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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Andrew Dougherty Excelsior Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1864 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 57 | Andrew Dougherty Excelsior Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1864 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 58 | Andrew Dougherty Great Mogul Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1872 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 59 | Andrew Dougherty Steamboat No. 0 Playing Cards |
New York | ca. 1888 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 218.75 | |
| 60 | Andrew Dougherty | Two decks. Including: A. Dougherty Excelsior playing cards, 52, flag backs |
(New York) | (ca. 1875) | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 61 | Knickerbocker Playing Card Co. Playing Cards |
Albany, NY | ca. 1880s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 62 | Stopforth & Son playing cards |
London | ca. 1820s-30s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 63 | De La Rue playing cards |
London | 19th century | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 64 | Group of 4 advertising playing card decks |
Circa 1890s-1920s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 | ||
| 65 | Group of over 40 advertising playing card decks |
American | ca. 1960s-90s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 75.00 | |
| 66 | [WHISKEY]. Pair of advertising decks |
Circa 1920s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 67 | Over 50 decks of educational playing cards. A carton of modern (bulk 1990s-2000s) educational and history-themed playing card decks |
(bulk 1990s-2000s) | USD 50.00 - 150.00 | USD 50.00 | ||
| 68 | Over 50 decks of sports-themed playing cards. A carton of playing cards featuring professional sports teams and leagues, including the MLB, NBA, NASCAR, and NFL. Others feature golf, rodeo, fishing, and bullfighting |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 150.00 | USD 156.25 | ||
| 69 | Over 75 decks of political-themed playing cards |
Bulk American | ca. 1970s-2010s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 87.50 | |
| 70 | Lot of 29 miscellaneous decks or sets of playing cards |
20th century | USD 80.00 - 125.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 71 | Bicycle Professional Skull & Bones Back Playing Cards |
ca. 2010s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 437.50 | ||
| 72 | Three Bricks of Bicycle and IPCC Playing Cards |
Circa 2000s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 406.25 | ||
| 73 | Thirteen Bricks of USPC Bee Playing Cards |
ca. 2010s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,062.50 | ||
| 74 | Group of over 90 sealed modern playing card decks |
V.p. | ca. 2010s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 75 | Group of 90 Modern "Cardistry" Playing Cards |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 437.50 | ||
| 76 | CASSANDRE, A.M. (after) | Playing Cards for Hermes |
Paris | ca. 1940s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 77 | DALI, Salvador (after) | Playing Cards for Puiforcat |
Paris | ca. 1960s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 78 | [PIN-UP]. Group of 139 Hard A Port / Trumps tobacco insert cards |
Circa 1890s | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 531.25 | ||
| 79 | [PIN-UP]. Trumps Long Cut insert playing cards |
ca. 1880s | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,187.50 | ||
| 80 | [PIN-UP]. Twelve decks of vintage pin-up playing cards |
V.p. | ca. 1950s-60s | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 406.25 |
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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.