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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | The Office Boy |
Salem | ca. 1889 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 182 | Pair of antique women's travel games |
New York | ca. 1890/1909 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 183 | Panama Canal Game |
Salem | ca. 1920 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 184 | Six Parker Brothers boxed parlor games |
Salem | early 20th century | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 156.25 | |
| 185 | Peter Pan in Never Never Land with Tinkerbell |
New York | ca. 1927 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 156.25 | |
| 186 | Pair of antique railway mail service games |
(New York) | (ca. 1895) | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 187 | The Russo-Japanese War Game |
Salem | ca. 1904 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,187.50 | |
| 188 | Wings: The Air Mail Game (1928) and Hop Off: Famous Aviation Card Game |
-1927 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 281.25 | ||
| 189 | Trio of Spanish-American War card games |
New York | ca. 1899 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 190 | Four antique urban travel and commerce games |
Early 20th century | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 156.25 | ||
| 191 | Three Classic Milton Bradley games |
Springfield | N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 192 | Three antique Parker Bros. war games |
Salem | late 19th/early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,250.00 | |
| 193 | Trio of fortune-telling games |
Salem | ca. late 19th/early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 194 | "Tru-Flite" Archery |
New York | ca. 1933 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 195 | Two antique war games |
American | ca. 1900 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 196 | The Vassar Boat Race |
New York | 1899 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 197 | Trio of antique war-themed games |
American | ca. early 20th century | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 198 | The West Point Cadet Game |
Salem | ca. 1900 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 199 | The Young Athlete |
New York | 1898 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 200 | Zippy Zepps Air Game |
Rochester | ca. 1925 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 204 | Pair of Dice Gambling Pocket Watches |
German | ca. 1920 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 205 | Assorted Novelties, Prank Toys, and Gags |
Circa 1920s--1970s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 187.50 | ||
| 206 | Optical Novelty Collection |
Early--mid 20th century | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 218.75 | ||
| 207 | Compendium of Games |
England | late 19th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 468.75 | |
| 209 | Group of 30 miscellaneous card and tabletop games |
American | bulk late 19th/early 20th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 312.50 |
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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.