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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | [TAROT]. Group of 20 tarot decks |
V.p. | bulk 1970s-80s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 132 | [FORTUNE-TELLING]. American Fortune Teller, containing the Art of Foretelling Events by Cards, &c &c. |
[Philadelphia] | ca. 1850s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 133 | Friedrich Eurich Austrian Trappola cards |
Linz, Austria | ca. 1830s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 134 | Josef Glanz Austrian "Industrie und Gluck" Tarock cards |
Vienna | ca. 1880s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 135 | Josef Glanz Austrian Tarock cards |
Vienna | ca. 1875 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 218.75 | |
| 136 | C. Titze & Schinkay Tarock playing cards |
Vienna | ca. 1880s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 100.00 | |
| 137 | Ferd. Piatnik Trappola playing cards |
Vienna | ca. 1900s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 138 | Group of 4 German pre-war decks |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 87.50 | ||
| 139 | [TAROT & FORTUNE TELLING]. Group of 10 decks and sets |
-1977 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 687.50 | ||
| 140 | [FORTUNE TELLING]. Group of 5 decks |
Chicago | ca. 1940 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 218.75 | |
| 141 | Persian As-Nas playing cards (7) |
Persia | 18th/19th century | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 142 | Royal Bayreuth Devil & Cards Match Holder |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 562.50 | ||
| 143 | Royal Bayreuth Devil & Cards Mug |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 | ||
| 144 | Royal Bayreuth Devil & Cards Creamer |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 75.00 | ||
| 145 | Political Euchre |
Philadelphia | 1888 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 146 | Group of 30 geographical card games |
American | late 19th-mid 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 147 | Group of 21 miscellaneous card games |
V.p. | early to late 20th century | USD 80.00 - 125.00 | USD 62.50 | |
| 148 | De La Rue "Alice in Wonderland" card game |
London | ca. 1898 | USD 80.00 - 125.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 149 | Group of 20 Old Maid card games |
American | early to mid-20th century | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 62.50 | |
| 150 | [BASEBALL]. National League Ball Game |
Chicago | ca. 1890s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 218.75 | |
| 151 | Across the Sea or A Trip to Europe |
New York | ca. 1896 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 152 | Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp |
New York | 1899 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 468.75 | |
| 153 | Two American football games |
(Easton) | -1915 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 154 | Group of 6 American Toy Works games |
New York | ca. 1930s - 1940s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 156.25 | |
| 155 | The Amusing Game of Kilkenny Cats |
Salem | ca. 1890 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
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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.