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
30		Reynolds & Sons Character Playing Cards Transformation Playing Cards	London	-1878	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 375.00
31		Grandebes "Cartes a Rire" Transformation Playing Cards	Paris	ca. 1819	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,375.00
32		Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor "Nursery Rhymes" Transformation Playing Cards	Manchester, England	ca. 1865	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 687.50
33		Braun & Schneider Transformation Playing Cards	Germany	ca. 1850s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 812.50
34	GERICH, Karl.	The E.P.C.S. 10th Anniversary Commemorative Transformation Playing Cards		1994	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 468.75
35	SCHICK, Frank Robert (1924 -- 1988)	Carta Mundi Circus Transformation Playing Cards	Belgium	1988	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
36		[TRANSFORMATION CARDS]. Group of over 30 decks of transformation playing cards	V.p.	ca. 1970s-2010s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 500.00
37		Russian "Anti-Religions" Playing Cards	[Soviet Union]	[ca. 1932]	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 750.00
38		Group of 19 B. Dondorf decks of cards	Frankfurt am Main	v.d.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 1,125.00
39		[BASEBALL]. Lawson's Patent Baseball Playing Cards	Boston, MA.	1884	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 687.50
40		The National Card Co. Apollo No. 33 Playing Cards (baseball backs)	Indianapolis & New York	ca. 1890	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 1,500.00
41		[BOXING]. Game of Boxing	Montreal	1923	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 2,500.00
42		Transparent Playing Cards	N.p.	19th century	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 937.50
43		[TIFFANY & CO.]. Pair of Double-Deck Playing Card Sets, and two others	New York	ca. 1950s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 187.50
44		Anheuser-Busch Spanish-American War Playing Cards		ca. 1900	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 406.25
45		Democracy Playing Cards	New York	1918	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 281.25
46		President Suspender Playing Cards	Shirley, Mass.	ca. 1904	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
47		Brown & Bigelow "Royal Revelers" Playing Cards		1932	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00
49		Traveler's Companion Playing Cards and Poker Chips	New York	ca. 1880s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 312.50
50		Celluloid Company Playing Cards	New York, Chicago, Boston		USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 112.50
51		S.F. Hanzel Green Club Playing Cards. Two decks	Chicago	1923	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 187.50
52		Group of 5 American playing card decks			USD 250.00 - 400.00	USD 218.75
53		The Magpie Playing Cards	N.p.	ca. 1920s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 100.00
54		Andrew Dougherty Playing Cards	New York	ca. 1850	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 531.25
55		Andrew Dougherty Excelsior Playing Cards	New York	ca 1859	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 468.75

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.