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    Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I

    Start: Oct 30, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    Potter and Potter is pleased to announce the first sale from Ken Klosterman's world famous collection of magicana, The Salon de Magie, on October 30, 2021. Prices Realized

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    Steiff, Toys & Pop Culture by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Steiff, Toys & Pop Culture

    Start: Sep 25, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    This auction will open with several hundred pieces of vintage and modern Steiff bears and other animals, drawn from advanced collections in Chicago and across the country. Prices Realized

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    Fall Magic Auction (Online-Only) by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Fall Magic Auction (Online-Only)

    Start: Sep 11, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    Our September magic auction will be a bibliophile's delight. Featuring a strong selection of antiquarian titles from the library of Giovanni "Roxy" Pasqua, the sale will feature works from the seventeenth century to the present day, among them classics by Bosco, modern presentation copies and deluxe editions, and related works. Prices Realized

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    Fine Books & Manuscripts by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Fine Books & Manuscripts

    Start: Aug 28, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    Our summer book sale with feature high spots in a range of categories. The auction will commence with a choice selection of early exploration titles including polar, atlases, and Americana. Prices Realized

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    Disneyana / Pop Culture by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Disneyana / Pop Culture

    Start: Jul 30, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    This auction promises nearly 900 lots of Disneyana and pop culture memorabilia. The first session will focus on Disney memorabilia, with featured lots including park attraction posters, cast member uniforms and costumes, maps, collectibles, and artwork. Prices Realized

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    Circus, Sideshow & Oddities by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

    Start: Jun 26, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    Several fine collections make up this year’s auction, including one of our largest offerings to date of vintage circus and sideshow photographs, banners, and posters, as well as show memorabilia, books and autographs, and an array of bizarre and unusual objects. Prices Realized

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    Summer Magic Auction by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Summer Magic Auction

    Start: Jun 19, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    Our June sale of magicana brought an array of ephemera dating to the Victorian era and beyond, features props and memorabilia from the careers of many heroes of magic, includes a wide array of choice and concludes with the third offering vintage and modern magic apparatus from the collection and workshop of Rüdiger Deutsch. Prices Realized

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    Harbin, Robert (Ned Williams). Large and Important Archive ... Axtell Expressions Hands-Free Toucan. California: Axtell Ex... Thurston, Howard. Thurston. World?s Greatest Magician. Cinc... Animated Human Skull. Vienna: S. Klingl, 1920s. Genuine adu... Willmann Candle Illusion. Flein: Rudiger Deutsch, 2000s. A ... Cannon Ball Vase. Flein: Rudiger Deutsch, 1990s. A large Mo...
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    Coin-Op & Advertising by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Coin-Op & Advertising

    Start: May 29, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    Our annual coin-op auction features vintage and rare machines of all varieties including gumball, vending, slots, trade stimulators, and arcade games. Advertising signs, figures, and posters will also be offered. Prices Realized

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    Vintage Posters, Prints & Works on Paper by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Vintage Posters, Prints & Works on Paper

    Start: May 15, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    In this sale, we will offer a strong mix of postwar American and European travel posters for airlines, railroads, ocean liners, and tourist destinations around the globe. Prices Realized

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    Spring Magic Auction: The Collection of Bill Trotter by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Spring Magic Auction: The Collection of Bill Trotter

    Start: Apr 24, 2021 12:00PM EDT

    This April, we present the first auction from the remarkable magic collection of Bill Trotter. Assembling what is unquestionably one of the largest gatherings of contemporary magic props in America, Bill's dedication to developing his collection will be evident in every lot of the sale. Prices Realized

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    Fine Books & Manuscripts by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Fine Books & Manuscripts

    Start: Mar 13, 2021 12:00PM EST

    Our first rare book auction of 2021 will feature an array of literary classics, with choice selections from the pens of hard-boiled authors and detective fiction including Sherlockiana. Prices Realized

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    Select Secrets: Rare & Important Magicana by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Select Secrets: Rare & Important Magicana

    Start: Feb 27, 2021 12:00PM EST

    Our first magic auction of 2021 will be the first of its kind for Potter & Potter: a closely-curated selection of rare and important magicana. Just over 100 lots will go on the block, but what the auction will lack in quantity it will more than make up for in quality. Prices Realized

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    Ante Up: Gambling Memorabilia by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Ante Up: Gambling Memorabilia

