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Potter and Potter Auctions: Photography, Americana & Historical Memorabilia

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Auction Name Photography, Americana & Historical Memorabilia Total Sales (USD) 208,243.75
Auction Date February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 118,005.00
Sale Number #1229 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 188,700.00
Total Lots 388
Sold Lots 354.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 130,555.00
% of Lots Sold 91.24% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 208,150.00
Unsold Lots 34 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 100.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
197 WASHINGTON, George

WASHINGTON, George. Clipped free frank signature.

n.d. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,500.00
101 [LINCOLN, Abraham

[LINCOLN, Abraham ]. Framed Abraham Lincoln Signature and Engraved Portrait.

1864 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,875.00
152

[CURRENCY]. Fractional currency shield.

19th century. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,250.00
146

[SALEM WITCH TRIALS]. The Athenian Mercury: Vol. 9 Numb. 6.

1692 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,000.00
343

[PUCK MAGAZINE]. Group of 13 proof cartoons and covers.

 ca. 1912-13. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 3,250.00
149

[BOSTON TEA PARTY]. Postscript to the Massachusetts Spy, or Thomas's Boston Journal.

1774 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,000.00
397

[BASEBALL]. Four American League Official Score Card booklets.

1904-06. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 3,000.00
40

[CIVIL WAR -- CONFEDERATE]. Collection of 17 autographs of Confederate generals and officers.

USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 USD 2,750.00
84

[KURZ & ALLISON]. Full Rank - Major Generals of the United States Army - Civil War 1861-65.

 1887 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 2,750.00
107

[LINCOLN, Abraham]. Group of CDVs. Circa 1860s.

 Circa 1860s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 2,750.00
407 [CARNEGIE, Andrew, 1835-1919].

[CARNEGIE, Andrew, 1835-1919]. Pair of United States Steel Corporation stock certificates issued to Andrew Carnegie.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,750.00
292

[LYNCHING]. Cabinet card photograph of the lynching of Charles Mitchell.

1897 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,500.00
345

[WHISKEY]. Group of whiskey distillery letterheads and ephemera.

 ca. 1880s-90s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,500.00
395

[BASEBALL]. Collection of 38 Nineteenth Century Baseball Trade Cards.

ca. 1880s-90s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,500.00
121

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. Battle orders for the 1st Battalion, commanded by Capt. Goulding.

 n.d. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,375.00
206 [TRUMAN, Harry S.

[TRUMAN, Harry S. ]. "Dewey Defeats Truman" and Three Other Truman Related Newspapers.

 1948 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,375.00
275 NEWTON, Huey P.

NEWTON, Huey P. [BLACK PANTHERS]. The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately from Our Communities.

ca. 1967. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,375.00
20

[BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN]. "Glorious News" broadside with battle news.

 1863 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,125.00
96

[CIVIL WAR]. Collection of Over 65 Civil War Patriotic Covers by Charles Magnus.

ca. 1861--1865. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,125.00
85

[KURZ & ALLISON]. Battle Between the Monitor and Merrimac.

 1889 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,000.00
105 [LINCOLN, Abraham

[LINCOLN, Abraham ]. Three Union Presidential Tickets. 1864.

1864 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,000.00
319

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

 1969 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,000.00
404

[SPORTS]. Allen & Ginter's "World's Champions" Tobacco Card Album.

n.d. ca. 1888. 8vo USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,000.00
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
344

[COCA-COLA -- POSTCARDS]. Collection of Coca-Cola RPPCs.

early to mid-20th century. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,875.00
  • <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> AUGUSTIN (Saint). <i>De civitate Dei.</i> Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> CAUS (SALOMON DE). <i>La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs.</i> Londres, John Norton, 1612. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). <i>La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique.</i> Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
    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 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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
    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