Potter and Potter Auctions: Artifacts of Play, 1219, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025
Page Size: 50 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Brick (12) of Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards.

North Las Vegas USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,080.00
2 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

If an Octopus Could Palm Playing Cards.

[California] 2011 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
3 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

First Edition If an Octopus could Palm Deck with Octopus Display Stand.

San Diego 2011 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,040.00
4 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

If an Octopus Could Palm.

Los Angeles 2011 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 510.00
5 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

If an Octopus Could Palm. Three International Editions.

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
6 DALI, Salvador (1904-1989), after.

Two Dali Tarot Decks. Including: Tarot Universal Dali and Poker Tarot Dali.

1980s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
7

St. Louis World's Fair Souvenir Aluminum Playing Cards.

Two Rivers, WI 1904 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
8 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

Card Canister with 12 mystery D&D decks.

2012 USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 390.00
9 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

First Edition Smoke and Mirrors.

Los Angeles 2007 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
10 JAY, Ricky (1946-2018).

Cards as Weapons.

New York (1977). USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 300.00
11 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

Leather Card Holster with Deck.

2016 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 96.00
12 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

Miniature Wooden Playing Cards.

Japan 2010 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
13 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

Brass Playing Cards with Leather Case.

San Diego 2016 USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 270.00
14 BUCK, Dan and Dave.

Card Men Book, Aluminum Shuffle Pad, and Magic Wallet with Deck.

San Diego 2014 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
15 CARY, Melbert.

War Cards: A Proclusion.

New York 1937 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 420.00
16

Andrew Dougherty Excelsior Playing Cards.

New York ca. 1875. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 210.00
17

Hagenbeck -- Wallace Circus Playing Cards.

USPC ca. 1910s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 96.00
18

Demon Playing Cards No. 1571

 London 1930s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
19

Jeu de Drapeaux [Game of Flags]. Uncut French Card Game Sheet.

[Paris] ca. 1814. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 240.00
20

[FORTUNE TELLING] Four Vintage Packs of Fortune Telling Cards.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 360.00
21

Frommann & Bunte Transformation Cards.

Darmstadt ca. 1870. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 210.00
22

Karl Gerich Commemorative Transformation Playing Cards.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
23

Kinney Harlequin Transformation Playing Cards.

Kinney Bros. Tobacco 1889 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
24 HARGRAVE, Catherine Perry.

A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming.

Boston and New York 1930 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 210.00
25

Vintage Playing Card Press and Game Set.

German ca. 1900. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 270.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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