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Potter & Potter's Retail Store. Shop now for vintage magic, gambling, circus, and oddities. Our inventory includes used, rare, and out-of-print books, along with vintage magic posters, photographs, magic tricks, playing cards, and more.
Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
FEBRUARY 16, 2023 • Our first book sale of the year will feature major high spots in all categories beginning with our sci–fi and horror section that comprises a near complete collection of Arkham House titles, many of which came from the famous Richard Manney collection.
A Study in Sherlock
APRIL 20, 2023 • Potter & Potter is pleased to announce the first sale from Robert Hess's collection of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Coin - Op, Advertising & Breweriana
JANUARY 28, 2023 • Our first auction of 2023 featured a host of coin operated machines in a range of collecting categories, from slots and trade stimulators to rare vending machines, and arcade games alike. The auction also featured the extensive Anheuser-Busch collection of William F. Goza, including vintage advertising, ephemera, rare bottles, and associated breweriana.
Vintage Posters
MARCH 9, 2023 • Potter & Potter opens the spring season with an eclectic offering of over 500 vintage posters, spanning the Golden Age of travel, twentieth century advertising, propaganda, and more.
The Ricky Jay Collection
FEBRUARY 25, 2023 • Potter & Potter is thrilled to bring to auction the remarkable, singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera.
Pop Culture & Collectibles
MARCH 30, 2023 • From comic books and rock memorabilia, to movie posters, vintage toys, trading cards, and Disneyana, our auction will feature highlights from nearly every corner of American twentieth century pop culture.
Upcoming Auction
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Download PDFFine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Our first book sale of the year features high spots in all categories. The sci–fi and horror session includes a near complete collection of Arkham House titles, many from the famous Richard Manney collection. Other featured lots in the sale include the Kelmscott Chaucer, Mark Twain manuscripts and signed works, an Edward Gorey library, leaves from Shakespeare's First Folio, and a near fine set of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. We will round out the sale with important Americana including rare maps of the Midwest, and Theodore Roosevelt's first book.
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Download PDFThe Ricky Jay Collection
Potter & Potter is thrilled to bring to auction the remarkable, singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera - a one-of-a-kind wunderkammer. From the literature of cheating, gambling, and conmen, to vibrant vintage circus and sideshow posters, flamboyant text-filled broadsides spanning the last four centuries, and memorabilia of magic shows of yesteryear, this, the first of three auctions promises to be a true celebration of curious characters and the rare relics that tell their stories.
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Vintage Posters
Potter & Potter opens the spring season with an eclectic offering of over 500 vintage posters, spanning the Golden Age of travel, nineteenth and twentieth century advertising, propaganda, and more. The sale will feature our largest selection of posters from the First and Second World Wars to date, including Flagg's famous "I Want You." Other highlights include David Klein's TWA poster for Disneyland, numerous designs by Bernard Villemot, and scarce pictorial maps covering the United States, Europe, and elsewhere.