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
298 BAKER, Josephine; Marcel Sauvage.

BAKER, Josephine; Marcel Sauvage. Les Memoires de Josephine Baker. Neuvieme edition.

Paris 1927 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 250.00
299

[COMICS]. Friday Foster #1.

1972 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 312.50
300 BARAKA, Amiri

BARAKA, Amiri. Later Trane. Later Trane. The Razor Series No. 1.

Candia, NH 2003 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 281.25
301 SLOAN, James Blanding.

SLOAN, James Blanding. Clarence Muse at Home.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
302

[BLAXPLOITATION]. Coffy. American International, 1973.

1973 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
303

The Color Purple

1985 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
304

Native Son.

Classic Pictures 1951 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
305 BEAVERS, Louise

BEAVERS, Louise. Group of 20 film stills.

Circa 1930s-50s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
307

[MINSTRELS]. Group of 8 photographs of a minstrel troupe.

St. Paul, MN 1890s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 343.75
308

[BLACK AMERICANA]. Group of 22 pieces of sheet music.

bulk early 20th century USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 312.50
310 [LOUIS, Joe].

[LOUIS, Joe]. The Fight that Never Ends. Seven lobby cards.

Alexander Releasing Corp. 1949 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
311 [ARMSTRONG, Louis].

[ARMSTRONG, Louis]. Satchmo the Great. Set of 8 lobby cards.

United Artists 1957 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
312 [JORDAN, Louis].

[JORDAN, Louis]. Four stills from musical shorts.

1940s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 250.00
313

[BLACK FILMS]. Group of 6 stills and a lobby card to five different films. Including: a photograph lobby card for The Bull-Dogger

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
314

The Harlem Globetrotters. Columbia, R-1957. Complete set of 8 lobby cards for the sports film,

Columbia, R-1957 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 343.75
315

Shaft. One-sheet (with a lobby card)

MGM 1971 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 218.75
316

[BLAXPLOITATION]. Group of 13 one-sheet film posters.

1970s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
317

[ANTI-WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. Reject the Susan B. Anthony Amendment / Woman Suffrage in Action!

Raleigh ca. 1920. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
318

[CUBAN REVOLUTION]. Group of 13 photographs and two pieces of ephemera.

Circa 1960s-2000s. USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
319

[DAYS OF RAGE]. Over 30 photographs of the protests in Chicago.

Chicago 1969 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,000.00
320

[MUGSHOTS]. Group of over 300 American mugshots.

V.p. ca. 1930s-70s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
321

[MUGSHOTS -- PHILADELPHIA]. Archive of over 200 mugshots of African American men.

Philadelphia ca. 1960-64. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 593.75
322

[MUGSHOTS -- PHILADELPHIA]. Archive of over 200 mugshots of Caucasian men.

Philadelphia ca. 1960-64. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
323

[JACK THE RIPPER]. Six issues of the Northampton Daily Chronicle reporting on the Whitechapel murders.

Northampton 1888 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,375.00
324

Pair of antique wanted broadsides.

Circa early 20th century. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
  • 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