Potter and Potter Auctions: Vintage Posters
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Vintage Posters | Total Sales (USD) | 252,380.40 |
| Auction Date | March 16, 2023 - March 16, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 190,380.00 |
| Sale Number | #1149 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 297,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 632 | ||
| Sold Lots | 588.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 207,930.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.04% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 324,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 44 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 77.70% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344 | MUCHA, Alphonse (1860-1939). | Moet & Chandon / Grand Cremant Imperiale. 1899. |
1899 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
| 87 | VERREES, J. Paul (1889 – 1942). | Join the Air Service. 1917. |
1917 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 196 | KLEIN, David (1918-2005). | Fly TWA / The Orient. 1960s. |
1960s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 197 | KLEIN, David (1918-2005). | Disneyland / Fly TWA Los Angeles. Circa 1955. |
Circa 1955. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 491 | Thurston / Do the Spirits Come Back? Cleveland: The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1929. |
ca. 1929. | USD 1,800.00 - 2,600.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 9 | FLAGG, James Montgomery (1877–1960). | I Want You for the U.S. Army / Enlist Now. 1940. |
1940 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 54 | [U.S. COAST GUARD—WORLD WAR II]. Group of 6 posters. 1940s. |
1940s. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,040.00 | |
| 146 | STUDIO OLIPHANT. | Fly to Chile via Panagra. Santiago: LeBlanc, ca. 1936. |
ca. 1936. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 250 | FEHER, Joseph (1908-1987). | Hawaii / United Air Lines. Circa 1950s. |
Circa 1950s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 89 | [WORLD WAR I]. Group of 6 American posters. Six Liberty Loan posters, including designs by Henry Raleigh and Casper Emerson Jr. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,560.00 | ||
| 490 | Alexander / The Man Who Knows. Circa 1915. |
Circa 1915. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 77 | CHRISTY, Howard Chandler (1872 – 1952). | I Want You for the Navy. 1917. |
1917 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 128 | Air France / Dans Tous Les Ciels. 1948. |
1948 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,440.00 | |
| 341 | BERGEVIN, Albert (1887—1974). | Avranches / Baie du Mont St. Michel. Syndicat d’Initiative d’Avranches, ca. 1910. |
ca. 1910. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 493 | Dell O’Dell / World’s Greatest Lady Magician. Circa 1940s. |
Circa 1940s. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,440.00 | |
| 198 | JEBARY, James. | United Airlines Presents Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room / Disneyland. 1968. |
1968 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 68 | ROCKWELL, Norman (1894-1978). | [The Four Freedoms]. Group of 4 posters. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. |
1943 | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 91 | [WORLD WAR I]. Group of 11 American posters. Group of Liberty Loan and Red Cross posters, including designs by Harrison Fisher, George Illian, Clyde Forsythe, Ray Greenleaf, and others. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,200.00 | ||
| 321 | Silicon Valley. 1984. |
1984 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,200.00 | |
| 325 | PROEHL, Pauline. | United Air Lines Mainliner Vacation Map. 1940s. |
1940s. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 336 | BEMIS, Waldo. | Pictorial Fishing or Angling Map of the United States. 1941. |
1941 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 403 | CASSANDRE, Adolphe Mouron (1901-1968). | Bonal. 1933. |
1933 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 96 | JAMESON, L. B. | Careless Talk Brings Tragedy in Wartime. Director of Public Information, Ottawa. Under the authority of Hon. James G Gardiner, Minister of National War Services. Ca. 1942. |
ca. 1942. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
| 285 | Jet Northwest Orient Airlines to the World’s Fair, 1962 / Seattle, April 21-Oct. 21. |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,140.00 | ||
| 350 | PAL, Jean de Paleologue (1855-1942). | Cleo De Merode. Paris: Chardin. ca. 1896. |
ca. 1896. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
