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Potter and Potter Auctions: Photography, Americana & Historical Memorabilia, 1229, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
Page Size: 388 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
248

Martin Luther King Sr. signed card.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
249

[KING, Martin Luther Jr]. No Man is Free Until All Men are Free.

New York ca. 1970-71. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
250

[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Group of 13 tickets to Tri-Benefit Performance of the Freedom Singers of Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.

1963 at Bethesda Baptist Church Auditorium. Ticket nos. 609-611, 679, and 871-879. Each 2 x 6". Minor corner wear, one with slight marginal soiling. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
251

[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Strange Fruit is Hard to Swallow.

N.p. ca. 1960s-70s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
252 Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Carte de Visite.

Circa 1860s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
253 DOUGLASS, Frederick , et al.

DOUGLASS, Frederick , et al. Autograph album belonging to George F. Tinker.

19th century. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
254

[DOUGLASS, Frederick]. The New York Times, 8 March 1863.

New York 1863 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
255

[ABOLITION]. Boston Daily Advertiser reports passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Boston 1 February 1865. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
256 [McCOY, Millie and Christine

[McCOY, Millie and Christine ]. Millie---Christine, The Marvelous Two Headed Lady.

Cincinnati ca. 1870s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
257

[AFRICAN AMERICAN]. Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd, 1898.

Chicago 1899 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
258 TROOP, Miriam.

TROOP, Miriam. Saturday Evening Post. "Rain on Laundry Day."

1940 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
259 SOUBY, Edward J., photographer

SOUBY, Edward J., photographer. Cabinet card of a young African American nanny with her charges and their mother.

New Orleans ca. 1880s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
260

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Cabinet card of an African American nanny and her charges.

Memphis ca. 1880s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
261

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Tintype of an African American maid and five children.

Circa 1870s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
262

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Two portraits of Black fraternal subjects. Including a cabinet card of an African American man in full fraternal regalia

Boston ca. 1880s USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
263

George Washington Carver press photograph.

Circa 1930s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
264

Photograph of the Old Slave Market, St. Augustine, Fla.

N.p. ca. 1900s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
265

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Group of 5 delegate badges. Including: National Association of Negro Musicians, Cleveland, 1924;

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
266 DUNKLE, John ("Fritz Fuzzlebug," pseudo.)

DUNKLE, John ("Fritz Fuzzlebug," pseudo.) . Prison Life during the Rebellion. Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners.

Singer's Glen, VA 1869 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
267

Photograph of the Church of God and Saints of Christ.

N.p., n.d. USD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
268

Bill Pickett, World's Colored Champion in "The Bull-Dogger."

Ritchey Litho 1921 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
269

Butterbeans and Susie. Two photographs.

Circa 1920s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
270

[ENTERTAINMENT]. Six photographs of African American musicians and entertainers.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
271

[ENTERTAINMENT]. Group of 7 rock and pop music programs and magazines. Including: Song Hits of the Fabulous Fifties

USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
272

[GOSPEL]. Six boxing-style window cards for gospel concerts.

V.p. ca. 1970s-80s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
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