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Potter and Potter Auctions: Hollywood, Pop Culture, & Collectibles
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Hollywood, Pop Culture, & Collectibles | Total Sales (USD) | 150,212.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 126,410.00 |
| Sale Number | #22896 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 208,155.00 |
| Total Lots | 447 | ||
| Sold Lots | 367.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 149,110.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.10% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 245,805.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 80 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 61.11% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Addams Charles (1912 - 1988) | Hearse scene New Yorker cartoon |
1963-8 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 3 | Disney Walter E. (1901 - 1966) | Typed letter signed to Chester Morris |
1955 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 164 | Kubrick Stanley | A Clockwork Orange |
1970; 1971 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 158 | Tarantino Quentin | Pulp Fiction |
1994 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 291 | Kiss signed concert dressing room sign |
ca. 1970s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,500.00 | |
| 169 | Kubrick Stanley; Johnson Diane | The Shining |
late 1970s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 294 | Springsteen Bruce | Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band signed dressing room sign |
1970s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 332 | Mouse Stanley (1940-); Kelley Alton (1940-2008) | Grateful Dead / Avalon Ballroom |
1967 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 295 | Collection of 28 band and performer signed concert dressing room signs |
1970s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 355 | The Glory Girl |
ca. 1936 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 530 | Schulz Charles M. (1922-2000) | A New Peanuts Book Featuring Snoopy |
[1958] | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 4 | McCarthy Floyd (1913-1999) | Photograph inscribed and signed by Bogart and Bacall |
1946 | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 290 | Rolling Stones and Linda Ronstadt signed dressing room sign |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 233 | Halsman Philippe | Marilyn Monroe Test Photograph |
ca. 1950s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 531 | Bechdel Alison (b. 1960) | Dykes to Watch Out For #315 original comic strip artwork |
1999 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 136 | The War of the Worlds |
1953 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 19 | Welles Orson (1915 - 1985) | The Mercury Wonder Show Magic Show Broadside and Performance Ticket |
1943 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 123 | Kirchherr Astrid (1938-2020) | Portrait of John Lennon |
ca. 21st century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 13 | Chester Morris's personal guest book |
1942 -1948 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 127 | Smith Joseph | It Came from Outer Space |
1953 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 269 | Van Hamersveld John | The Endless Summer |
1966 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 117 | Harrison George (1943-2001);Harrison Dhani;Harrison Olivia | Harrison Family 3D Pop-up Christmas Card |
circa 1990s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 326 | Hardwick Charlie | Nirvana / with Sister Double Happiness |
1991 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 374 | Flash Gordon Fan Archive |
circa 1970s-1990s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 512 | Hamill Mark; Ford Harrison; Fisher Carrie; Jones James Earl | Star Wars: A New Hope Signed Photo |
ca. 21st century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
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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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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