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Press Releases
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Auction Central News
Potter & Potter to conjure 500+ lots of pure magic, July 16
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions‘ Saturday, July 16 sale, The Collection of Jim DeLoach, will feature a fine selection of antique to modern magic apparatus, posters, books and artwork
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Auction Central News
Movie prop from The Matrix, $78,000, Potter & Potter Auctions
A lightning rifle prop from the movie The Matrix, made out of resin, rubber and foam, sold for $78,000 at a sale titled Enter the Matrix: The Wachowski Collection held May 12 by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago.
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Press Releases
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Maine Antique Digest
Auction Prices Realized, July 2022
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases.
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Bond Lifestyle
Vintage James Bond Collectibles at Potter & Potter Auctions
A lifetime collection of vintage James Bond toys and collectibles will be auctioned by Potter & Potter Auctions during their 2022 Pop Culture, Disneyana & Collectibles Sale to be held on Thursday, June 16th 2022.
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Auction Central News
James Bond toys offer a license to bid at Potter & Potter, June 16
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will hold a nearly 700-lot sale of entertainment-related ephemera and materials, Walt Disney World park-used items, mid-century playthings, erotica, and other eclectic merchandise on Saturday, June 16 starting at 10 am Central time.
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Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence
More Master Mystery Paper Robot Reproductions
We got our hands on a stack of this recently produced poster for Houdini’s Master Mystery.
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NewCity
Today In The Culture, July 6, 2022
Auction Set For Collection Of Jim DeLoach’s Estate Of Magic
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Antiques Trade Gazette
Great price for edition inscribed by F Scott Fitzgerald
An inscribed copy of F Scott Fitzgerald’s 'The Great Gatsby' was the most expensive purchase in a held by Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium).
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Press Releases
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Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence
Film Treatments by Houdini – Yar, the Primeval Man
Houdini wrote, produced and starred in two of his feature films; he wrote a number of treatments – plots for potential productions; and he self-published several of these treatments. *
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Antiques Trade Gazette
Chicago saleroom hits an all-time high for results
In what was the auction house’s most successful sale ever in financial terms, and one that boasted a 97% selling rate, a March 4 sale at Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) was led at $65,000 (£49,240) by a 'Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen’s Captivity…
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Auction Daily
Hollywood Comes to Chicago for Potter & Potter Auctions’ Enter The Matrix: The Wachowski Collection Sale
Potter & Potter Auctions of Chicago, IL held its Enter The Matrix: The Wachowski Collection auction on May 12th, 2022.
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Crain's
The Big Ticket: Two blockbusters
Filmmakers Lana and Lilly Wachowski deconstruct "The Matrix" by selling objects used in their films from their personal collection, such as maquettes of those creepy, robot spider things.
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