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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | East is East and West is West: A Trip Around the World |
Salem | ca. 1920 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 157 | Pair of boys' war games |
-1898 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 2,000.00 | ||
| 158 | Trio of boys' work games |
(ca. 1886) | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 437.50 | ||
| 159 | Brownies Prize Ring Toss |
[Canada] | late 19th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 160 | Four Dissected Map of the United States puzzles |
New York | 19th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 161 | The Donkey Party Game [Pin the Tail on the Donkey] |
New York | 1902 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 162 | Dreamland: Wonder Resort Game |
Salem | ca. 1900 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 163 | [WRIGHT, Orville] | "Flips and Flops" The Flying Clowns |
Dayton | ca. 1925 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 593.75 |
| 164 | J.H. Singer, and McLoughlin Bros | The Game of India. Two versions of the Pachisi-style game |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 165 | A Game of Tollgate |
New York | ca. 1894 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 166 | Game of the College Boat Race (2) |
New York | ca 1900 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 167 | Pair of Mother Goose games |
Salem | late 19th century | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 168 | The Game of Playing Department Store |
New York | ca. 1898 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 169 | The Game of Battle for the Flag |
New York | 1897 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 170 | Game of Louisa |
New York | ca. 1888 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 100.00 | |
| 171 | Game of Sky Riders |
Salem | ca. 1940 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,375.00 | |
| 172 | The Game of Steeple Chase (3) |
American | late 19th/early 20th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 | |
| 173 | The Horseless Carriage Race |
New York | ca. 1900 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 174 | Trio of McLoughlin Bros. building games |
New York | late 19th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 175 | Trio of McLoughlin Fish Pond games |
New York | ca 1890s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 176 | Six McLoughlin Bros. spelling games |
New York | ca. late 19th century | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 177 | The Menagerie Game |
Salem | ca. 1895 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 178 | Four Milton Bradley board games |
Springfield | Milton Bradley | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 179 | The New Bicycle Game |
Salem | ca. 1894 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 180 | The New Game of Hunting |
New York | ca. 1904 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 375.00 |
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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.