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
26		Pair of Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Detonation Photographs. Marshall Islands, ca. 1946--1958.	Marshall Islands,	ca.1946--1958.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 1,320.00
27		Atomic Cloud Nuclear Test Photograph. Nevada: United States Defense Department (Marine Corps), 1950s	Nevada	1950s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 270.00
28		Upshot-Knothole Grable/ Nuclear Detonation Photograph. Mid to late 20th Century.		Late 20th Century.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 1,440.00
29		J. Robert Oppenheimer original press photo.		N/A	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,200.00
30		Harry S. Truman Harris & Ewing news service photo of Iwo Jima sculpture (PSA Type I).		N/A	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 180.00
31		Album of American sailors in Hawaii.		N/A	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 270.00
32		Tuskegee Airmen Panoramic Photograph. 1943.		1943	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,640.00
33		Benito (Italian 1883--1945)]. Benito Mussolini Execution and Corpse. Circa 1945.		Circa 1945.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 360.00
34	SEYMOUR, Maurice (American, 1900-1993	) Untitled (Pals Only for a Picture).		N/A	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
35		Concentration Camp Liberation Photos, Ephemera, Correspondence. Circa 1940s-1980s.		Circa 1940s-1980s.	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,440.00
36		[HOLOCAUST]. Group of 6 photographs.		N/A	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 330.00
37		War Snapshots. Circa 1940s--1970s		Circa 1940s--1970s	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 150.00
38		Assorted Photographs & RPPCs of American Flags, Military, and War.		N/A	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 96.00
39		Six War Photographs of Dead Bodies / 4 WW1 RPPCs & 2 WW2 Photos. 1910s/1940s.		1910s/1940s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 210.00
40		Assorted US Marine snapshots. 1940s.		1940s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 60.00
41		United States Naval Photo Album. Early to Mid-20th Century.		Early to Mid-20th Century.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 150.00
42		Line-Crossing Ceremony / US Navy Drag. Mid-20th century.		Mid-20th century.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 510.00
43		[U.S. ARMY]. Group of 19 Signal Corps photographs.		N/A	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 96.00
44		Japanese Priests Prepare for Air Defense. New York: Associated Press Photo, Sept 17, 1934	New York	1934	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 72.00
45		Korean War Air Police Photo Scrapbook. Circa 1950s.		Circa 1950s.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 210.00
46		Photo Album. Persian Gulf Command / Teheran Conference 1943--44 / Vol. I. Circa 1944.		Circa 1944.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 570.00
47	CASTRO, Fidel.	Photo of Castro at chalkboard.		N/A	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 108.00
48	JOY, Ronald "Ron" J. (American, 1931--2013).	Three Photographs of JFK. 1960s.		1960s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 72.00
49		Contact Sheet / Benny Goodman & John F. Kennedy. Circa 1960s.		Circa 1960s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 60.00
50	STOUGHTON, Cecil (1920--2008).	Original Photograph of John F. Kennedy. Circa 1963.		Circa 1963.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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.