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Potter & Potter Auctions’ May 22, 2019 Vintage Poster Sale
CHICAGO, IL – Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce its 725 lot ground filled with fireworks. It measures 40” x
Vintage Poster Sale to be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 starting at 10 a.m. at 25”. And lot #43, a Frank Stella (American,
the company's gallery, located at 3759 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL. All lots b. 1936) Lincoln Center Festival 1967 promo-
from this upcoming sale are on display and available for public preview on Mon., tional poster is estimated at $600-$800.
May 20th and Tues., May 21st from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Potter & Potter. No passports are required to appreciate this
Premier, finely illustrated domestic midcentury travel posters are a key category sale’s world-class selections of international
in this sale. Selections on offer include examples from some of the most popular and posters of all sorts. Lot #122, a Roger Broders
well respected names in 20th century commercial illustration. Lot #321, a c. 1960s (French, 1883-1953) St. Pierre de Chartreuse
David Klein (1918 – 2005) Fly TWA New York poster is estimated at $2,000- poster is estimated at $1,800-$2,400. St. Pierre
$2,500. This brilliantly colored poster features an abstract rendering of New York de Chartreuse is a commune located in south-
City in quadrilaterals and sparkling lights, with a TWA Lockheed Constellation to eastern France. This primarily green, pink, and
its upper right. This is the small version of this iconic image, measuring 25 1/4” x blue poster depict a view of its mountain and
15 1/2”. Lot #201, a Stan Galli (1912-2009) Los Angeles United Air Lines poster forest range and measures 39” x 25”. It was pro-
depicting a vibrant portrait of a platinum blonde in sunglasses at the beach is esti - duced in 1930 by Vaugirard in Paris. Lot #15,
mated at $1,500-$2,000. This 1960s example, measuring 40 1/2” x 25”, is an a 1913 French advertising poster for Terrot
uncommon variant of a poster typically advertising southern California, as opposed Bicycles, is estimated at $800-$1,000. It
to Los Angeles. And lot #180, a Joseph Feher (1909-1987) Hawaii United Airlines measures 62 1/2” x 47 1/4”. This fabulously
poster from the 1950s, is estimated at $1,400-$1,800. This snapshot of paradise illustrated poster shows a well-attired man on a
measures 40” x 25” and is illustrated with a woman wearing a lei of flowers and bike, speeding down a hill hands free, enjoying a cigar, and holding a newspaper.
doing the hula dance, standing on an Lot #597, a 1963 three sheet poster for The Great Escape is estimated at $800-
island with fish and Hawaiians decorating $1,000. This WWII POW escape movie starred Steve McQueen and was nomi-
its landscape. nated for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe award, among others, in 1964. It
This sale offers a first-class selection of measures 78” x 41”. Lot #590, an oversized 1950 poster for the film Gene Autry
posters promoting commercial hotspots and and the Mounties is estimated at $600-$800. Lot #681, a Byrnes & Helene Crayon
events, with many representing legacy and Artists & Grotesque Comedians lithograph poster is estimated at $1,000-$1,5000.
still popular themes. Lot #208, a 1950s This 1885 example is illustrated with two performers in blackface. The male subject
Stanley Walter Galli (1912-2009) United jumps in front of a drawing board and the female subject holds a small fan. This
Airlines Disneyland poster is estimated at extraordinarily rare poster has never appeared at public auction; the only other
$2,600-3,2000. It is charmingly illustrated known one is located institutionally. It is framed and measures 18” x 14".
with a ferry full of families riding through a Potter & Potter, founded in 2007, is a Chicago area auction house specializing in
swamp safari and measures 40” x 24”. Lot paper Americana, vintage advertising, rare books, playing cards, gambling memorabilia,
#332, a 1961 New York World’s Fair Fly posters, fine prints, vintage toys, and magicana (antiques and collectibles related to magic
TWA Jets poster—one of the rarest of and magicians). The company's next live event, The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins,
all New York World's Fair posters—is Part II will take place on June 29, 2019. The online catalog will be posted approximately
estimated at $1,400-2,000, and features the four weeks before the date of the auction. For more information, please see
fair’s giant globe on a bright orange back- Potterauctions.com.
