Potter and Potter Auctions: Puzzles, Games, & Playing Cards, 21926, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026

Page Size: 326 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5		Brick (12) of Jerry's Nugget Playing Cards	North Las Vegas	ca. 1980s	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 5,750.00
6		Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. Two decks of casino playing cards	Las Vegas	ca. 1980s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 75.00
7		Collection of over 300 casino playing card singles	V.p. (mainly Nevada)	20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
8		James Y. Humphreys "Seminole Wars" Playing Cards	[Philadelphia]	ca. 1819	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 8,125.00
9	Jazaniah Ford	Four early American playing cards	Massachusetts	ca. 1825	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 343.75
10		Thomas Crehore "American Manufacture" Playing Cards	Dorchester, Mass.	ca. 1820	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,125.00
11		Caleb Bartlett American Manufacture Playing Cards	New York	ca. 1830s	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,625.00
12		L.I. Cohen Highlanders Playing Cards	New York	ca. 1860s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 375.00
13		L.I. Cohen Playing Cards	New York	ca. 1840	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 2,125.00
14		Lawrence & Cohen playing cards	New York	ca. 1863	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 343.75
15		Samuel Hart & Co. Playing Cards	New York	ca. 1875	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 625.00
16		Samuel Hart & Co. / NYCC playing cards	New York	ca. 1880s	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 187.50
17		Samuel Hart & Co. Bezique Set of Four Decks	New York	ca. 1865	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 687.50
18		Eagle Card Co. Casino or Pedro Playing Cards	Middletown, OH	ca. 1870	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 562.50
19		[CIVIL WAR]. American Card Co. Union Playing Cards	New York	1862	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,125.00
20		National Cards (The Bad Joker) Playing Cards	New York	1883	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 500.00
21		[WORLD WAR I]. Montreal Lithograph Co. "Allied Armies" Playing Cards	Montreal	ca. 1916	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
22		[WORLD WAR I]. Root Playing Card Co. Amerikards	Kansas City, MO	-1919	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 687.50
23		[CARD GAMES]. Bezique Cased Set, and two other card games		Circa 1860s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 156.25
24		Jeanne Hachette Transformation Playing Cards	Paris	ca. 1870	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 750.00
25		Frommann & Bunte Transformation Playing Cards (two decks)	Germany	ca. 1870	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 750.00
26		A. Dougherty "Murphy Varnish" Transformation Playing Cards	New York	ca. 1883	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,750.00
27		Kinney Harlequin II Transformation Playing Cards	Tobacco	1889	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 562.50
28		United States Playing Card Co. "Vanity Fair No. 41" Transformation Playing Cards	Cincinnati	1895	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 343.75
29		Hustling Joe No. 61 Playing Cards	Cincinnati	1895	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 531.25

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
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.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.