Potter and Potter Auctions: Vintage Posters: featuring the Collection of Michael Corsi, 22867, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 11, 2026 - June 11, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Stabilimento Bacologico |
Torino | ca. 1885 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 52 | Zieff Howard | You Don't Have to Be Jewish / to Love Levy's Real Jewish Rye |
New York | 1967/1971 | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 53 | Kondon's Catarrhal Jelly |
ca. 1910s | USD 125.00 - 175.00 | USD 87.50 | ||
| 54 | Socovel motorcycle advertising poster |
Brussels | N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 55 | Atherton John (1900-1952) | New York World's Fair 1939 |
New York | 1939 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 593.75 |
| 56 | Binder Joseph (1898-1972) | New York World's Fair / The World of Tomorrow |
New York | 1939 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 57 | Staehle Albert (1899-1974) | New York World's Fair 1939 |
New York | 1939 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 58 | New York World's Fair 1964-65 / Come to the Fair! |
1964-65 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 468.75 | ||
| 59 | Jebary James | United Air Lines / Chicago |
1967 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 60 | Chicago / Fly the Friendly Skies of United |
circa 1970s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 | ||
| 61 | Klein David (1918 - 2005) | Fly TWA / Chicago |
circa 1970s | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 62 | Feher Joseph (1909 - 1988) | Chicago / United Air Lines |
circa 1950s | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 63 | Oliver Jane | Chicago / Eastern Airlines |
circa 1960s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 64 | Mueller Howard | 9 Books, including: Chicago Sun-Times employee benefit posters |
Chicago | ca. 1970s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 65 | KLM / 30th Year |
1949 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 87.50 | ||
| 66 | New Zealand / Qantas |
Australia | ca. 1970s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 67 | London / Qantas |
Australia | ca. 1970s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 100.00 | |
| 68 | Jet BOAC and BOAC-Cunard to London |
ca. 1960s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 156.25 | ||
| 69 | London / Lufthansa |
circa 1970s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 70 | Lander Reginald Montague (1913 - 1980) | The English Lakes / Let British Railways Take You There in Comfort |
London | ca. 1950s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 71 | Games Abram | Round London Sightseeing Tour |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 72 | Finnie John; Selway Martina; Barker Carol | 4 Books, including: Waterways |
ca. 1960s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 343.75 | |
| 73 | Klein David (1918 - 2005) | Paris / Fly TWA Jets |
circa 1970 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 74 | Klein David (1918 - 2005) | Rome / Fly TWA Jets |
1960s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 112.50 | |
| 75 | Hawaii / United Air Lines |
1960s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 250.00 |
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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. -
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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 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000