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CHICAGO, IL – Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce its 725 lot ground filled with fireworks. It measures 40” x
Vintage Poster Sale to be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 starting at 10 a.m. at 25”. And lot #43, a Frank Stella (American,
the company's gallery, located at 3759 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL. All lots b. 1936) Lincoln Center Festival 1967 promo-
from this upcoming sale are on display and available for public preview on Mon., tional poster is estimated at $600-$800.
May 20th and Tues., May 21st from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Potter & Potter. No passports are required to appreciate this
Premier, finely illustrated domestic midcentury travel posters are a key category sale’s world-class selections of international
in this sale. Selections on offer include examples from some of the most popular and posters of all sorts. Lot #122, a Roger Broders
well respected names in 20th century commercial illustration. Lot #321, a c. 1960s (French, 1883-1953) St. Pierre de Chartreuse
David Klein (1918 – 2005) Fly TWA New York poster is estimated at $2,000- poster is estimated at $1,800-$2,400. St. Pierre
$2,500. This brilliantly colored poster features an abstract rendering of New York de Chartreuse is a commune located in south-
City in quadrilaterals and sparkling lights, with a TWA Lockheed Constellation to eastern France. This primarily green, pink, and
its upper right. This is the small version of this iconic image, measuring 25 1/4” x blue poster depict a view of its mountain and
15 1/2”. Lot #201, a Stan Galli (1912-2009) Los Angeles United Air Lines poster forest range and measures 39” x 25”. It was pro-
depicting a vibrant portrait of a platinum blonde in sunglasses at the beach is esti - duced in 1930 by Vaugirard in Paris. Lot #15,
mated at $1,500-$2,000. This 1960s example, measuring 40 1/2” x 25”, is an a 1913 French advertising poster for Terrot
uncommon variant of a poster typically advertising southern California, as opposed Bicycles, is estimated at $800-$1,000. It
to Los Angeles. And lot #180, a Joseph Feher (1909-1987) Hawaii United Airlines measures 62 1/2” x 47 1/4”. This fabulously
poster from the 1950s, is estimated at $1,400-$1,800. This snapshot of paradise illustrated poster shows a well-attired man on a
measures 40” x 25” and is illustrated with a woman wearing a lei of flowers and bike, speeding down a hill hands free, enjoying a cigar, and holding a newspaper.
doing the hula dance, standing on an Lot #597, a 1963 three sheet poster for The Great Escape is estimated at $800-
island with fish and Hawaiians decorating $1,000. This WWII POW escape movie starred Steve McQueen and was nomi-
its landscape. nated for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe award, among others, in 1964. It
This sale offers a first-class selection of measures 78” x 41”. Lot #590, an oversized 1950 poster for the film Gene Autry
posters promoting commercial hotspots and and the Mounties is estimated at $600-$800. Lot #681, a Byrnes & Helene Crayon
events, with many representing legacy and Artists & Grotesque Comedians lithograph poster is estimated at $1,000-$1,5000.
still popular themes. Lot #208, a 1950s This 1885 example is illustrated with two performers in blackface. The male subject
Stanley Walter Galli (1912-2009) United jumps in front of a drawing board and the female subject holds a small fan. This
Airlines Disneyland poster is estimated at extraordinarily rare poster has never appeared at public auction; the only other
$2,600-3,2000. It is charmingly illustrated known one is located institutionally. It is framed and measures 18” x 14".
with a ferry full of families riding through a Potter & Potter, founded in 2007, is a Chicago area auction house specializing in
swamp safari and measures 40” x 24”. Lot paper Americana, vintage advertising, rare books, playing cards, gambling memorabilia,
#332, a 1961 New York World’s Fair Fly posters, fine prints, vintage toys, and magicana (antiques and collectibles related to magic
TWA Jets poster—one of the rarest of and magicians). The company's next live event, The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins,
all New York World's Fair posters—is Part II will take place on June 29, 2019. The online catalog will be posted approximately
estimated at $1,400-2,000, and features the four weeks before the date of the auction. For more information, please see
fair’s giant globe on a bright orange back- Potterauctions.com.
June 2019
7
