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

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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
221 HOOVER, J. Edgar

HOOVER, J. Edgar. Group of 5 TLSs on FBI stationery.

Washington, D. C. 1950s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 218.75
222 J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover J. Edgar Hoover inscribed photograph.

1953 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
225 LYON, Danny (photographer)

LYON, Danny (photographer) . Is He Protecting You? Offset printed poster

Atlanta, Georgia, USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,062.50
226

[CHICAGO EIGHT]. Group of 18 press photos.

Circa 1969-72. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 343.75
227

[COUNTERCULTURE -- DIGGERS]. Free Acid! handbill.

 San Francisco 1967 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
228

[BLACK PANTHERS]. Group of 26 press photos.

 Circa 1967-72. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 687.50
229

[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Church-Labor Conference Calls for a Second Giant March up Market Street.

San Francisco 1964 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
230

[AFRICAN AMERICAN -- SPORTS]. Our Sports #1-3

1953 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
231

[AFRICAN AMERICAN -- ENTERTAINMENT]. Group of 8 publicity photos of musicians and musical groups.

 1950s-70s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
232 MICHEAUX, Oscar

MICHEAUX, Oscar. Group of 3 production stills. Including: 2 productions stills for the "All Colored Cast" The Girl from Chicago

1932 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
233

Malcolm X.

 1972 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 112.50
234 [MALCOLM X].

[MALCOLM X]. SNCC portrait poster.

San Francisco ca. 1970. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 437.50
235

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Large Group of African American Related Ephemera.

 Circa mid-19th to mid-20th century. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
236

[AFRICAN AMERICAN -- ADVERTISING]. Simon Pure Beer.

Buffalo ca. 1970s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
237

[AFRICAN AMERICAN -- MILITARIA]. Scrapbook of a soldier in the Vietnam War.

Circa 1967-8. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 250.00
238 PARKS, Rosa

PARKS, Rosa. Quiet Strength.

 Grand Rapids 1994 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 437.50
239

[BLACK HISTORY]. The Black Hist-O-Deck.

Cincinnati 1971 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 437.50
240 VAN VECHTEN, Carl

VAN VECHTEN, Carl. Joe Louis. Gelatin silver print portrait photographer of Louis

Circa 1941. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 375.00
241 VAN VECHTEN, Carl

VAN VECHTEN, Carl. Bill Robinson. Gelatin silver print portrait photograph of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Circa 1940s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
242 VAN VECHTEN, Carl

VAN VECHTEN, Carl. Diahann Carroll. Gelatin silver print portrait of Carroll

Circa 1955. USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
243 VAN VECHTEN, Carl

VAN VECHTEN, Carl. Dean Dixon. Gelatin silver print portrait photograph of the conductor Dean Dixon

Circa 1940s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
244

[JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY]. Seven photographs by William Gottlieb.

 1940s/printed ca. 1970s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
245 ELLINGTON, Duke

ELLINGTON, Duke. Inscribed and signed photograph. Portrait photograph by Bloom, Chicago, credited in the negative.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
246

[JAZZ]. Two posters promoting jazz musicians. Including: George Lewis & Ken Colyer's Jazzmen and Skiffle Group.

 Dusseldorf ca. 1960. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
247

[BOXING]. JOHNSON, Jack. Silver print portrait.

 N.p. ca. 1910s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
  • <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