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Potter and Potter Auctions: Puzzles, Games, & Playing Cards
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Puzzles, Games, & Playing Cards | Total Sales (USD) | 154,187.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 86,365.00 |
| Sale Number | #21926 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 139,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 326 | ||
| Sold Lots | 291.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 97,845.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.26% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 158,925.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 35 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 97.02% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | James Y. Humphreys "Seminole Wars" Playing Cards |
ca. 1819 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 | |
| 5 | Brick (12) of Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards |
ca. 1980s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,750.00 | |
| 125 | [TAROT]. Martin Dupont Belgian Tarot cards |
18th century | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,500.00 | |
| 192 | Three antique Parker Bros. war games |
late 19th/early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,250.00 | |
| 26 | A. Dougherty "Murphy Varnish" Transformation Playing Cards |
ca. 1883 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 | |
| 126 | [TAROT]. Marseilles Tarot cards |
ca. 19th century | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 3,500.00 | |
| 41 | [BOXING]. Game of Boxing |
1923 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 171 | Game of Sky Riders |
ca. 1940 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,375.00 | |
| 13 | L.I. Cohen Playing Cards |
ca. 1840 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 19 | [CIVIL WAR]. American Card Co. Union Playing Cards |
1862 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 157 | Pair of boys' war games |
-1898 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 98 | Michigan Souvenir Playing Cards |
ca. 1900 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 323 | [PUZZLES]. Collection of over 150 puzzle booklets |
late 19th century to mid-20th century | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 11 | Caleb Bartlett American Manufacture Playing Cards |
ca. 1830s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 198 | The West Point Cadet Game |
ca. 1900 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 322 | [PUZZLES]. Nuts to Crack. Group of 6 puzzle prints |
Circa mid-19th century | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 40 | The National Card Co. Apollo No. 33 Playing Cards (baseball backs) |
ca. 1890 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 155 | The Amusing Game of Kilkenny Cats |
ca. 1890 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 200 | Zippy Zepps Air Game |
ca. 1925 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 31 | Grandebes "Cartes a Rire" Transformation Playing Cards |
ca. 1819 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,375.00 | |
| 210 | Dans Les Airs: Jeu de Societe |
late 19th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 79 | [PIN-UP]. Trumps Long Cut insert playing cards |
ca. 1880s | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,187.50 | |
| 187 | The Russo-Japanese War Game |
ca. 1904 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,187.50 | |
| 10 | Thomas Crehore "American Manufacture" Playing Cards |
ca. 1820 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 38 | Group of 19 B. Dondorf decks of cards |
v.d. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.