    Start: Jan 30, 2021 12:00PM EST

    In our first auction of the new year, we present casino chips, poker sets, and gambling memorabilia from the collection of the late Robert Eisenstadt. Prices Realized

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    Winter Magic Auction by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Winter Magic Auction

    Start: Dec 12, 2020 12:00PM EST

    Our winter magic sale features apparatus and relics from the workshops and showroom of Owen Magic Supreme. Tracing its beginnings to the days of Floyd Thayer, Owen Magic maintained an impeccably high standard of quality and innovation in the construction of magic apparatus and illusions, for every major performer in the industry. Prices Realized

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    Magic Auction for NEMCA by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Magic Auction for NEMCA

    Start: Nov 15, 2020 12:00PM EST

    This auction is conducted in conjunction with the Yankee Gathering - a bi-annual magic history conference organized by the New England Magic Collectors Association. Prices Realized

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    Vintage Posters, Prints & Works on Paper by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Vintage Posters, Prints & Works on Paper

    Start: Nov 14, 2020 12:00PM EST

    Our November sale will feature hundreds of vintage posters, with a heavy focus on vintage travel posters, but also including highlights in the following categories: entertainment and music, circus, war and propaganda, sports, and film. Prices Realized

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    Magic Collection of Rudiger Deutsch: Part II by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Magic Collection of Rudiger Deutsch: Part II

    Start: Oct 31, 2020 12:00PM EDT

    Potter & Potter is proud to present the second auction featuring the collection of Rudiger Deustch. Known as a master craftsman and consummate collector, this sale will feature many of the finely-crafted props from Deustch's own workshop, along with rarities from the showrooms and factories of Willmann, Bartl, and Conradi. Prices Realized

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    Fine Books & Manuscripts by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Fine Books & Manuscripts

    Start: Oct 10, 2020 12:00PM EDT

    Our monumental fall sale will feature nearly 1,000 lots in a broad range of categories, among them exploration, natural history, and early Americana. Strong sections of modern firsts and livres d’artiste will also cross the block. Prices Realized

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    Circus, Sideshow & Oddities by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

    Start: Sep 26, 2020 12:00PM EDT

    Hundreds of vintage circus posters - from the heyday of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey - will go on the block in our annual Circus, Sideshow & Oddities sale. Complimenting the stone lithographs of Strobridge and its contemporaries will be an eclectic assortment of unusual and macabre collectibles. Prices Realized

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    Arbus, Diane. Group Portrait at Huber?s Museum. Circa 1965... Arbus, Diane. Albino Sword Swallower and Her Sister. [Maryl... Arbus, Diane. Albino Sword Swallower and Her Sister. [Maryl... Arbus, Diane. Albino Sword Swallower and Her Sister. [Maryl... Arbus, Diane. Albino Sword Swallower and Her Sister. [Maryl... Johnson, Fred. Magical Mystery Tour. Girls. Sideshow Banner...
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    September Magic Auction Online by Potter & Potter Auctions

    September Magic Auction Online

    Start: Sep 12, 2020 12:00PM EDT

    Our September online-only magic auction features finely bound books and antiquarian titles, a strong selection of Karl Fulves publications, Ed Marlo's personal library of his own published works, choice ephemera, and collectible contemporary magic props from several well-respected and sought-after builders. Prices Realized

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    Coin-Op & Advertising by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Coin-Op & Advertising

    Start: Aug 29, 2020 12:00PM EDT

    Our August sale will feature hundreds of coin-operated machines in every popular category, from early and rare vending machines to slots, trade stimulators, and arcade games. Prices Realized

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    Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins Part IV by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins Part IV

    Start: Jul 25, 2020 12:00PM EDT

    This will be the fourth and concluding sale of the vast magic collection of Jim Rawlins. Fine selections of magic apparatus, posters, props and memorabilia, and ephemera have been reserved for the final sale. Prices Realized

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    Eclectible Collectibles by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Eclectible Collectibles

    Start: Jun 20, 2020 12:00PM EDT

    Something for everyone? Yes, indeed. Our June sale will include a nearly-alphabetical listing of collectibles and antiques, from autographs to baseball cards and sports collectibles, comic books, as well as vintage magic tricks, circus posters, and Steiff animals. Prices Realized

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    May Magic Auction by Potter & Potter Auctions

    May Magic Auction

    Start: May 02, 2020 12:00PM EDT

    Our May auction features a strong selection of Houdiniana - including rare postcards, signed photographs, early letters, programs, and memorabilia. Prices Realized

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