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Press Releases
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Antiques & Auction News
Potter & Potter Auctions' Pop Culture Sale Scores $230,000
Potter and Potter Auctions' mid-summer sale on July 27 was one hot ticket and marked the debut for the Toys and Pop Culture Division for the Chicago-area auction firm.
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The Chicago Reader
Some of the best entertainment in the city this week is at Potter & Potter’s automata auction
In the 1972 thriller film Sleuth, a crime fiction writer named Andrew Wyke (played by Laurence Olivier) plots revenge on his wife's paramour in an isolated manor filled with games, costumes, and automata.
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The Hot Bid
A Magician Automaton from Sleuth Could Sell for $60,000
What you see: A circa 1925-1930 magician automaton built in Paris that appeared in the 1972 film Sleuth, which starred Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine.
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Kovels
50 Years Later – Woodstock Memorabilia Worth Collecting
On August 15-17, 1969 — 50 years ago this week — the famous Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held near White Lake on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, N.Y
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Antiques & the Arts Weekly
Across The Block
BEATLES-SIGNED ‘YELLOW SUBMARINE’ PENCIL DRAWING SURFACES AT $7,800
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Antiques Trade Gazette
Clown acrobat swings in
This clown acrobat of c.1910 is one of around 150 automata from the Michael Kam collection that feature in the Potter & Potter August 24 auction in Chicago
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Quality Comix
Selling Comic Books to get the Most Money
Owning a valuable comic book isn't always about the money.
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Collector's Journal
Potter & Potter ‘Automata: Life & Other Illusions’ sale, August 2019
The sale offers a remarkable collection of rare antique and contemporary automatons, from 19th century Paris to the present day – and here are ten lots we’d love to own…
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itricks Magic News
Potter And Potter Automaton Offerings [Magic On The Block]
This magician automaton, featured in the movie Sleuth, is one of several going up for auction on August 24 in Potter and Potter’s AUTOMATA: Life & Other Illusions event
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Fine Books & Collections
Potter & Potter Auctions' Pop Culture Sale Scores $230,000
This auction offered a world series caliber selection of baseball cards and related sports merchandise, with several lots taking MVP status.
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Press Releases
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Just Collecting
Potter & Potter ‘Automata: Life & Other Illusions’ sale, August 2019
Our featured auction this week is the Potter & Potter sale ‘Automata: Life & Other Illusions’, which takes place in Chicago on August 24.
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Chicago Tribune
Column: Chicago Magic Lounge provides stage history lesson in magic
About 15 years ago, while traveling with my parents in Las Vegas, we caught a performance of magician David Copperfield’s show in the showroom at Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino.
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