James Montgomery Flagg, 1940 version of his I Want You for the U.S. Army poster, estimated at $2,000-$3,000
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will hold a 632-lot Vintage Posters sale on Thursday, March 16, starting at 10 am Pacific time. It will feature the company’s biggest selection of posters from World War I and World War II to date. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
‘The Surf Riders of Hawaii’ by A.R. Gurrey Jr., the earliest and most important book pertaining to the sport of surfing, circa 1910-1914, one of eight known survivors or an unknown original number. Handmade with eight gelatin silver period photos of surfers in Hawaii, adorned with hand calligraphy and including poetry and prose by Lord Byron and Gurrey
BURBANK, Calif. – Whether you’re an armchair surfer or can confidently hang ten alongside Kelly Slater, you’ve probably heard of The Surf Riders of Hawaii – the earliest and most important book pertaining to the sport of surfing. Only eight copies of the book – all of which contain actual photos of surfers in Hawaii around 1910-1914 – are known to exist. One of those extraordinarily rare books will be auctioned on January 27th in an online-only event through LiveAuctioneers. It is the top prize in a 350-lot selection of goods being offered with no reserve by Los Angeles Estate Auction.
Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, photographed in September 2012. Considered the last Hawaiian princess, she died on December 11 at the age of 96. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, attribution: © CC BY-SA Thomas Tunsch / Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa a0002554.jpg. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
HONOLULU (AP) – Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, the so-called last Hawaiian princess whose lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaii’s largest landowners, died on December 11. She was 96.
1954 poster for the sci-fi film ‘Tobor the Great,’ est. $1,200-$1,800
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will conduct a 735-lot Vintage Posters sale on Saturday, August 20 starting at 10 am Central time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Appointment signed by King Louis XVIII in 1814, est. $50-$500
AMESBURY, Mass. – John McInnis Auctioneers will offer material from the celebrated Massachusetts antiques dealers Jack and Grace Weil as part of its Three Day Summer Event, taking place from Thursday, August 4 through Saturday, August 6, with the three auction sessions beginning at 10 am Eastern time on each day. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Circa-1960s Air Djibouti / La Mer Rouge poster, $1,920
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions‘ January 29 poster sale was a wall-to-wall success, with images touting the charms of India, Hawaii and Djibouti achieving strong prices.
David Klein, ‘TWA / Las Vegas,’ est. $900-$1,200
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will hold an 825-lot sale of Vintage Posters on Saturday, January 29 starting at 10am Central time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.