Potter and Potter Auctions: Advertising, Antiques & Coin-Op, 22672, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 07, 2026 - May 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | J. Krivine | Pair of Mills Novelty Co. Slot Machine Paintings |
circa 1960s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 67 | Burlington Route C B & Q Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1890s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 118 | NRA Member "We Do Our Part" unused stamps |
c. 1930s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 60.00 | ||
| 119 | Magic color lithograph labels |
ca. 1930s | USD 200.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 | ||
| 120 | Catalogue of Sterling Silver Hollow Ware by The Gorham Company |
1912 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 270.00 | ||
| 121 | Arthur L Dominy; Rudolph A Morgenfruh; Everett Maffett; Douglas McIntyre | Four volumes on railroad silver and china |
Marceline | 1987; 1990 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 122 | Map of Chicago & Suburbs [Theaters] |
Chicago | c. 1930s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 450.00 | |
| 123 | Sammelband of Southern Pacific railroad travel booklets |
San Francisco | v.d. (1900s) | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 180.00 | |
| 223 | Golden Wedding Coffee advertising poster |
c. 1920s | USD 50.00 - 150.00 | USD 72.00 | ||
| 224 | Vegetables and fruits lithograph grocery store poster |
ca. 1920s | USD 50.00 - 150.00 | USD 150.00 | ||
| 225 | Pankoka for Health, Strength and Endurance advertising standee |
Jersey City, NJ | ca. 1930s | USD 80.00 - 150.00 | USD 96.00 | |
| 226 | Roquin | Trio of tea advertising display signs |
ca. 1920s-30s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 60.00 | |
| 228 | McAlpin & Co.'s Chocolate Cream Plug Tobacco |
Five Points, NY | ca. 1900s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 2,040.00 | |
| 229 | Mayo's Plug / Light and Dark advertising poster. |
Circa 1890s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 450.00 | ||
| 231 | Oranges from Brazil advertising poster. |
Circa 1950s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 | ||
| 232 | Four fashion advertising store display advertisements. |
Circa 1920s-50s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 120.00 | ||
| 233 | Framed Buckeye Brewery Advertising Beer Sign. Toledo, OH, ca. 1950s. |
Toledo, OH | ca. 1950s | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 48.00 | |
| 234 | Five food and beverage advertising signs. |
early to mid-20th century | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 180.00 | ||
| 235 | Five food advertising signs and diecuts. |
Philadelphia; Buffalo; Chicago | Circa 1920s-50s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 238 | Butter-Nut Bread. Three die-cut signs. |
Circa 1930s | USD 80.00 - 125.00 | USD 60.00 | ||
| 239 | Chiquita Bananas / It's impossible to beat them! 1955. |
1955 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 | ||
| 240 | Two ham and sausage advertising posters. |
Montreal | N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 241 | Double Cola "Get a Big Lift" hanging sign (2). |
Circa 1960s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 84.00 | ||
| 242 | Six food and product advertising signs. |
Circa 1950s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 150.00 | ||
| 243 | Eight assorted signs and a label. |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 150.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.