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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Reynolds & Sons Character Playing Cards Transformation Playing Cards |
London | -1878 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 31 | Grandebes "Cartes a Rire" Transformation Playing Cards |
Paris | ca. 1819 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,375.00 | |
| 32 | Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor "Nursery Rhymes" Transformation Playing Cards |
Manchester, England | ca. 1865 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 33 | Braun & Schneider Transformation Playing Cards |
Germany | ca. 1850s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 812.50 | |
| 34 | GERICH, Karl. | The E.P.C.S. 10th Anniversary Commemorative Transformation Playing Cards |
1994 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 468.75 | |
| 35 | SCHICK, Frank Robert (1924 -- 1988) | Carta Mundi Circus Transformation Playing Cards |
Belgium | 1988 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 36 | [TRANSFORMATION CARDS]. Group of over 30 decks of transformation playing cards |
V.p. | ca. 1970s-2010s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 37 | Russian "Anti-Religions" Playing Cards |
[Soviet Union] | [ca. 1932] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 38 | Group of 19 B. Dondorf decks of cards |
Frankfurt am Main | v.d. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 39 | [BASEBALL]. Lawson's Patent Baseball Playing Cards |
Boston, MA. | 1884 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 40 | The National Card Co. Apollo No. 33 Playing Cards (baseball backs) |
Indianapolis & New York | ca. 1890 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 41 | [BOXING]. Game of Boxing |
Montreal | 1923 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 42 | Transparent Playing Cards |
N.p. | 19th century | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 43 | [TIFFANY & CO.]. Pair of Double-Deck Playing Card Sets, and two others |
New York | ca. 1950s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 44 | Anheuser-Busch Spanish-American War Playing Cards |
ca. 1900 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 406.25 | ||
| 45 | Democracy Playing Cards |
New York | 1918 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 46 | President Suspender Playing Cards |
Shirley, Mass. | ca. 1904 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 47 | Brown & Bigelow "Royal Revelers" Playing Cards |
1932 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 | ||
| 49 | Traveler's Companion Playing Cards and Poker Chips |
New York | ca. 1880s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 50 | Celluloid Company Playing Cards |
New York, Chicago, Boston | N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 112.50 | |
| 51 | S.F. Hanzel Green Club Playing Cards. Two decks |
Chicago | 1923 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 52 | Group of 5 American playing card decks |
N/A | USD 250.00 - 400.00 | USD 218.75 | ||
| 53 | The Magpie Playing Cards |
N.p. | ca. 1920s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 100.00 | |
| 54 | Andrew Dougherty Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1850 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 55 | Andrew Dougherty Excelsior Playing Cards |
New York | ca 1859 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 468.75 |
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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.