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	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
102	Lot of over 200 cabinet card portraits (Michigan imprints).	N/A	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 330.00
103	[GLASS SLIDES]. Group of over 30 slides of American and Canadian scenes.	N/A	USD 125.00 - 250.00	USD 84.00
104	Two Early Photo Albums with Tintypes and Cartes de Visite. 19th / 20th Century.	19th / 20th Century.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 180.00
105	Group of 51 Tintypes of Various Sizes. 19th / 20th Century.	19th / 20th Century.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 480.00
106	[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Group of 18 cased images, mostly daguerreotypes.	N/A	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 330.00
107	Assorted photographs of classrooms, people reading, and musicians.	N/A	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
108	Group of 75 Vintage Cabinet Cards and 30 Cartes De Visite. 19th/20th Century.	19th/20th Century.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 330.00
109	Group of 23 Hand-Colored, Painted or Altered Photographs or Photo Post Cards. 19th/20th Century.	19th/20th Century.	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 180.00
110	Assortment of American RPPCs (300+).	N/A	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 900.00
111	Group of 28 Group Photos. 1890s--1950s.	1890s--1950s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 510.00
112	Group of 22 Cartes de Visite. Most Hand Colored Males and Females in Various Ethnographic Costumes (	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 210.00
113	FISKE, Frank Bennett (1883 - 1952). Photograph of "Bob Tail" Bear.	N/A	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 180.00
114	Group of 29 Cased 19th Century Photographs. 8 Daguerreotypes, 10 Ambrotypes and 11 Tintypes.	N/A	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 300.00
115	Assorted Horse Photographs and RPPCs.	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 150.00
116	Album of miscellaneous miniature snapshots.	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 300.00
117	Assorted Religious RPPCs.	N/A	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 84.00
118	Cabinet photo of a priest and two Black boys.	N/A	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 150.00
119	Group of 6 African American arcade snapshots and postcards.	N/A	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 210.00
120	Group of 10 African American Photographs. 9 Portraits and 1 Class Photo. 20th Century.	20th Century.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 120.00
121	Group of 130 Cartes de Visite of Well-Known or Once Well-Known People of Interest. (19th Century).	19th Century).	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,200.00
122	Group of 119 Cartes de Visite. Single Portraits of Faces, Full Figure, in various groupings of Males	N/A	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 720.00
123	Cabinet photo of a performer in elaborate dress and accessories.	N/A	USD 125.00 - 250.00	USD 150.00
124	Large Group of Mostly Cabinet Cards, Various Subjects. (63 pieces). (19/20th Century).	19/20th Century).	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 900.00
125	Assorted Photographs & RPPCs of Crowds & Events	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 120.00
126	Group of 21 Photographs, 4 Large Groups and 17 with gatherings of 3 People or More.	N/A	USD 200.00 - 300.00	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.