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Potter and Potter Auctions: Advertising, Antiques & Coin-Op
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Advertising, Antiques & Coin-Op | Total Sales (USD) | 53,652.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 07, 2026 - May 07, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 26,460.00 |
| Sale Number | #22672 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 44,435.00 |
| Total Lots | 148 | ||
| Sold Lots | 139.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 27,910.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 46,985.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 114.19% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307 | CHOCOLATE |
late 19th/early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 5,280.00 | |
| 228 | McAlpin & Co.'s Chocolate Cream Plug Tobacco |
ca. 1900s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 2,040.00 | |
| 327 | Samoset Chocolate Co. Advertising Memorabilia |
early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,680.00 | |
| 333 | CHOCOLATE |
bulk late 19th / early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 344 | Long's Chocolate Dips advertising diecut |
ca. 1890s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 302 | Binder of ephemera |
19th/early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,140.00 | |
| 308 | CHOCOLATE |
early, and some mid-20th century | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,140.00 | |
| 332 | Runkel's New York Cocoa & Chocolates trade cards (uncut sheet) |
ca. 1900s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,140.00 | |
| 292 | Album of over 300 American flag and patriotic postcards and ephemera |
ND | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 298 | Binder of ephemera (Hershey's, Apollo, W.H. Baker) |
late 19th/early 20th century | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 300 | Van Houten's Cocoa. Two binders of ephemera |
late 19th / early 20th century | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 287 | Album of approximately 350 cyanotype postcards |
early 20th century | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 900.00 | |
| 304 | CHOCOLATE |
late 19th / early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 900.00 | |
| 341 | Eleven Vintage and Antiquarian Volumes on Chocolate |
1891; 1915; 1896; 1892; 1866; 1920; 1914; 1915; 1931; 1921; nd | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 900.00 | |
| 266 | Faure | Group of 5 product display signs |
ca. 1920s-1930s | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 286 | Album of over 250 cyanotype postcards and photographs |
ND | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 720.00 | |
| 343 | Walter Baker | Walter Baker & Co.'s Chocolate poster |
ca. 1900s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 720.00 |
| 365 | C. Fell | C.J. Fell & Brother Philadelphia advertising poster |
1856 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 720.00 |
| 377 | Schepp's Cocoanut trade card original artwork |
ND (early 20th century) | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 720.00 | |
| 247 | Union Pacific Streamliner "City of Los Angeles" poster |
ND | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 282 | Louis Prang | Louis Prang & Company Published Chromolithographic Card & Ephemera Album |
late 19th/early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 303 | Binder of chocolate ephemera |
late 19th/early 20th century | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 352 | W. Baker | W. Baker & Co. American & Vanilla Chocolates advertising poster |
ca. 1860s-70s | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 250 | Eagle Mikado Pencils "Buy Your School Supplies Here" posters (20) |
circa 1930s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 306 | CHOCOLATE & COCOA |
late 19th/early 20th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 570.00 |
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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.