & Potter Auctions : Weird Tales! UFOs, Curiosities and Tattoos https://auction.potterauctions.com/auctions/potter-potter/weird-tales-ufos-curiosities-and-tattoos-23647
    Join us for Weird Tales! Explore rarities of tattooing, enter a crypt of the odd and curious, and prepare to believe that life exists beyond our world. Featuring narrative art of UFO abductions by David Huggins, rarified tattoo flash and memorabilia, and curios across several categories, Weird Tales! is one of Potter & Potter’s most eclectic auctions to date. (And that's saying something.)     Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

    Join us for Weird Tales! Explore rarities of tattooing, enter a crypt of the odd and curious, and prepare to believe that life exists beyond our world. Featuring narrative art of UFO abductions by David Huggins, rarified tattoo flash and memorabilia, and curios across several categories, Weird Tales! is one of Potter & Potter’s most eclectic auctions to date. (And that's saying something.)

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    HUGGINS, David (American, 20th Century). David with Manta Friend Reading a Book with UFO's Above. Not dated. HUGGINS, David (American, 20th Century). Hairy Creature in Shower. Circa 2010. WATERS, Percy (American, 1888-1952). Blueprint Tattoo Flash with Electric Tattooing Patriotic Eagle and Cowgirls. Circa 1920s. Prosthetic Glass Eye Collection. Group of 171 Brown Glass Eyes in a Wooden Grid Drawer. Early 20th Century. [TATTOO]. NOLAN, Don (American, 1938 - 2009). Hand-Colored Original Art Flash Sheet. American, 1980 . Clay Adams Articulated Human Skull Specimen.
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    Coin Op, Advertising & Carnival by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Coin Op, Advertising & Carnival

    Start: Oct 15, 2026 11:00AM EDT
    Add to Calendar 2026-10-15 11:00:00 2026-10-15 11:00:00 America/New_York Potter & Potter Auctions Potter & Potter Auctions : Coin Op, Advertising & Carnival https://auction.potterauctions.com/auctions/potter-potter/coin-op-advertising-carnival-23648
    Featuring the collection of lifelong coin-op enthusiast and bon vivant Tim LaGanke, our fall auction features arcade machines, carnival rides, automatons, animated window displays, and all manner of unusual mechanical novelties. Complementing these animatronic and coin-operated marvels are a host of vending and slot machines, gambling devices, masks, and unusual objects from days gone by.     Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

    Featuring the collection of lifelong coin-op enthusiast and bon vivant Tim LaGanke, our fall auction features arcade machines, carnival rides, automatons, animated window displays, and all manner of unusual mechanical novelties. Complementing these animatronic and coin-operated marvels are a host of vending and slot machines, gambling devices, masks, and unusual objects from days gone by.

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    Houdini Returns: The Centennial Auction by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Houdini Returns: The Centennial Auction

    Start: Oct 31, 2026 04:00PM EDT
    Add to Calendar 2026-10-31 16:00:00 2026-10-31 16:00:00 America/New_York Potter & Potter Auctions Potter & Potter Auctions : Houdini Returns: The Centennial Auction https://auction.potterauctions.com/auctions/potter-potter/houdini-returns-the-centennial-auction-23392
    Marking 100 years since the death of Harry Houdini, Potter & Potter will present a landmark sale of Houdini memorabilia on October 31, 2026 at the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. The sale brings to the public for the very first time 100 historic items from the collection of Kevin Connolly, many of which were personally owned by Houdini.

