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
196 [LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE]. JENSEN, Jens

[LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE]. JENSEN, Jens. Planting Plans. Grounds of Mr. O.R. Barnett.

Glencoe, IL, April 1912. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 156.25
197 WASHINGTON, George

WASHINGTON, George. Clipped free frank signature.

N.p, n.d. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,500.00
198 [VAN BUREN, Martin

[VAN BUREN, Martin ]. Public Sales of United States lands in the Laporte District, Indiana, deferred for a period of ninety days. 27 November 1838.

1838 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 156.25
199 COOLIDGE, Calvin.

COOLIDGE, Calvin. Land grant document.

Washington, D.C. 15 November 1924. USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 218.75
200

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] Fourteen CDVs of the White House, U.S. Capitol, and other landmarks.

Circa 1860s-70s USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 437.50
201

[U.S. PRESIDENTS]. Group of over 30 CDVs of Presidents, First Ladies, and First Families.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,375.00
202 [HARRISON, Benjamin

[HARRISON, Benjamin ]. Official Programme of the Inaugural Ceremonies of President Benjamin Harrison and Vice-President Levi P. Morton.

1889 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
203 [TAFT, William Howard

[TAFT, William Howard

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
204 TRUMAN, Harry.

TRUMAN, Harry. TLS ("Harry") as Vice President.

Washington 27 February 1945. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
205 [TRUMAN, Harry S.

[TRUMAN, Harry S. ]. Collection of Truman ephemera. A small archive including a "Vote the Democratic Ticket" general election poster

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
206 [TRUMAN, Harry S.

[TRUMAN, Harry S. ]. "Dewey Defeats Truman" and Three Other Truman Related Newspapers.

Chicago 1948 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,375.00
207 [TRUMAN, Harry S.

[TRUMAN, Harry S. ]. Autograph Accompanied by Lithograph Portrait of Harry S. Truman

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 156.25
208 [TRUMAN, Harry S.

[TRUMAN, Harry S. ]. Autograph Accompanied by Lithograph Portrait of Harry S. Truman and an Envelope

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 112.50
209 [TRUMAN, Harry S.

[TRUMAN, Harry S. ]. Two Signed and One Copy Framed Documents, and a Large Celluloid Button

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
210 RAYBURN, Sam

RAYBURN, Sam. Collection of ephemera and memorabilia. 1940s-60s.

1940s-60s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
211

G.O.P. Republican Party Souvenir Handkerchief, along with Two Patriotic Silk Handkerchiefs

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
212

[KENNEDY, John F.]. JFK Texas Welcome Dinner invitation. 1963.

1963 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
213

[KENNEDY, Robert F.]. Pair of campaign broadsides. 1968.

1968 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
214

Collection of 26 vintage political menus.

Philadelphia 1896 -- 1934. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,750.00
215 [NIXON, Richard

[NIXON, Richard ]. Richard Nixon Autograph. Circa 1953-1961.

Circa 1953-1961. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 87.50
216 NIXON, Richard

NIXON, Richard. Group of 9 White House photographs.

1969-73. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 112.50
217 BUSH, George W.

BUSH, George W. 2000 RNC signed ticket and ephemera.

2000 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
218 CLINTON, Bill.

CLINTON, Bill. My Life.

New York 2004 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
219 FORD, Gerald.

FORD, Gerald. Signed Warren Commission document.

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 468.75
220

Gauer Lecture series signed by Bush, Rehnquist, O'Connor, et al.

Washington, D.C. 1990 -- 2004. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 468.75
  • 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.