Potter and Potter Auctions: Picture This: Fine, Vintage & Vernacular Photography, 31226, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 12, 2026 - March 12, 2026

Page Size: 335 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		[SPACE]. Lick Observatory space photographs.		N/A	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 450.00
2	David R. Scott	NASA Apollo 15 David R. Scott LRV photograph (PSA Type I).		N/A	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 330.00
3		File of 14 NASA photos.		N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 450.00
4		NASA Apollo 8 Half Earth original photograph (PSA Type I).		N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,020.00
5		AMES Stamped Buzz Aldrin on the Moon / Apollo 11. Circa 1969/1970s		Circa 1969/1970s	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,200.00
6		Pair of Nasa Rocket Photographs. American, 1959/1960.		1959/1960.	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 72.00
7		Russian Rocket's Goal / Composite Picture of the Moon. New York: Associated Press Photo, 1959	New York	1959	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 300.00
8		Two Mars Photographs from Mariner 6 & 7. Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ca 1960s.	Pasadena	ca 1960s.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 120.00
9		JPL Ranger VII Prior to Impact on the Moon. Wrightwood, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1964.	Wrightwood, CA	1964	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
10		JPL Ranger VII Photographs of Moon. Wrightwood, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Aug. 3, 1964.	Wrightwood, CA	1964	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 600.00
11		High Detail Photograph of the Moon. [Jet Propulsion Laboratory], ca. 1960s.		ca.1960s.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 300.00
12		Live Pictures of First Man on Moon / Apollo 11 / Photos of TV. 1969.		1969	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 390.00
13	NASA	NASA Ames Research Center Commemorative Photo Album. 1960s.		1960s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 210.00
14		Lunar Module Eagle Ascends Moon. Moffett Field: NASA AMES Research Center, 1969.	Moffett Field	1969	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 360.00
15	NASA	NASA "Black Number" Photograph / EVA Ed White Gemini 4 Spacewalk. Houston: NASA, 20th century.	Houston	N/A	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 720.00
16		First Close-Up Picture of Venus / Mariner 10-12 (Venus) / P-14367. Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laborato	Pasadena	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 60.00
17	JACHNA, Joseph D. (American, 1935--2016).	Door County, Wisconsin - Night.		N/A	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 510.00
18	[NASA].	[NASA]. First panoramic view by Viking 1 from the surface of Mars. Pasadena: NASA, 1976.	Pasadena	1976	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 390.00
19		Live From the Moon / Apollo Moon Landings 14--17 / Photos of TV. 1971--1972.		1971--1972.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 420.00
20	NASA	NASA "Red Number" Photograph / EVA Ed White Gemini 4 Spacewalk. NASA, 20th century.		20th century.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 450.00
21	NASA	Seven NASA "Red Number" Photographs / Apollo 16, 11, 7, & more. Houston: NASA, 1960s-1970s.	Houston	1960s-1970s.	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 300.00
22		Early Voyager 1 Photos of Jupiter. Circa 1978/79.		Circa 1978/79.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 420.00
23		Pair of Total Solar Eclipse Photographs. [United States, 1970s].	[United States	1970s].	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 84.00
24	NASA	NASA Capsule Snapshots. 1960s--1970s		1960s--1970s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 72.00
25		Exploding Rocket Photo Series. [San Diego:] Convair, Division of General Dynamics Corp., 1960s.	[San Diego:]	1960s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 180.00

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.