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
170

[PICTORIAL MAPS]. Group of 11 maps. Including: ANNAND, George. Authorized Map of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. 1934.

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 156.25
171

Italian geographical manuscript, with California as an island.

Italian ca. early or mid- 18th century. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
172

[AVIATION MAP]. Crociera Aerea del Decennale vollo in massa Rome-Chicago-New York-Roma.

Italy ca. 1932-33. USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
173

[CUBA]. Mapa de la Isla de Cuba y plano de la Habana. Two stone lithograph folding pocket maps of Cuba and Havana,

1853 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
174

[TRAVEL GUIDE]. Phelps's Travellers Guide Through the United States.

New York 1849 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
175

[RAILROADIANA]. Collection of 66 stock certificates, many Philadelphia. American, ca. 1840s-1950s

Philadelphia. American ca. 1840s-1950s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 406.25
176

[STOCKS]. Group of 25 railway stocks and bonds. Circa 19th -- 20th century.

Circa 19th -- 20th century. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
177

[TITANIC]. Stock certificate signed by George Dunton Widener. 28 January 1895.

28 January 1895. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
178

[RAILROADIANA/TRANSPORTATION]. Collection of American Railroad and Steamer Passes. 1856 -- 1936.

1856 -- 1936. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,625.00
179

[RAILROADIANA] Large Collection of Railroad Ephemera. 19th and 20th century.

19th and 20th century. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 812.50
180

[SHIPPING DOCUMENTS]. Pair of shipping documents for vessels in the Caribbean. Circa 1860s.

Circa 1860s. USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
181

[CURRENCY]. Cuban stock certificate for 400 escudos.

Havana 10 December 1865. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
182

[RAILROADIANA]. American Railroad Journal and Advocate of Internal Improvements, two.

New York. 1833, 1834 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
183

[CIVIL WAR ERA]. [RAILROADIANA]. Atlantic and Great Western Broad Gauge Railway.

Cleveland 1864-1865 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
184

[RAILROADIANA]. Group of 10 "Tintorette" railway scene prints by Dean & Son.

London ca. 1840s-50s. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 312.50
185

[RAILROADIANA]. Group of 3 early prints. Including: HAVELL, Robert , after Edward Calvert. View of the Manchester & Liverpool Railway, taken at Newton. 1825.

1825 USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
186

[LITHOGRAPHY]. Collection of over 100 Charles Magnus Lithographic Prints of America, several hand-colored.

New York ca. mid-19th century USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 625.00
187

[MAP]. Gray's Aero View of the Panama Canal.

New York ca. 1912. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
188

[MAPS]. Group of 15 Maps Engraved to Illustrate Michell's New Intermediate Geography.

Circa second half of 19th century. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
189

Pair of Aerial Views of Philadelphia. Including "The Philadelphia of To-Day: The World's Greatest Workshop."

Philadelphia 1908 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
190

[NASA]. Flag and Patch Presentation Frame from the Space Shuttle Discovery, First Satellite Recovery Mission, STS

1984 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
192 THOMPSON, George W. and John A.

THOMPSON, George W. and John A. [CHICAGO -- PRE-FIRE IMPRINT]. The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Chicago,

1856 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
193 [CHICAGO]. VARIN, Raoul

[CHICAGO]. VARIN, Raoul. Chicago in 1833.

Chicago 1928 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 218.75
194

[CHICAGO]. An Ordinance relating to the Department of Buildings and Governing the Erection of Buildings, etc. in City of Chicago.

Chicago 1905 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
195

[LAKESIDE PRESS]. A group of 50 volumes from The Lakeside Classics.

Chicago v.d. ca. 1960s-80s USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
  • 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