Potter and Potter Auctions: Puzzles, Games, & Playing Cards, 21926, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Brick (12) of Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards |
North Las Vegas | ca. 1980s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,750.00 | |
| 6 | Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. Two decks of casino playing cards |
Las Vegas | ca. 1980s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 75.00 | |
| 7 | Collection of over 300 casino playing card singles |
V.p. (mainly Nevada) | 20th century | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 8 | James Y. Humphreys "Seminole Wars" Playing Cards |
[Philadelphia] | ca. 1819 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 | |
| 9 | Jazaniah Ford | Four early American playing cards |
Massachusetts | ca. 1825 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 10 | Thomas Crehore "American Manufacture" Playing Cards |
Dorchester, Mass. | ca. 1820 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 11 | Caleb Bartlett American Manufacture Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1830s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 12 | L.I. Cohen Highlanders Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1860s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 13 | L.I. Cohen Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1840 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 14 | Lawrence & Cohen playing cards |
New York | ca. 1863 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 343.75 | |
| 15 | Samuel Hart & Co. Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1875 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 16 | Samuel Hart & Co. / NYCC playing cards |
New York | ca. 1880s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 17 | Samuel Hart & Co. Bezique Set of Four Decks |
New York | ca. 1865 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 18 | Eagle Card Co. Casino or Pedro Playing Cards |
Middletown, OH | ca. 1870 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 19 | [CIVIL WAR]. American Card Co. Union Playing Cards |
New York | 1862 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 20 | National Cards (The Bad Joker) Playing Cards |
New York | 1883 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 21 | [WORLD WAR I]. Montreal Lithograph Co. "Allied Armies" Playing Cards |
Montreal | ca. 1916 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 22 | [WORLD WAR I]. Root Playing Card Co. Amerikards |
Kansas City, MO | -1919 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 23 | [CARD GAMES]. Bezique Cased Set, and two other card games |
Circa 1860s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 156.25 | ||
| 24 | Jeanne Hachette Transformation Playing Cards |
Paris | ca. 1870 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 25 | Frommann & Bunte Transformation Playing Cards (two decks) |
Germany | ca. 1870 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 26 | A. Dougherty "Murphy Varnish" Transformation Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1883 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 | |
| 27 | Kinney Harlequin II Transformation Playing Cards |
Tobacco | 1889 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 28 | United States Playing Card Co. "Vanity Fair No. 41" Transformation Playing Cards |
Cincinnati | 1895 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 343.75 | |
| 29 | Hustling Joe No. 61 Playing Cards |
Cincinnati | 1895 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 531.25 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.