Potter and Potter Auctions: Coin-Op and Advertising, 1212, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025
Page Size: 170 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
617

Collection of Exhibit Supply Company Ephemera.

Circa mid-20th century. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
618

Group of Three Paperweights and a Sidewalk Marker.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
621

French Gaming Chip Set.

France, late 19th century. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
624

Four Chuck A Luck Dice Cages.

American, early to mid-20th century. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 180.00
625

Two Bakelite Chip Racks, and Two Boxes of Bakelite Chips.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
630

Eight Pieces of Will & Finck Ephemera.

Circa 1880s-1902. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
632

Group of 8 Gambling Poker Bucks, Markers, and Chips.

American and European, late 19th/early 20th century. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
637

Two Boxes of Faro Coppers.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
640

[CATALOGS]. Collection of 27 gambling supply catalogs, price lists, and booklets.

American, early to mid-20th century. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
641

[CATALOGS]. Group of 9 H.C. Evans and K.C. Card Co. catalogs.

Chicago, ca. 1918-61. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 96.00
642

[EPHEMERA]. Group of gambling supply catalogs and related ephemera.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
643

[GAMBLING & CRIME]. Group of 6 antique legal documents and publications.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
644

Group of 18 K.C. Card Co. catalog printing blocks.

[Chicago ca. 1920s]. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
645 Wheat, Carl I (ed.).

Poker as It Was Played in Deadwood in the Fifties.

Palo Alto 1928 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
667

A Century of Progress 1934. Panorama Sales Syndicate, 1014 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago.

Milwaukee & Chicago 1934 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
680

Binder of 1950s Topps and Bowman Baseball Cards.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 420.00
681

Trio of 1954 Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson, and Willie Mays Cards.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 540.00
682

[CIGARETTE CARDS]. Group of 5 framed sets.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 240.00
683

Collection of Advertising Trade Cards.

American, ca. 1870s-90s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
716

United States Fractional Currency Collection.

Circa 1860s-70s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,280.00
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000