Potter and Potter Auctions: Artifacts of Play, 1219, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025
| 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>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.")
