Potter and Potter Auctions: Vintage Posters
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Vintage Posters | Total Sales (USD) | 304,914.00 |
| Auction Date | November 07, 2024 - November 07, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 232,175.00 |
| Sale Number | #1192 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 368,325.00 |
| Total Lots | 636 | ||
| Sold Lots | 532.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 267,025.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 83.65% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 424,425.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 104 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 71.84% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Gateway to the World's Fair / Pan Am. |
1961 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 18,000.00 | |
| 76 | RAGAN, Leslie (1897 -- 1972). | Chicago / New York Central Lines. |
1929 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 537 | MUCHA, Alphonse (1860 -- 1939). | Theatre de la Renaissance / Sarah Bernhardt / La Samaritaine. |
1897 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 71 | MORAN, Thomas (1837--1926). | Yellowstone Park / Northern Pacific. |
USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 5,280.00 | |
| 538 | MUCHA, Alphonse (1860 -- 1939). | Lefevre -- Utile / Sarah Bernhardt. |
1903 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
| 75 | Burlington Route / Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. |
ca. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,080.00 | |
| 351 | Let Us Go Forward Together. |
1940 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,080.00 | |
| 66 | New York / TWA. |
Circa 1976. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 102 | KLEIN, David (1918-2005). | Fly TWA / New York. Airline poster with a glittering mid-century rendering of Times Square. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 64 | BINDER, Joseph (1898--1972). | New York World's Fair / The World of Tomorrow. |
1939 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,360.00 |
| 1 | ATHERTON, John (1900--1952). | Hawaii by Clipper / Pan American World Airways. |
1948 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 32 | Caribbean / Pan American. |
Circa 1960s. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,120.00 | |
| 2 | VON ARENBURG, Mark. | Fly to Rio by Clipper / Pan American World Airways. |
Circa 1940s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 425 | CHUNG LING SOO (William Ellsworth Robinson, 1861--1918). | A Name to Conjure With / Chung Ling Soo / Marvelous Chinese Conjurer. |
ca. 1910s. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 504 | MUCHA, Alphonse (1860 -- 1939). | Salon des Cent. Maitres de l'Affiche Pl. 94. |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 | |
| 112 | KOR, Paul (Kornowski) (1926--2001). | Boeing 707 / El Al Israel Air Lines. |
1960 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 416 | [CIRCUS]. Walter L. Main Trained Wild Animal 3 Ring Circus / Polar Bear. |
Circa 1910s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 | |
| 547 | BOUCHET, Camille. | Cognac Jacquet. |
ca. 1920s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 58 | New York / Pan Am. |
1970s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,160.00 | |
| 61 | BAUDOUIN, Pierre (1921--1971). | Air France / Paris. |
1948 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 332 | ROCKWELL, Norman (1894-1978). | [The Four Freedoms]. Group of 4 posters. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,040.00 | |
| 17 | KAUFFER, Edward McKnight (1890--1954). | Bermuda / Fly Pan Am. Offset lithograph depicting several sailboats. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 | |
| 65 | STAEHLE, Albert (1899--1974). | New York World's Fair. |
1939 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 385 | [WORLD WAR II]. Group of 22 propaganda posters. |
1940s. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,920.00 | |
| 630 | FRYKHOLM, Steve (b. 1942). | Eleven Herman Miller Summer Picnic Posters. |
1970s--90s | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