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    Marking 100 years since the death of Harry Houdini, Potter & Potter will present a landmark sale of Houdini memorabilia on October 31, 2026 at the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. The sale brings to the public for the very first time 100 historic items from the collection of Kevin Connolly, many of which were personally owned by Houdini. PURCHASE CATALOG PURCHASE DELUXE CATALOG

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    HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 - 1926). Houdini Welsh Brothers Circus Annotated Photograph. Magic Made Easy by Harry Houdini. King of Cards…Monarch of Shackles and Handcuffs. HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 - 1926). Signed Cabinet Card Photograph of Houdini in Chains. Invitation to the Final Houdini Seance. Houdini Spirit Photograph.
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    Houdini Returns: The Encore by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Houdini Returns: The Encore

    Start: Nov 01, 2026 11:00AM EST End: Nov 01, 2026 05:00PM EST
    Add to Calendar 2026-11-01 11:00:00 2026-11-01 17:00:00 America/New_York Potter & Potter Auctions Potter & Potter Auctions : Houdini Returns: The Encore https://auction.potterauctions.com/auctions/potter-potter/houdini-returns-the-encore-24090
    This second session of our Houdini-focused October sale features books, ephemera, and Houdiniana - as well as selected magic memorabilia - for beginning and advanced collectors alike from the collection of Kevin Connolly. Over 150 lots will cross the block, all offered with low starting bids, and no reserves. Please note that this is a TIMED AUCTION - no live auctioneer will conduct this sale.     Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

    This second session of our Houdini-focused October sale features books, ephemera, and Houdiniana - as well as selected magic memorabilia - for beginning and advanced collectors alike from the collection of Kevin Connolly. Over 150 lots will cross the block, all offered with low starting bids, and no reserves. Please note that this is a TIMED AUCTION - no live auctioneer will conduct this sale.

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    Political & Historical Americana by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Political & Historical Americana

    Start: Nov 05, 2026 11:00AM EST
    Add to Calendar 2026-11-05 11:00:00 2026-11-05 11:00:00 America/New_York Potter & Potter Auctions Potter & Potter Auctions : Political & Historical Americana https://auction.potterauctions.com/auctions/potter-potter/political-historical-americana-23580
    Join us on November 5th for our exciting Political & Historical Americana auction. The auction features material dating to the 18th and 19th century, including a rare George Washington free frank, and a desirable John Quincy Adams Pewter mirror. Collectors will also find a wonderful selection of 3-D campaign items, an amazing Howard Hughes signed photograph, and so much more. Please mark your calendar, and we'll see you at the auction.     Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

    Join us on November 5th for our exciting Political & Historical Americana auction. The auction features material dating to the 18th and 19th century, including a rare George Washington free frank, and a desirable John Quincy Adams Pewter mirror. Collectors will also find a wonderful selection of 3-D campaign items, an amazing Howard Hughes signed photograph, and so much more. Please mark your calendar, and we'll see you at the auction.

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    George Washington: Cover Signed as Commander of the Continental Army. Susan B. Anthony: Minnesota Woman's Suffrage Association Badge. Harry S. Truman: Complete copy of the most famous "error" newspaper of all time, the November 3, 1948 edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune. McKinley & Hobart: Colorful Salesman's Sample of a Jugate Street Banner.  Abraham Lincoln: 1860 Portrait Ribbin. William Jennings Bryan: Metal Donkey with Celluloid Button.
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    Autumn Chills: Fine Horror and Mystery Literature by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Autumn Chills: Fine Horror and Mystery Literature

    Start: Nov 12, 2026 11:00AM EST
    Add to Calendar 2026-11-12 11:00:00 2026-11-12 11:00:00 America/New_York Potter & Potter Auctions Potter & Potter Auctions : Autumn Chills: Fine Horror and Mystery Literature https://auction.potterauctions.com/auctions/potter-potter/autumn-chills-fine-horror-and-mystery-literature-24254
    Our fall sale of fine books & manuscript focuses on rare horror and mystery first editions, scarce pulps and zines, manuscripts, and more by the most famous creators of modern horror and mystery. Among the highlights are the true first edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula and other cornerstones of the genre.     Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

    Our fall sale of fine books & manuscript focuses on rare horror and mystery first editions, scarce pulps and zines, manuscripts, and more by the most famous creators of modern horror and mystery. Among the highlights are the true first edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula and other cornerstones of the genre.

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    STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The War of the Worlds. London: William Heinemann, 1898. POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and Other Pieces. In Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine. Philadelphia: George R. G CAMPBELL, John W., Jr. (1910-1971). Who Goes There? Seven Tales of Science-Fiction. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948.

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