Potter and Potter Auctions: How History Unfolds on Paper: Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part IX, 1180, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 18, 2024 - April 18, 2024
Page Size: 554 items in 23 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
403 KING, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968).

Love in Action.

Atlanta GA (?) 1966 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
404 [WALLACE, George (1919-1998)].

Prevent Forced Busing with Wallace on November 7th.

1968 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
405 [ADAMS, Eddie (1933-2004), photographer].

"There's No Place Like..." Press Photograph Featuring Two Elderly People in Their Home in King Island Village in Alaska.

San Francisco 1970 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
406 [ALI, Muhammad (1942-2016), and Malcolm X (1925-1965)].

A group of 3 press photographs of Ali (referred to as "Cassius Clay" in all photos), Including One Photo of Ali with Malcolm X.

London 1963, 1964, 1966 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 510.00
407

"World Series Ticket" Advertising Card for R. C. A. Radio Tubes.

Washington D.C. ca.1920s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
408

"Ball of Fame" National League / American League Rotating Stat Display.

Arcadia 1960 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 108.00
409

Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Athletics 1929 World Series souvenir program.

N.p. 1929 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 960.00
410

Press Photo of Chicago Cubs Pitcher Roger Hornsby and Manager Joe McCarthy.

New York 1929 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 96.00
411 [MACK, Connie (pseudonym of MCGILLICUDY, Cornelius, 1862-1956), association].

"Testimonial Dinner to the Philadelphia Base Ball Club Oct. 16 1915 Bellevue Stratford".

Philadelphia 1915 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
412 [MANTLE, Mickey (1931-1995)].

Oversized photograph. Black-and-white image depicting Mickey swinging for the fences.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 72.00
413 [RUTH, George Herman "Babe" (1895-1948)].

Signed photograph.

Circa 1930s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 9,000.00
414 [RUTH, George Herman "Babe" (1895-1948)].

Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide Thirty-Ninth Year 1915. Edited by John B. Foster.

New York 1915 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
415 [RUTH, George Herman "Babe" (1895-1948)].

Oversized photograph.

N.d. USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 84.00
416 [RUTH, George Herman "Babe" (1895-1948)].

A group of 5 press photos.

V.d., circa1940s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 450.00
417 [RUTH, George Herman "Babe" (1895-1948) and GEHRIG, Henry Louis "Lou" (1903-1941)].

Press Photograph of Babe Ruth Paying His Respects to Lou Gehrig as Gehrig Lies in State.

New York 1941 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 360.00
418 [RUTH, George Herman "Babe" (1895-1948), association].

The Indianapolis Star. Vol. 17, No. 215

Indianapolis 1920 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
419 [RUTH, George Herman "Babe" (1895-1948), association].

The Newark Star. Number 2,348.

Newark 1914 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
420 [RUTH, George Herman "Babe" (1895-1948), association].

The Boston Post.

Boston MA 1920 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
421 [PAIGE, Leroy Robert "Satchel" (1906-1982)].

A window card for "The Fabulous Story of..." in Collier's magazine.

Springfield 1953 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 660.00
422

Reach's Official American League Base Ball Guide for 1904.

Philadelphia 1904 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 108.00
423

The Des Moines Register.

Des Moines IA 1938 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 108.00
424

Oakland Enquirer.

Oakland CA 1908 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
425

The Cleveland Leader Black and White Magazine.

Cleveland OH 1906 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
426

The Boston Post.

Boston MA 1908 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
427

The Inter Ocean.

Chicago, IL, 1903 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
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