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	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
81	[PIN-UP]. Two decks and a set of playing cards		(ca. 1950s)	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 218.75
82	[PIN-UP & EROTICA]. Group of 16 decks of playing cards	V.p. (American and European)	ca. 1950s-80s	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 406.25
83	Philibert "Memoires De Casanova" Pack of Playing Cards	Paris	ca. 1960	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 250.00
84	J.I. Austen Beauties No. 505 Playing Cards	Chicago	ca. 1895	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 281.25
85	Cuban World War II erotic satire deck of cards	Cuba	ca. 1940s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 1,062.50
86	[NATIONAL PARKS]. Group of 6 packs of playing cards	V.p.	ca. 1890s-1900s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
87	[HAWAII]. Hawaiian Souvenir Playing Cards	Honolulu	1901	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
88	[WORLD'S FAIR]. Group of 4 Chicago World's Fair souvenir decks		1893	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
89	[LITHOGRAPHY]. NAEL Playing Cards	Cincinnati	1915	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
90	[RAILROAD -- SOUVENIR]. Group of six souvenir decks			USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 406.25
91	[RAILROAD -- SOUVENIR]. Collection of 18 Southern Pacific Lines souvenir playing card decks			USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 187.50
92	Illinois Central Floridan Railroad playing cards		Circa 1930	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 156.25
93	[CHINA]. The Forbidden City. Pekin & Chinese Views	Los Angeles	1901	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 218.75
94	The American Indian Souvenir Playing Cards	Los Angeles	1903	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 156.25
95	Indians of the Southwest Souvenir Playing Cards	Kansas City	ca. 1912	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 112.50
96	The Burro Souvenir Playing Cards	Denver	1904	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 125.00
97	USPC "Movie Souvenir" Playing Cards	Cincinnati	1916	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 187.50
98	Michigan Souvenir Playing Cards	Cincinnati	ca. 1900	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,875.00
99	[HOTELS]. Mackinac Island Grand Hotel / Planters Hotel St. Louis Advertising Playing Cards		Circa 1890s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
100	Canada Souvenir Playing Cards. Two decks	London	ca. 1900s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 375.00
101	[PACIFIC NORTHWEST]. Group of 4 souvenir decks	(San Francisco)	-1902	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
102	Texas Souvenir Playing Cards		ca. 1900	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 75.00
103	Four Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand souvenir decks	New Zealand	later 20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
104	Pair of USPC playing card decks		ca. 1912	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 343.75
105	USPC Helmet No. 119 Playing Cards	Cincinnati	ca. 1908	USD 125.00 - 175.00	USD 87.50

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.