Potter and Potter Auctions: Literature and Legerdemain, 22201, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 28, 2026 - February 28, 2026
Page Size: 424 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
175

Die Box and Drawer Box

Holland 1970s USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,750.00
176

Domino Set

Holland ca. 1970 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,000.00
177

Elevator Dice

Holland ca. 1970s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
178

Micro Gozinta Boxes

Holland 1960s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,000.00
179

Lucky Light

Holland 1960s USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,250.00
180

The Mummy

Holland ca. 1968 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,750.00
181

Pagoda

Holland ca. 1970 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,187.50
182

Radar Die Box

Holland 1970s USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
183

Uncanny Die

Holland ca. 1970 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
184 DOWNS, T. Nelson (1867 -- 1938)

Coin Gimmicks Owned by T. Nelson Downs

1920s USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 2,750.00
185

Butterfly Silk Production

London 1940s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,375.00
186

Oriental Twin Die Boxes

Peoria Heights 2000s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
187

Master Dragon Sticks

2020s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 625.00
188

Drop Vanish

Florida 2000s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
189

Tip-Over Production Box

Florida 2000s USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
190

Tear Apart Vanish

Peoria Heights 2000s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
191

Jumbo Fraidy Cat Rabbit

Columbus, OH 1990s USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
192

Multiplying Alarm Clocks

Czech Republic 2010s USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
193

Matter Through Matter

Pasadena ca. 2000 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,500.00
194

Drop Model Production Cabinet

Azusa ca. 1965 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,187.50
195

Mystery of the Temple Jewels

Azusa CA ca. 2000 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
196

Novelty Jack Table

Colon MI ca. 1980 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,000.00
197

Magician's Side Table

New Haven ca. 1950 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 375.00
198 ABRAMS, Max (1935-1998), compiler

Annemann: The Life and Times of a Legend

Tahoma [1992] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
199 ADAIR, Ian

Encyclopaedia of Dove Magic Volume 1 [-5]

Bideford [1970-1987] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 218.75
  • 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 April
    Sotheby’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.