Potter and Potter Auctions: Vintage Posters, 1223, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 664 items in 27 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 VERNIER, Francois

Air France / Paris

Paris 1961 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,125.00
52 NATHAN-GARAMOND, Jacques (1910 -- 2001)

Air France / Paris Orly

Paris 1962 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
53 NATHAN-GARAMOND, Jacques (1910 -- 2001)

Air France / Japan

Paris 1963 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 500.00
54 CARLU, Jean (1900 -- 1997)

India / Air France

Paris 1959 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
55 MANSET, Regis (1900 -- 1978)

Paris / Air France

Paris 1952 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.25
56

Air France. Group of 6 posters

1960s USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,125.00
57 MORAN, Herve (1917 -- 1980)

Air France / Europe

Paris 1956 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
58 DUBOIS, Jacques (1912 -- 1994)

The Sun Spends the Winter on the French Riviera

Paris ca. 1958 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 312.50
59 DUBOIS, Jacques (1912 -- 1994)

Join the Sun on a Ski-Run in France

Paris ca. 1958 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
60 BELLINI, Emmanuel (1904 -- 1989)

Nice Thermal

Cannes USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 406.25
61 LAULHE, Henri

Hendaye / Cote Basque

Pyrenees ca. 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
62 SEM (Georges Goursat, 1863--1934)

Cannes

[Paris] ca. 1930s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
63 GRUAU, Rene (1909 -- 2009)

Relax... / Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis

ca. 1960s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
64 GRUAU, RENE (1910--2004)

Group of 3 posters

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
65 GRUAU, RENE (1909--2004)]

Two posters. Including Rimini (2000); and Bagni di Rimini (1993)

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
66

France. Collection of 21 tourism posters

France 1960s-70s USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 531.25
67 ARPKE, Otto (1886 -- 1943)

Hapag / Mediterranean and Orient Cruises

Berlin ca. 1930s USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
68 HOERTZ, Frederick J. (1889 -- 1978)

Europe / International Mercantile Marine Lines / American Red Star / White Star

Circa 1920s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
69

France. Group of 13 tourism posters

France ca. 1950s-60s USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 156.25
70 BUZZI, Dan (1890--1974)

Locarno

[Lausanne] 1944 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
71 BLANK, Richard (1901 -- 1972)

Berlin

Berlin 1954 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 156.25
72

BWIA / Antigua

Circa 1950s USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
73

BWIA / Trinidad & Tobago

Circa 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
74

BOAC. Group of 3 posters

Circa 1957-59 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
75

Belgium. Group of 3 travel posters

Circa 1950s-60s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
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