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Download PDFDisneyana / Pop Culture
This auction promises nearly 900 lots of Disneyana and pop culture memorabilia. The first session will focus on Disney memorabilia, with featured lots including park attraction posters, cast member uniforms and costumes, maps, collectibles, and artwork.
The second session will feature pop culture memorabilia of all descriptions, from sports, music, and movie memorabilia, to comic books, cards, and vintage toys. Highlights include Frank Sinatra's personally owned music stand, signed guitars, and handwritten Grateful Dead lyrics. An original painting by Frank Sinatra will also be part of the second session.
Auction Highlights
An Evening at the White House Display Signed by Johnny Cash and Richard M. Nixon. $2,500-$4,000
Lot 145 - Visit the Wonderful World of Alice in Wonderland $6,000-$8,000
The Who Signed Electric Guitar. $800-$1,000
Led Zeppelin Signed Publicity Still Display. $1,000-$2,000
Bob Marley Signed Exodus Album Display. $3,000-$5,000
Lot 142 - David Klein. Disneyland Fly TWA. Disneyland $2,000-$4,000
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Signed Are You Experienced? Album Display $3,000-$5,000
Pink Floyd Signed Electric Guitar. $2,000-$4,000
Lot 648 - Frank Sinatra Personally Owned Brass Music Stan $4,000-$6,000
Lot 49 - Pinocchio, Geppetto, and Figaro Animatronic Figures $10,000-$20,000
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
Our summer book sale will feature high spots in a range of categories. The auction will commence with a choice selection of early exploration titles including polar, atlases, and Americana. A wide array of modern firsts and important antiquarian books including a first edition of Moby Dick and a presentation copy from Charles Darwin are among the features of the literature session, and the sale will conclude with a selection of artist books and fine press titles, spotlighting entries for the “Caxton Club’s Reimagining ‘Chicago by the Book.’” works by some of the foremost book artists and binders of today, as part of the Club’s upcoming symposium to raise awareness for the arts.
Auction Highlights
McKenny & Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America $3,000-$4,000
Mercator's 1632 Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes $18,000-$20,000
The Outsider and Others by H.P. Lovecraft $4,000-$6,000
Herman Melville's Moby Dick $50,000-$60,000
Hobbes' Leviathan $20,000-$30,000
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Fall Magic Auction (Online-Only)
Our September magic auction will be a bibliophile's delight. Featuring a strong selection of antiquarian titles from the library of Giovanni "Roxy" Pasqua, the sale will feature works from the seventeenth century to the present day, among them classics by Bosco, modern presentation copies and deluxe editions, and related works. The books and manuscripts will be complemented by a diverse array of collectable and performable magic apparatus, posters, and printed ephemera.
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Steiff, Toys, & Pop Culture
This auction will open with several hundred pieces of vintage and modern Steiff bears and other animals, drawn from advanced collections in Chicago and across the country. The remainder of the sale will consist of an eclectic offering of toys and collectibles, including a collection of antique mechanical cast iron banks; classic tin litho toys; German diecast scale model construction vehicles; comic books; movie posters; Disneyana; autographs; and other pop culture memorabilia.