Potter and Potter Auctions: Hollywood, Pop Culture, & Collectibles, 22896, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
Page Size: 447 items in 18 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
90 Wayne John 1907-1979

Photograph

20th century USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 281.25
91

The President's Birthday Ball 1943 program

Washington 1943 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 593.75
92 Howard Moe

Moe Howard signed check

Los Angeles 1971 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 312.50
93 Newman Paul; Peppard George; Capra Frank

3 Signed letters

1970s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
94 Spielberg Steven

Steven Spielberg signed photograph

1970s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 312.50
95 McQueen Steven

The Getaway

1970s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
96 Wilder Billy; Peppard George; Lemmon Jack; Lancaster Burt; Widmark Richard; Jewison Norman; Walter Jessica; Hill George Roy

8 Books, including: Irma La Douce

1960s-70s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
97 Wagner Robert; Hudson Rock; Holden William; Heston Charlton

100 Hollywood movie stills and mini lobby cards

1950s-70s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
98 Stewart Jimmy

Winchester '73; The Jimmy Stewart Show; Harvey

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
99 Rogers Roy;Evans Dale;Martin Dean

Happy Trails; Dean Martin publicity photo

1992 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
100 Andrews Julie

The Sound of Music

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 218.75
101 Kidman Nicole

Autograph note signed to Christian Audigier

nd USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 87.50
102 Burke Billie

The Runaway

Cincinnati 1911 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
103 Bolger Ray

Ray Bolger signed contract

Beverly Hills 1963 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
104 Garland Judy;Lancaster Burt;Hackett Buddy

Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation dinner program

Washington, D.C. 1962 USD 250.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
106 Haley Jack

Pair of signed checks

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 156.25
107 Burke Billie

Autograph Letter Signed

nd USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 187.50
108 Hamilton Margaret

Margaret Hamilton signed contract

New York 1954 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
109 Hamilton Margaret

The Wizard of Oz

N/A USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 437.50
110 Morgan Frank;Grant Cary;Romero Cesar;Stone George E.;Murphy George;Blandick Clara;Grapewin Charley;Monty Harry

Collection of autographs

1938 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
111 Ebsen Buddy (1908-2003)

Signed Photo of Ebsen as the Tin Woodsman

ca. 20th century USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 281.25
112 Garland Judy

A Star is Born

circa 1950s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 312.50
113 Carroll Lawrence (1954-2019)

Liza Minnelli and Mark Gero 10th Anniversary Polaroid Album

1989 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
114

Beatles 1966 Shea Stadium Concert Ticket

New York City 1966 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 687.50
116 Starr Ringo (b. 1940)

Ringo Starr signed photograph

circa 1990s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 468.75
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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