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
51		San Antonio Motorcade / Day Before JFK Assassination. 1963.		1963	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 390.00
52		JFK Assassination Day Bystander Snapshots. Dallas, Texas: 1963.	Dallas, Texas	1963	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
53		Ku Klux Klan Photo and Issue of The Post. 1965.		1965	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
54	J. Allen Hawkins (1915-1986).	MLK Jr. Friendship Baptist Church Visit. Pasadena, 1960.	Pasadena	1960	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 300.00
55		Black Panthers "All Power to the People" photograph.		N/A	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 72.00
56		Black Panther Snapshots. Circa 1960s-1970s		Circa 1960s-1970s	USD 400.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
57		Album of Guyana Defence Force photos and related images.		N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 60.00
58		[GREAT CHICAGO FIRE]. A group 8 stereoviews showing the destruction and aftermath of the fire.		N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 240.00
59		[FIREFIGHTING]. Group of 37 Michigan firefighting photographs.		N/A	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 210.00
60		[CHICAGO]. Album of photos of municipal garbage plant.		N/A	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 720.00
61		Shell Chemical Company / Mekog. Industrial Photo Albums. The Netherlands & USA, ca. 1928--1960.	The Netherlands & USA,	ca.1928--1960.	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
62		Oklahoma State Federation of Labor Convention Group Photograph. Oklahoma City: That Man Stone Co., 1	Oklahoma City	, 1	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 270.00
63		Occupational Photograph of Men with Trucks. Minnesota, ca. 1920s.		ca.1920s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 60.00
64		Bangor & Aroostook U.S Mail Railway Express Hand-Colored Photographs. [Maine]. Circa 1950s.	[Maine].	Circa 1950s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
65		Library of Congress / Office of War Information Collection / Prints & Photographs Division.		N/A	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 30.00
66		World Trade Center Photos. 1970s--1990s.		1970s--1990s.	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 60.00
67		[9/11]. Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs.		N/A	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 960.00
68		Firefighting Wreckage Images. Circa 1950s.		Circa 1950s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 150.00
69		Honda Point Disaster Panoramic Print. September 8, 1923.		1923	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
70		Texas Panhandle Crime Photo Album. Circa 1930s--40s.		Circa 1930s--40s.	USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
71		Medical Imaging Experiment Photographs / Severed Human Leg. Circa 1950s.		Circa 1950s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 150.00
72		Nurse Scrapbook / Maternity Related with Babies. Mid 20th Century.		Mid 20th Century.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
73		Group of 20 Surgery Operating Room Photographs. 1900s--1940s.		1900s--1940s.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 300.00
74		Lab Rat & Microchip Testing Photos.		N/A	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,320.00
76		[MEDICINE]. Snapshot of student with cadaver.		N/A	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.