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Press Releases
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Antiques Trade Gazette
Works show how to stay sharp at cards
Tightly bound, clean and crisp, and “about the nicest copy we have seen” was the assessment by a specialist US saleroom of the biggest winner in its auction of a single-owner gambling memorabilia collection.
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Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence
Aquarium Challenge AKA Houdini Upside Down
Tomorrow marks the day that Houdini first performed the Water Torture Cell.
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WBUR Boston NPR Radio
Magic Collection Of Watertown's Late Ray Goulet Is Set For Auction
Magic enthusiasts around the country will receiver a posthumous gift from late Watertown magician Ray Goulet.
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Antiques Trade Gazette
French advertising poster for Terrot bicycles to be offered at Potter & Potter
Among the 700-plus lots of posters included in Potter & Potter’s auction in Chicago on May 22 will be a 1913 French example advertising Terrot bicycles.
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Auction Central News
Vintage Board Games Are Not Child's Play
Board games go back centuries, like chess, which reportedly dates to around A.D. 600, and Go (aka Weiqi), which started in China some 4,000 years ago.
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Fine Books and Collections
Vintage Poster Sale at Potter & Potter Auctions on May 22
Premier, finely illustrated domestic midcentury travel posters are a key category in this sale.
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Auction Central News
Ray Goulet’s Magic Posters, Books, and Ephemera Sold Well at Potter & Potter
Potter and Potter's early spring auction celebrated the life and contributions of beloved industry friend Ray Goulet as well as surpassed its high estimate in sales.
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Fine Books and Collections
Gallery Report: ‘Wizard of Oz’ movie poster produces $108K
A first-edition copy of S.W. Erdnase’s The Expert at the Card Table, a book relating to gambling, cheating and card sharping, sold for $16,800 at a Gambling Memorabilia Sale held March 30 by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago.
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Press Releases
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Wild About Harry
Houdini "Challenged" poster sells for $18,000
An ultra rare poster for Houdini's 1911 playlet, "Challenged" or "Houdini Upside Down" sold today for $18,000
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The Smart Collector
‘Cheating’ devices, material brought big business to Chicago auction house
At auction, the worlds of magic and gambling memorabilia are closely aligned.
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The Hot Bid
Potter & Potter Could Sell “The True History of Pepper’s Ghost”–a Rare Book on the Famous Special Effect–for $900
What you see: A copy of The True History of Pepper’s Ghost, an 1890 book by Professor John Henry Pepper.
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Antiques Trade Gazette
New faces at Bonhams, Potter & Potter and Webb’s are among the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques trade
Potter & Potter Auctions has launched a toys and pop culture department and has hired dealer Tom Miano to lead it.
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