Potter and Potter Auctions: Hollywood, Pop Culture, & Collectibles, 22896, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collection of Professional Theatrical Headshots and Portraits |
New York | early 20th Century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | Collection of Broadway Revue Showgirl Portraits |
New York; Los Angeles | early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 3 | Disney Walter E. (1901 - 1966) | Typed letter signed to Chester Morris |
1955 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 | |
| 4 | McCarthy Floyd (1913-1999) | Photograph inscribed and signed by Bogart and Bacall |
1946 | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 5 | McDowall Roddy (1928 - 1998) | Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow double signed photograph |
Los Angeles | ca. 1966 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 6 | Farrow Mia (b. 1945); Sinatra Frank (1915 - 1998) | Signed Letter to Chester Morris |
Los Angeles | late 1960s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 7 | Steinke Bettina (1913-1999) | Inscribed portrait illustration |
1940s | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 8 | Davis Sammy Jr. (1925-1990) | Signed personal letter to Chester Morris |
New York | 1965 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 9 | Golden Age Hollywood Actor and Entertainer Signed Portraits |
ca. mid-20th century | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 10 | Signed Portrait Photographs |
ca. mid-20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 | ||
| 11 | Barrymore Lionel (1878 - 1954) | Inscribed and Signed Portrait Photograph |
early/mid 20th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 156.25 | |
| 12 | Addams Charles (1912 - 1988) | Hearse scene New Yorker cartoon |
1963-8 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 | |
| 13 | Chester Morris's personal guest book |
New York | 1942 -1948 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 14 | Candid Photograph with Newly Married Couple, Chester and Lili Morris |
ca. 1940s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 15 | Crawford Joan (1906 - 1977) | Signed Personal Correspondence with Chester Morris |
London | 1966 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 16 | Ball Lucille (1911 - 1989) | Three Signed Letters to Chester Morris |
1964-1967 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 812.50 | |
| 17 | Chester Morris' USO Performance Archive |
1940-1945 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 468.75 | ||
| 18 | McBride Clifford (1901 - 1951) | Three Panel Comic Strip |
circa 1940s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 19 | Welles Orson (1915 - 1985) | The Mercury Wonder Show Magic Show Broadside and Performance Ticket |
Los Angeles | 1943 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 20 | Morris Chester (1901 - 1970) | Headlined Variety Show Broadside |
Camp Roberts California | 1944 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 21 | Morris Chester (1901 - 1970) | The Mysterious Morris Magic Performance Photograph Collection |
circa late 1940s | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 24 | Confessions of Boston Blackie |
New York | 1941 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 | |
| 25 | My Fair Lady Correspondence and Group of Signed Letters |
1950s/60s | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 500.00 | ||
| 26 | 20 Letters, including: Personal and Professional Correspondence from Members of Hollywood's Golden Age |
1940s-1960s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 27 | Advise and Consent Production Ephemera |
early to mid 20th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 375.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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