Potter and Potter Auctions: Photography, Americana & Historical Memorabilia, 1229, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
Page Size: 388 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
248

Martin Luther King Sr. signed card.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
249

[KING, Martin Luther Jr]. No Man is Free Until All Men are Free.

New York ca. 1970-71. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
250

[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Group of 13 tickets to Tri-Benefit Performance of the Freedom Singers of Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.

1963 at Bethesda Baptist Church Auditorium. Ticket nos. 609-611, 679, and 871-879. Each 2 x 6". Minor corner wear, one with slight marginal soiling. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
251

[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Strange Fruit is Hard to Swallow.

N.p. ca. 1960s-70s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
252 Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Carte de Visite.

Circa 1860s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 937.50
253 DOUGLASS, Frederick , et al.

DOUGLASS, Frederick , et al. Autograph album belonging to George F. Tinker.

19th century. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,875.00
254

[DOUGLASS, Frederick]. The New York Times, 8 March 1863.

New York 1863 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
255

[ABOLITION]. Boston Daily Advertiser reports passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Boston 1 February 1865. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 312.50
256 [McCOY, Millie and Christine

[McCOY, Millie and Christine ]. Millie---Christine, The Marvelous Two Headed Lady.

Cincinnati ca. 1870s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 156.25
257

[AFRICAN AMERICAN]. Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd, 1898.

Chicago 1899 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 343.75
258 TROOP, Miriam.

TROOP, Miriam. Saturday Evening Post. "Rain on Laundry Day."

1940 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
259 SOUBY, Edward J., photographer

SOUBY, Edward J., photographer. Cabinet card of a young African American nanny with her charges and their mother.

New Orleans ca. 1880s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
260

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Cabinet card of an African American nanny and her charges.

Memphis ca. 1880s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
261

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Tintype of an African American maid and five children.

Circa 1870s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 218.75
262

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Two portraits of Black fraternal subjects. Including a cabinet card of an African American man in full fraternal regalia

Boston ca. 1880s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
263

George Washington Carver press photograph.

Circa 1930s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
264

Photograph of the Old Slave Market, St. Augustine, Fla.

N.p. ca. 1900s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
265

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Group of 5 delegate badges. Including: National Association of Negro Musicians, Cleveland, 1924;

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
266 DUNKLE, John ("Fritz Fuzzlebug," pseudo.)

DUNKLE, John ("Fritz Fuzzlebug," pseudo.) . Prison Life during the Rebellion. Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners.

Singer's Glen, VA 1869 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
267

Photograph of the Church of God and Saints of Christ.

N.p., n.d. USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
268

Bill Pickett, World's Colored Champion in "The Bull-Dogger."

Ritchey Litho 1921 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
269

Butterbeans and Susie. Two photographs.

Circa 1920s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
270

[ENTERTAINMENT]. Six photographs of African American musicians and entertainers.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
271

[ENTERTAINMENT]. Group of 7 rock and pop music programs and magazines. Including: Song Hits of the Fabulous Fifties

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
272

[GOSPEL]. Six boxing-style window cards for gospel concerts.

V.p. ca. 1970s-80s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000