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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
302 Kelty, Edward J. (1888,Ai1967).

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Concert Band

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
303

Contortionist Dancer Photographs / Rose Heatherly. New York & San Francisco: V.p.,1930s.

New York & San Francisco 1930s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 540.00
304

Group of Color Photographs of Contortionists. [U.S], Late 20th Century

[U.S], Late 20th Century USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
305

Sideshow Performer RPPCs and CDVs. Early 20th century.

Early 20th century. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
306

Sideshow Attraction Photographs. 1947.

1947 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
307

[SIDESHOW]. Group of 4 Kobel photos and a postcard.

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 420.00
308

Lot of 16 photos of strongwomen and circus performers.

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 420.00
309

RPPC of Betty Broadbent, Tattooed Lady.

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 300.00
310 Kelty, Edward J. (1888,Ai1967).

Buck Baker,Aos Trick Ford,_x0013_

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
311 ARCARIS, Gustavo.

ARCARIS, Gustavo. Cabinet card portrait.

N/A USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 210.00
312

Buffalo Bill Panoramic Cast Photograph. Circa 1910s.

Circa 1910s. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
313

Two Photographs of Little People.

N/A USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 60.00
314

[LITTLE PEOPLE]. Cabinet photo of Gen. Felix Arivos.

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
315 KELTY, Edward J. (1888-1967).

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus. New Haven, Conn

New Haven, Conn N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
316 ECK, Johnny (1911 - 1991).

ECK, Johnny (1911 - 1991). Group of 6 color photos.

1911 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 480.00
317

Cabinet photo of a woman with playing cards, possibly a fortune teller.

N/A USD 125.00 - 250.00 USD 84.00
318

Skull and bones cabinet card photograph.

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 330.00
319

X-Ray Image of Bicephalic Snake. Los Angeles Zoo Archives, 20th Century.

20th Century. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
320

Assorted Photographs and RPPCs with Odd & Eccentric Subjects.

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
321

Tintype of boy and "hidden" father.

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 150.00
322

[SNAKES]. Lot of snapshots of snake handlers and snakes.

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 96.00
323

Seven CDVs of curious subjects.

N/A USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 108.00
324

[ODDITY]. Photo of Geo. Lanz, stake driven through torso.

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 240.00
325

Seven CDVs of aboriginal Pacific Island women.

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 600.00
326 JEFTICHEW, Fedor (1869-1903).

Cabinet card portrait!+of Jo-Jo The Russian Dog-Faced Boy.&

N/A USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 780.00
  • 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.