Potter and Potter Auctions: Cabinet of Curiosities, 1214, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | [SPIRIT PHOTO]. Two photographs of Mable Fightmaster, "The Butterfly Lady" |
Circa 1930s-40s | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 531.25 | ||
| 26 | [SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY]. A spirit photograph and two negatives |
Circa 1940s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 218.75 | ||
| 27 | [SPIRITUALISM]. Group of 11 RPPCs of Camp Silver Belle |
[Ephrata, Penn.] | [ca. 1910s-20s] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 28 | ABBOTT, David P. | Behind the Scenes with The Mediums |
Chicago | 1907 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 29 | [GHOST]. Photograph of a supposed ghost at Liberty Hall |
Frankfort (Ky.) | Circa 1960s-70s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 30 | [WITCHCRAFT & OCCULT]. Group of 12 titles |
New York and London | 1957 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 31 | SUMMERS, Montague (translator) | SPRENGER and KRAMER; Malleus Maleficarum |
Bungay | 1928 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 32 | [HEYWOOD, Thomas] | The Life of Merlin, surnamed Ambrosius; his prophesies and predictions interpreted, and their truth made good by our English Annals |
London | 1813 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 33 | Remarkable Delusions; or, Illustrations of Popular Errors |
London | -1848 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 37 | Chiromagica, or The Hand of Fate |
New York | ca. 1890s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 44 | [PRINTS]. Two 19th century prints of curious characters |
N.p. | ca. 1890s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 45 | [FORTUNE-TELLER]. La Diseuse de Bonne Avanture |
Paris | ca. 1815 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 218.75 | |
| 46 | WARREN, Ed (American, 1926-2006) | [PARANORMAL]. Untitled (Pastoral Landscape) |
20th century | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 47 | [TATTOO]. Cabinet photo of Frank Howard |
New York | ca. 1890s | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 48 | Photograph of Betty Broadbent |
American | ca. 1960s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 218.75 | |
| 49 | Djita-Salome tattooed lady postcard |
France | ca. 1910s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 50 | Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash Sheets |
1970s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 750.00 | ||
| 51 | Group of 23 Tattoo Flash Sheets |
American | ca. 1970s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 53 | Spaulding & Rogers tattoo flash collection |
Circa 1980s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 531.25 | ||
| 56 | National Tattoo Supply catalog |
New Hyde Park, NY | ca. 1980 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 66 | Archive of tattoo transfer sheets |
Circa 1970s-80s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 67 | [TATTOO -- EPHEMRA]. Collection of tattoo advertising and ephemera |
American | ca. 1980s -- 2000s | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 68 | [TATTOOS]. Archive of tattoo photographs |
Circa 1990s-2000s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 69 | [TATTOO]. James E. Strates tattoo release form |
Circa 1970s | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 70 | [TATTOO]. Group of 7 tattoo graphics and photo items |
-1969 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 562.50 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
