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
77		Actual Photographs of Chinese Executions. San Francisco: Bear Photo Company, [ca. 1920s-1930s].		[ca.1920s-1930s].	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 660.00
78	KILPATRICK, Mell (1902--1962).	Two Car Crash Fatality Photographs. Santa Ana: Mell's Photo, ca.	Santa Ana:	ca.	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
79		Car Crash Photographs. Circa 1940s.		Circa 1940s.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 120.00
80		Group of Vehicle Crash Photographs. V.p. Early to mid-20th century.		Early to mid-20th century.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 84.00
81		[CAR WRECKS]. Group of 8 California Highway Patrol photos.		N/A	USD 50.00 - 150.00	USD 30.00
82		Two Car Crash Photos. Circa 1950s.		Circa 1950s.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
83		16 Automobile Accident Photos. Ohio, 1950s--1960s.	Ohio	1950s--1960s.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
84		Three Murder/Suicide Photos. Circa 1950s.		Circa 1950s.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 240.00
85		Body on the Beach. Three silver gelatin print photographs showing a deceased body on a beach from se		N/A	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 210.00
86		Three Crime Scene Photographs. 1970s.		1970s.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 180.00
87		[CRIME & TORTURE]. Group of 27 photos.		N/A	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 180.00
88		Mugshot Photo Album. Illinois & Wisconsin, 1970s.	Illinois & Wisconsin	1970s.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 330.00
89		Group of LAPD Mugshot Photographs. 1950s.		1950s.	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 270.00
90		Group of 21 American Flag Photographs. 20th century.		20th century.	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 48.00
91		Assorted Photographs & RPPCs of Women & Girls		N/A	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
92		Assorted Photographs & RPPCs Featuring Dogs.		N/A	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
93		Assorted Occupational Photographs.		N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 60.00
94		Assorted Photographs & RPPCs of Children, Childhood, & Families		N/A	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
95		Tintype Photograph of Six Oxen Team with Teamster Hauling Logs in Forest. 19th Century.		19th Century.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 120.00
96		Group of 13 Large Tintypes. 19th / 20th Century.		19th / 20th Century.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 180.00
97		Group of Twenty-Seven Tintype Photographs with Two Cartes de Visite. (19th Century).		19th Century).	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 240.00
98		[TINTYPES]. Two albums of tintypes.		N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 180.00
99		Large Group of Various Subjects and Photographic Media. 19th/20th Century.		19th/20th Century.	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 108.00
100		[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Group of 10 cased images.		N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 210.00
101		An immense collection of antique family photographs.		N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 840.00

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.