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
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.