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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
385

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Group of 28 CDVs by Mora and Sarony.

New York ca. 1870s-80s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
386

The Birth of a Nation.

Shelburne Falls, Mass. ca. 1915. USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 62.50
387

Album of 11 photographs of a vaudeville / theater troupe, and assorted others.

Chicago ca. 1920s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 156.25
388

[PHOTOGRAPHS]. Collection of 16 Photographs of Concert Rehearsals and Performances at Robin Hood Dell.

1943 -- 1945. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 281.25
389

1910 Honus Wagner "Pittsburgh Gazette Times" Postcard.

Carnegie, PA. 1910 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 937.50
390

[BABE RUTH]. Babe Ruth! Babe Ruth! (We Know What He Can Do)

Olneyville, R.I. 1928 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
391

[BABE RUTH]. Sport: A Monthly Pictorial.

New York 1927 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 468.75
392 [RUTH, Babe]. RICHARDS, Kenneth.

[RUTH, Babe]. RICHARDS, Kenneth. "The Sultan of Swat", manuscript for "People of Destiny: Babe Ruth."

N.p., n.d. ca. 1960s USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
393

[BASEBALL]. Spalding American Base Ball Party. Chicago vs. all America at the Sphinx. Febr. 9 -- 1889.

1889 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 500.00
394

[BASEBALL]. Paul Herrmann, Cincinnati Glove Factory. Base Ball Gloves a Specialty mailing cover.

Cincinnati ca. 1870s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
395

[BASEBALL]. Collection of 38 Nineteenth Century Baseball Trade Cards.

American ca. 1880s-90s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,500.00
396

[BASEBALL]. CDV of Ned Williamson of the Pittsburgh Base Ball Club in Uniform with Bat and Other Equipment.

Utica, NY 1877 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,875.00
397

[BASEBALL]. Four American League Official Score Card booklets.

Philadelphia 1904-06. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 3,000.00
398

[JAPANESE BASEBALL]. Saishin Baseball Jutsu

Japan 1899 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 625.00
399

[BASEBALL]. Group of 8 antique baseball-themed sheet music. Includes: The Pennant Winner March & Two-Step.

Dayton 1900 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
400

First issue of Sports Illustrated with Topps Baseball Card Insert. Tim

e, Inc. 1954 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
401

[POSTCARDS]. Group of 26 Sports Postcards, mainly RPPCs.

Circa early 20th century. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 343.75
402

[BASEBALL -- PACKAGING]. Group of 4 baseball-themed vintage products. Including: Home Run Cigarettes,...

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 406.25
403

[BOXING]. WA & AC 1938 Churchman "Boxing Personalities" Set of 50 cards.

ca. 1935 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
404

[SPORTS]. Allen & Ginter's "World's Champions" Tobacco Card Album.

Richmond, VA n.d. ca. 1888. 8vo USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,000.00
405

[FOOTBALL]. Scrapbook of a military service football player in the KPIFL / KPIL.

Circa 1968. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 156.25
406

[CYCLING]. Two binders of pro cyclist Dan Franger's snapshots and clippings.

Circa 1980s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 112.50
407 [CARNEGIE, Andrew, 1835-1919].

[CARNEGIE, Andrew, 1835-1919]. Pair of United States Steel Corporation stock certificates issued to Andrew Carnegie.

New York USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,750.00
408

[STOCKS]. Group of 40 stocks in mining companies.

American 1880s - 1940s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
409

[EPHEMERA]. Scrapbook of French mid-19th century ephemera.

France ca. 1830s-50s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 218.75
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.