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How History Unfolds on Paper: Eric C. Caren Collection,

Part IX, at Potter & Potter on April 18

CHICAGO, IL – Selected items from the Eric C. Caren Collection will earliest (procurable and displayable) printing of The Emancipation
be coming to auction on April 18, 2024, through Potter & Potter Proclamation in 1863.
Auctions of Chicago, IL. This is the ninth auction to bring items The most extraordinary lot, albeit not the most valuable, is an item
from this massive private collection of “How History Unfolds on that merges historical and original paper (damaged) collecting with fine
Paper” to auction. art, resulting in an already worldwide acclaimed enormous collage
This is the largest and most diverse of Eric C. Caren’s nine auctions. portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Five centuries of material can be found in over 600 lots covering every- Moving forward in history, the auction will offer a TV Guide
thing from the religious wars of the 16th century and The Salem picturing Donald Trump with Martha Stewart; a very early, rare, and
Witchcraft trials of 1692 to awards won by Neil Armstrong and Buzz important Bradford imprint relating to the early 1700s Slave uprising
Aldrin for Photography on the Moon in 1969, and beyond! in NYC during the reign of Queen Anne; an amazing period Virginia
The sale’s highlight is George Washington’s appointment as imprint relating to Thomas Jefferson and his illegitimate mullato
General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. This children with Sally Hemings; a manuscript Sons of Liberty Stamp Act
document is far and away the most important George Washington piece; a period printing of The Declaration of Independence; an early
document in private hands … His 1775 commission to be Commander printing of The Bill of Rights; the first American comic strip in The
in Chief, an official original by virtue of having been accomplished in Idiot, 1819; and so much more!
the hand of, and signed by, Charles Thomson, Secretary of The Eric Caren has been called “The Babe Ruth of Historical
Continental Congress. Collecting” by both mainstream and trade press, as he owns more than
Other founding father lots include books owned and signed by one million historical originals. Christie’s compared him to the greatest
Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. There is also a fabulous and book collector ever … Sir Thomas Philipps.
important Mormon letter archive 1843-50’s, and other Mormon lots; Caren is a pioneer in the field of Paper Americana and Ephemera.
a fascinating Alaska Gold Rush era photographic and manuscript “We’re thrilled to offer the biggest (and, humbly, we think the best)
archive; an annotated speech on computers, used by JP Eckert inventor auction from Eric Caren’s storied archives in our April sale,” says Gabe
of ENIAC; one of the earliest printed articles on organized Black Fajuri of Potter & Potter Auctions. “Bringing real, tangible pieces of his-
Baseball, 1871; and a signed Babe Ruth photograph and also perhaps tory across the block - especially the political material we’re offering in
the first headline ever on the rookie pitcher Ruth in a 1914 newspaper! this election year - delivers a tangible excitement to the auction room.”
There are also 66 Presidential related lots including a broadside printed “How History Unfolds on Paper” will go live at 10 a.m. on
in Boston on the death and funeral of Washington 1800; a photo- Thursday, April 18 at 10 a.m. To register for Live, Absentee, Online,
graphic campaign ribbon for Abraham Lincoln; a newly discovered first and Phone bids, visit www.potterauctions.com/auctions/upcoming or
printing of Lincoln’s Immortal 2nd Inaugural Address (“With Malice call 773-472-1442. Bidding is also available through Live Auctioneers.
Towards None …”), printed by the only newspaper in the Inaugural To view auction lots, visit www.auctions.potterauctions.com/
Parade in 1865; a first printing of The Gettysburg Address; and the Catalog.aspx?auctionid=1177

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