Auction House Details

Potter and Potter Auctions

Auction House Name Potter and Potter Auctions
Site URL https://www.potterauctions.com
About Us We're a Chicago auction house specializing in the sale of paper Americana, vintage advertising, rare books, playing cards, gambling memorabilia, posters, prints and magicana - antiques and collectibles focused on magic and magicians. The experts at Potter & Potter use decades of combined experience in the fields of auctions and antiques to bring its consignors outstanding results.<br><br>Previous sales have included record-setting results in more than one collecting field, and each auction is complemented by full-color sales collateral, including well-researched and professionally photographed auction catalogs (many of which have become collectibles in their own right); frequent advertsements in trade and hobby journals as well as online; a regular presence at industry events and conventions; international publicity in print, on television, and online; and an outstanding level of customer service on which we pride ourselves. We look forward to hearing from and working with you.
Who do I contact if I have questions? info@potterauctions.com
City Chicago
State Illinois
Country United States
Zipcode 60641
Contact Number (614) 414-0855(773) 472-1442
Buyer's Fee A buyer’s premium of 20%
Consigner's Fee

AUCTION LIST

June 08, 2024 - June 08, 2024, Magicana: Featuring the Collection of Peter Hackhofer, #1183
June 26, 2024 - June 26, 2024, Outsider, Folk, Contemporary and Fine Art, #1184
July 11, 2024 - July 11, 2024, Circus, Sideshow and Oddities, #1185
July 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024, Fine Books and Manuscripts, #1186
August 17, 2024 - August 17, 2024, The Ricky Jay Collection: Part 3, #81724
September 12, 2024 - September 12, 2024, Coin-Op and Advertising, #91224
September 19, 2024 - September 19, 2024, Counterculture and the 1960s, #91924
October 02, 2024 - October 02, 2024, Cabinet of Morbid Curiosities: The Richard Harris Collection, #100224

  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814. The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland. An important copy of the First Printing of De Valera’s new Constitution, approved in 1938. Signed by the Constitution Cabinet. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. Magnificent Hand-Coloured Copy - Only 25 Copies. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Cantillon (Richard). Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Gregory, (Lady Augusta). Spreading the News: The Rising of the Moon: The Poorhouse (with Douglas Hyde). Being Vol. IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Lavery (Lady Hazel). A moving series of three A.L.S. and a Telegram to Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, July-August 1927, expressing her grief at the death of Kevin O'Higgins. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde, ou l'on descrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique…, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, 1698. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Howell (James). Instructions for Forreine Travel Shewing by what Cours, and in what Compasse of Time…, London, 1642. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn., First Printing of Deluxe Collectors Edn. Signed. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America. 2 vols. Lond. 1818. €650 to €900.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: The Laws of the United States, Published by Authority, 3 vols. Philadelphia (Richard Folwell) 1796. €600 to €800.