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Press Releases
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The Hot Bid
Diane Arbus Photographs Owned by Albino Sword Swallower Sandra Reed Could Together Command $80,000
Update: Lots 233 and 234 sold for $6,000 each. The circa 1965 group photo, lot 231, fetched $12,000.
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Fine Books & Collections
700+ Lots of Circus, Freak, and Sideshow Memorabilia at Potter & Potter in September
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce their Circus, Sideshow, and Oddities sale to be held on Saturday, September 26th.
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Press Releases
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Journal of Antiques and Collectibles
Gavels ‘n’ Paddles: U.S. Grant slot machine, $2,640, Potter & Potter
A Mills figural Ulysses S. Grant 5-cent slot machine, 72 inches tall, sold for $2,640 at an Eclectible Collectible Auction held June 20 by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago, Ill.
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Auction Daily
Auction Preview
The Coin-Op & Advertising sale, presented by Potter & Potter Auctions, features coin-operated machines such as early vending machines, slots, trade stimulators, and arcade games.
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Gavels ‘n’ Paddles
Gavels ‘n’ Paddles – August 2020
A Mills figural Ulysses S. Grant 5-cent slot machine, 72 inches tall, sold for $2,640 at an Eclectible Collectible Auction held June 20 by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago, Ill.
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Board Game Geek
The Case of the Missing 40,000 Jerry Nugget Decks: A Detective Story
Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards. These playing cards from the Jerry's Nugget Casino are the stuff of legend.
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Atlas Obsura
Show & Tell With a Master Magic Auctioneer
In this episode of Show & Tell, Atlas Obscura co-founder Dylan Thuras speaks with Gabe Fajuri of Potter & Potter Auctions, located in Chicago, Illinois, which focuses on all sorts of unusual objects and ephemera.
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Press Releases
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Fine Books & Collections
Potter & Potter Auctions' July Magic Sale Casts Its Spell
Chicago — Potter and Potter's midsummer magic sale - the fourth and concluding sale of the vast magic collection of Jim Rawlins - proved good things come to those who wait!
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Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence
Houdini Movie Lots
Also, yesterday (7/25/2020) , there were some great Houdini Movie Lots (390, 397, 398, 398A, 404, 405, 406, 410, 418, 419, 432, and 434) from The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins and others that sold at Potter & Potter.
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Wild About Harry
Houdini's wagon wheel rolls away with $4,200
The wagon wheel that came from the basement of Houdini's 278 sold today at Potter & Potter's Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins Part IV auction for $4,200.
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Auction Daily
Final Part of Jim Rawlins’ Magic Collection Comes to Auction with Potter & Potter
For 25 years, Jim Rawlins built his collection of magic memorabilia one item at a time.
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Wild About Harry
Relics from Houdini's 278 at auction
Potter & Potter is also offering an original bathtub from 278.
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