Potter and Potter Auctions: Scab Vendor: Rare Tattoo Flash and Underground Art from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw, 22528, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Zeke Owen Single Design Flash Sheet, 1980. |
N/A | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 1,500.00 | ||
| 127 | Zeke Owen, aka Tattoo Zeke (1940-2019) | Zeke Owen Three Design Flash Sheet, 1980 |
1980 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 128 | Zeke Owen, aka Tattoo Zeke (1940-2019) | "Good Work is not Cheap... Cheap work is not Good" Zeke Owen Flash Sheet, 1967 |
1967 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 129 | Zeke Owen, aka Tattoo Zeke (1940-2019) | "Ladies Tattoos" by Zeke Flash Sheet, Mid 20th Century |
United States, | mid-20th century. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 130 | Zeke Owen, aka Tattoo Zeke (1940-2019) | "Down to the Sea in Ships" Flash Design by Zeke Owen. Seattle, 1967/68 |
1967/1968. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 131 | Big Joe Kaplan (American, d. 2007) | Big Joe Kaplan Cartoon Character Flash Sheet, 1978 |
1978 | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 132 | Big Joe Kaplan (American, d. 2007) | Big Joe Kaplan Marine Corps Flash Sheet, 1974 |
1974 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 133 | Big Joe Kaplan (American, d. 2007) | Joe Kaplan Pinup Flash Sheet. Big Joes Tattooing, 1979 |
1979 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 134 | Big Joe Kaplan (American, d. 2007) | Big Joe Kaplan Eagle Flash Sheet, Big Joes Tattooing, 1974 |
1974 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 135 | Big Joe Kaplan (American, d. 2007) | Nine Flash Designs Featuring Religious Insignia by Big Joe Kaplan, 1974 |
1974 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 136 | “Tahiti Maurice” Lynch (American, 1935-2018) | Marine Emblems Flash Sheet by Tahiti Maurice. Tahiti Felix Tattoo Studio, 1950s |
1950s. | USD 800.00 - 1,100.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 137 | “Tahiti Maurice” Lynch (American, 1935-2018) | Eight Design Patriotic Flash Sheet by Tahiti Maurice, including "Death Before Dishonor", 1956. |
1956 | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 138 | “Tahiti Felix” Lynch (American, 1908-?) | Tahiti Felix Thirteen Design Flash Sheet. Tahiti Felix Tattoo Studio, 1950s |
Tahiti Felix Tattoo Studio | 1950s. | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 139 | Tahiti Felix Lynch (b. 1908 -?) | Tahiti Felix Marine Corps Flash Sheet with Twelve Designs, 1956. |
1956 | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 1,750.00 | |
| 140 | Tahiti Felix Lynch (American, 1908-?) | Tahiti Felix Attributed Flash Sheet w/ Thirteen Designs, ca. 1950s |
N/A | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 141 | “Tahiti Felix” Lynch (American, 1908-?) | Tahiti Felix Flash Sheet Featuring Naval Designs, ca. 1950s |
ca.1950s. | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 142 | Tex Rowe (1921-2009) | Tex Rowe Sailor Flash Sheet , 1940s-1950s |
1940s/50s. | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 143 | Sailor Joe Jr. (American, Late 20th Century) | Sailor Joe Jr. Printed Production Flash Sheet, Late 20th Century |
late 20th century. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 144 | Old Doc Webb (American, d. 1986) | Old Doc Webb Flash Sheet with Spooky Imagery |
N/A | USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,187.50 | |
| 145 | Unknown Artist. | Black Panther Printed Production Flash Sheet, 1960s |
1960s. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 | |
| 146 | Lucky Lynn (American, active 1940s-1950s) | Lucky Lynn Twenty-Nine Design Flash Sheet |
N/A | USD 700.00 - 1,100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 147 | Ted Lee (West Coast artist, late 20th century) | "Tattoo's by Ted Lee" Flash Sheet, Late 20th Century |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 148 | Stanley and Walter Moskowitz | Stanley and Walter Moskowitz Sparrow and Flower Ribbon Flash Sheet. |
N/A | USD 700.00 - 1,100.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 149 | Unknown Artist. | Eagles and Snakes Flash Sheet. USA, 1970s |
USA, | 1970s. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 150 | Unknown Artist. | Double-sided Flash Sheet with Nine Hand-Colored Motifs |
Unsigned. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
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